K. Ganeshan
Born
Kuppan Ganeshan

[BANGALORE] KARNATAKA India
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Producer
Actor
Years active1993 – present
Known forPorkalathil Oru Poo
18.05.2009

K. Ganeshan is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor working in Kannada and Tamil language films. Ganeshan is known as the director of Porkalathil Oru Poo, a banned film[1] based on the life of Isaipriya, a journalist and television broadcaster for the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.[2][3]

Career

K.Ganeshan started his career as an assistant director, later made directorial debut with Asha Jyothi (1993), where he played lead role as well. Apart from Porkalathil Oru Poo (2005),[4][5][6] Ganeshan's other notable films are Savi Nilaya, that won Baby Mevisha Karnataka State Film Award for Best Child Actor (Female) in 2015,[7] Namma Magu that was screened at UNESCO IOM[8] and 18.05.2009, based on Sri Lankan Civil War.[9][10]

Ganeshan's new film is a Tamil film titled as Kadhal Sei with Ilaiyaraaja as composer. The film was dubbed in Kannada as Preethsu.[11]

Filmography

Year Film Language Director Notes
1987 Satyamaieya Kannada co-producer and asst director
1993 Asha Jyothi Kannada Yes actor, writer, producer
1998 Naane Sathya Kannada Yes actor, writer, producer and director
2001 Maanavieyathe Kannada Yes writer, producer, director
2005 Navabharathi Kannada Yes writer, producer and director
2006 Putham Pudhusu Tamil Yes writer and director
2007 Mannina Makkalu Kannada Yes writer, producer and director
2008 Miss Bharathi Telugu Yes writer and director
2011 Yaare Nee Mohiniya Kannada Yes co-writer and director
2015 Porkalathil Oru Poo Tamil Yes writer and director
2015 Savi Nilaya Kannada Yes writer, producer and director

2017 TELUGU SAMARA BOOMILA SANNAJAJU

2018 18.05.2009 Tamil Yes writer and director
2018 Namma Magu Kannada Yes actor, writer, producer
2019 Suji Pass Kannada Yes writer, producer
2020 Manitham Tamil Yes actor, writer, producer and director
2020 Kasturi 5ne Tharagathi (KASTURI VTH STD) Kannada Yes actor, writer, producer and director
2021 Bhairavi Kannada Yes Writer, producer and director
2022 Kadhal Sei Tamil Yes Writer and director

KANNADA PREETHSU 2022

TELUGU 2023 PREMINCHU

References

  1. ↑ "இசைப்பிரியா பற்றிய கதை படத்துக்கு தடை: பின்னணி காரணம்!" (in Tamil). Ananda Vikatan. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "Director P.Ganesan briefs on Issai Priya's mentality and thought prior to her death". Lankasri News. 30 September 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Porkalathil Oru Poo denied censor certificate?". Deccan Chronicle. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "No censor certificate for Tamil film on Lankan TV journalist". Hindustan Times. 26 May 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "போர்க்களத்தில் ஒரு பூ படம் வரவிடாமல் தடுத்தார் எஸ்வி சேகர்!'- இயக்குநர் குற்றச்சாட்டு" (in Tamil). Filmibeat. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "Porkalathil Oru Poo's release prospects wither with censor heat". The Hindu. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Karnataka State Film Awards, 2015: Full List". Bangalore Mirror. 17 May 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "Tamil Director K Ganeshan Receives International Recognition For His Kannada Film". News 18. 22 October 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  9. ↑ Sudha, K (23 May 2018). "Film on Sri Lankan Army's Tamil genocide waging war with censors". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  10. ↑ "18.05.2009 - Tamil Cinema Review". Maalai Malar. 18 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  11. ↑ "Ilaiyaraaja: 'ಪ್ರೀತ್ಸು' ಚಿತ್ರಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಗೀತ ನೀಡಿದ ಇಳಯರಾಜಾ; ಸ್ಯಾಂಡಲ್‌ವುಡ್‌ಗೆ ಮರಳಿದ 'ಮ್ಯೂಸಿಕ್ ಮಾಸ್ಟ್ರೋ'" (in Kannada). Vijaya Karnataka. 7 April 2022. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
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