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| spouse = Diana Ruth Thavamani<br />
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'''Vythilingam Palanisamy Ganesan'''(Known as '''''V. P. Ganesan''''') was a [[Sri Lanka]]n [[trade unionist]], [[politician]], [[film producer]] and [[actor]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
[[File:V. P. Ganesan with Wife Dina Ruth Ganesan.jpg|thumb|150px|left|V. P. Ganesan and wife Diana Ruth Ganesan are seen at their wedding day.]]<br />
Ganeshan was the president of the trade union, [[Democratic Workers Congress]] and father of [[Mano Ganesan|Mano]], a Sri Lankan Minister and human rights defender, [[Praba Ganesan|Praba]], a former Member of Parliament, Gowri, a solicitor, Baskaran and Prakash, prominent industrialists in the hotel trade.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}<br />
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He produced and acted in the lead roles in three movies, ''Pudhiya Kattru'', ''Naan Ungal Thozhan'' and ''Naadu Pottra Vaazhgha''. As of now, he remains the only film producer to make three Tamil films in Sri Lanka and all of them were reasonable successes.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://transcurrents.com/tamiliana/archives/date/2005/10/| title=Symposium: Sri Lanka's cultural experience - For a distinct identity| date=October 1, 2005 | publisher= Transcurrents.com Blog|access-date=2007-12-14}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[List of political families in Sri Lanka]]<br />
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* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010303095130/http://balachandran.homestead.com/Films.html |date=March 3, 2001 |title=Films }}<br />
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001173143/http://www.tamilcanadian.com/page.php?cat=132&id=750 |date=October 1, 2007 |title=TamilCanadian }}<br />
* [http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:BpgoDsP0e54J:www.iafstamil.com/articles/articles-thevathas.html+V.P.+Ganeshan&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=lk IAFS]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160308181611/http://www.uthr.org/SpecialReports/spreport4.htm UTHR]<br />
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