Ganesh Venkatraman

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Ganesh Venkatraman
Ganesh Venkatraman 62nd Britannia Filmfare South Awards (cropped).jpg
Ganesh Venkatraman at the 62nd Filmfare Awards South, 2015
Born
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
OccupationActor
Years active2008-present
Spouse(s)
(
m. 2015)

Ganesh Venkatraman is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films. He had acted in Radha Mohan's Abhiyum Naanum (2008), before working in Unnaipol Oruvan (2009) and Kandahar (2010).[1]

Career[edit]

Ganesh began his acting career by appearing in television serials. It including Antariksh and Mayavi, which was the first known 3D serial in Tamil television. He made his film début with The Angrez (2006), an experimental crossover film shot in Hyderabadi Urdu but he could not garner any further film offers immediately. Subsequently, he made his début in Tamil cinema with Radha Mohan's family drama, Abhiyum Naanum (2008). He was cast in the role of Trisha's Punjabi fiancé, this role received critical acclaim. He worked with Prakash Raj in his second film. He appeared as a police officer, working alongside Kamal Haasan, Mohanlal and Venkatesh in the bilingual film Unnaipol Oruvan (2009), while he also portrayed an army general in Major Ravi's war film Kandahar. He also worked in a thriller film titled Muriyadi with Sathyaraj by Selva, but the film failed to have a theatrical release owing to Kavithalayaa Productions' financial troubles. During the period, Ganesh also opted out of another multi-starrer Mankatha (2011), and instead chose to work on another bilingual Tamil and Hindi film, Panithuli (2012), in a solo lead role. The film opened to negative reviews and performed poorly at the box office.[2]

Ganesh worked on three projects in 2013, prioritising his work on Tamil cinema. He appeared in Sundar C's bilingual film, Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru in a supporting role of an office worker, while he was seen as a police officer in the action film, Ivan Veramathiri. He also portrayed the role of a prince in Roopa Iyer's Kannada and Tamil bilingual film, Chandra, and revealed that he signed on after hearing that Shriya Saran would be portraying the lead role.[3] Ganesh subsequently worked on a few low budget films, the psychological thriller Achaaram (2015) and the drama Pallikoodam Pogamale (2015), both of which had limited theatrical releases. During the same year, he also portrayed a supporting role in Mohan Raja's Thani Oruvan (2015), which went on to become a success.[4] His following his releases have fared less well with Thodari (2016) and Nayaki (2016), where he portrayed the antagonist, earning negative reviews and performing poorly at the box office.[5][6] Likewise, neither of his subsequent investigative thriller films Inayathalam (2017) or 7 Naatkal (2017) were able to perform well commercially.[7] For his role in Inayathalam, Ganesh spent time with the Chennai cyber-crime division to prepare for his character.[8]

Ganesh will next appear as a supporting cast in Vanangamudi as a police officer alongside Aravind Swamy. His long-delayed Hindi film, Guns of Banaras is also expected to have a theatrical release in late 2017.[9][10]

Other work[edit]

Prior to acting, Ganesh Venkatraman was a model and had been chosen Gladrags Mr. India 2003 and been a representative for India in Mr. World 2004.[11] In September 2014, Ganesh made his debut as a television host by presenting the reality game show Vendhar Veetu Kalyanam on Vendhar TV.[12] He later appeared in the reality show Achcham Thavir by Star Vijay. In 2017, he took part as a contestant in the Bigg Boss reality show, and finished as the show's third runner up.[13]

Personal life[edit]

Ganesh Venkatraman was born to parents, who are Tamil Brahmin Iyer. He and actress Nisha Krishnan got married in November 2015. In June 2019 they had their first child, Samaira. [14][15]

Filmography[edit]

Year Film Role Language Notes
2006 The Angrez Rochak Suddala English/Hyderabadi Urdu
2008 Abhiyum Naanum Joginder Singh Tamil
2009 Unnaipol Oruvan Inspector Arif Khan Tamil Edison Award for Best Supporting Actor
2009 Eenadu Telugu
2010 Kandahar Captain Sooryanath Sharma Malayalam
2011 Ko Himself Tamil Special appearance
2012 Panithuli Shiva Tamil
2012 Damarukam Rahul Telugu
2013 Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru George Tamil
Something Something George Telugu
Chandra Arya Kannada
Ivan Veramathiri DCP Aravindan Tamil
2014 Chandra Arya Tamil
2014 Tum Ho Yaara Shiva Hindi Hindi version of Panithuli
2015 Achaaram SI Suriya Tamil
2015 Thani Oruvan Shakthi IPS Tamil
2015 Pallikoodam Pogamale DCP Ganesh Venkatram Tamil
2016 Nayagi Yogendher Tamil
2016 Nayaki Telugu
2016 Thodari DIG Sultan Tamil
2017 Inayathalam Ganesh IPS Tamil
2017 7 Naatkal Sai Prasad IPS Tamil
2018 My Story David Eapen Malayalam Santhosham Award for Best Villain
2019 Raagala 24 Gantallo Ganesh IAS Telugu
2020 Guns of Banaras Vikram Singh Hindi
2023 Varisu Mukesh Tamil
2023 Un Paarvaiyil Tamil Filming[16]
2023 Vanangamudi Tamil Filming
2024 The Door Tamil Filming

Television[edit]

Year Show Role Language Notes
2006 Antariksh - Ek Amar Katha Amar Hindi
2006-2007 Mayavi Vikram Tamil
2014 Vendhar Veetu Kalyanam Anchor
2016 Achcham Thavir Contestant
1st Runner Up
2017 Bigg Boss Tamil 1 Contestant
3rd Runner-up
2020 Thirumagal Himself Special appearance
2021 Vanakkam Tamizha Guest Along with Nisha
2021 Rowdy Baby Contestant
2021 Kannana Kanne Assistant Commissioner Dinesh Special appearance
2022 Namma Veettu Kalyanam Guest Along with Nisha
2022 Thallatu Aravind Special appearance
2023 Sweet Kaaram Coffee The Major

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Nadadhur, Srivathsan (20 September 2015). "Ganesh Venkatraman is in an ideal space". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. ↑ Manigandan, K. R. (11 August 2012). "Panithuli - Plot with many loopholes". The Hindu. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "2013 is Ganesh Venkatraman's year". Newindianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "'Thani Oruvan' is 'biggest hit' in Jayam Ravi's career". Indianexpress.com. 8 September 2015. Archived from the original on 9 January 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  5. ↑ Nadadhur, Srivathsan (15 July 2016). "Nayaki: A futile effort". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  6. ↑ jalapathy (22 September 2016). "Rail - Movie Review". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  7. ↑ "Review : Inayathalam review: An amateurish attempt that is worth a (2017)". Sify. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  8. ↑ "Ganesh Venkatraman spent time with Chennai cyber-crime division to prepare for Inayathalam". Bollywoodlife.com. 19 May 2017. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Ganesh hopes for a turnaround". Newindianexpress.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  10. ↑ "As long as the work excites me, the platform is irrelevant". Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 November 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "Actor Ganesh Venkatraman - Tamil Movie Actors Interview - Unnaipol Oruvan Abiyum Naanum Angrez - Behindwoods.com". behindwoods.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  12. ↑ "Ganesh Venkatraman makes his TV debut". Times of India. Archived from the original on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  13. ↑ "I am in a happy phase: Ganesh Venkatraman". Deccanchronicle.com. 13 November 2017. Archived from the original on 23 November 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  14. ↑ "Ganesh Venkatraman's wedding date is fixed for the 22nd November". Behindwoods.com. 4 November 2015. Archived from the original on 7 November 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  15. ↑ "- Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  16. ↑ "Ganesh Venkatraman and Parvati Nair join hands for Un Paarvayil". Cinema Express.

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