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The Great Shivaji Ganesan has passed away.

Topic started by Common Friend (@ 203.197.141.187) on Sat Jul 21 10:47:57 EDT 2001.
All times in EST +10:30 for IST.

I just heard it in news. A great ICon has passed way.

Lets pay homage here.

http://www.dinamalar.com/

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• From: Mahesh (@ ac9eff9f.ipt.aol.com) on: Sun Jul 22 09:47:36 EDT 2001
  
  ponaal pogattum podaa
  indha boomiyil nilaiyaia vazhndhavar yaarada
  
  
  aiyaa neengaL poivitaalum ungaL ninaivu tamizhargaL nenjai vittu endrum agalaadhu.
  
  
• From: yaaro (@ spider-loh-ta061.proxy.aol.com) on: Sun Jul 22 11:59:15 EDT 2001
  
  while many have accused him of overacting,
  i think he was remarkably adaptive-my personal favorites were uyarndha manidhan and motor sundaram pillai where his acting was so subdued and realistic.
  may his soul rest in peace and our condolences to the bereaved family.
  
  
• From: NOV (@ 202.151.193.34) on: Sun Jul 22 12:45:23 EDT 2001
  
  You are an encyclopaedia
  Not only for acting
  But for living as well
  Oh, why does the sun continue shining
  And the earth, revolving
  Mourn, my fellow men
  For life has suddenly lost all its meaning
  Thamizhaa oh Thamizhaa
  
  I offer you nothing
  But my tears
  From Malaysia
  
  
  
• From: sathi (@ 208.224.149.146) on: Sun Jul 22 13:48:51 EDT 2001
  
  Great Soul, Great men Like Shivaji never die, they simply move on to a better place. I feel the sorrow from all the loved ones.
  
  
• From: rf (@ pppa20-resalerockford1-3r7238.dialinx.net) on: Sun Jul 22 14:20:31 EDT 2001
  
  Sivaji Ganesan was a persona that seemed to stand behind every one of us in Tamilnadu and we felt sure that everything is fine. with his passing away, first among the last of the social greats alive has left us behind to grope our way to some cultural sanity in today's plastic era. i feel alone.
  
  
• From: Vijay Venkatram J (@ cbe-d52.pppmad.vsnl.net.in) on: Sun Jul 22 16:05:59 EDT 2001
  
  Dear Fellowmen,
  
  I hereby pay my humble homage to the one and only 'Nadigar Thilagam' Dr. 'Sivaji' Ganesan, the only congenital actor.
  
  Let us all pray for His soul to rest in peace and for His families, ie, personal family and the Family of Indian Cinema, for both of which, He is the unprotested Emperor.
  
  Let us cry not only for the present loss but also for the fact that there is none to replace Him in future.
  
  Vaazhga Sivaji Ayya Pugazh!
  
  
• From: Udhaya (@ adsl-63-198-207-188.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net) on: Sun Jul 22 16:31:30 EDT 2001
  
  oru saamanyanin maraNam
  sariththirathil oru eNNikkai aagirathu
  oru maaperum kalaigyanin maraNam
  sariththirathil oru ninaivukkal aagirathu
  un mudivilae un kalai meendum piRakkirathu
  un saadhanai aduththavarin aLavukoL aagirathu
  ini ovvoru thamizhanum than sandhadhiyaaga vittuchchellum kalaichchelvangaLil
  un kaaNikkai, un pradhibalippu, un baadhippu illaamal irukkaathu
  
  nadippin ilakkanam indru sariththiramaagivittaai
  kalai saamraajiyaththil oru poRkaalam mudindhadhu
  unnudan
  
  ilakkiyamaagi engaLudan endrum aikkiyamaagivitta nee
  engaL ninaivugaLil endrum
  mudhal mariyaathaiyudan vaazhappogiraai enbadhanaal vaendugiraen,
  "sorgaththil oru sowgaryamaana naRkaaliyil amarndhukoL"
  un paarattum seeraattum
  thodarum
  kalai vaazhum varai
  
  
• From: ravi k.s. ravichandran (@ pub-dial14.aclis.utah.edu) on: Sun Jul 22 18:59:39 EDT 2001
  
  His performance in "Gowravam" as Senior Lawyer was something I would never forget. No other performace by any other actor has ever shook me like the one he did in that moive. He "defined" extremely well the character of a aggressive, principled and somewhat benevelontly egoistic lawyer.
  
  It would probably be hundreds of years before someone like him would come up in Tamil movie.
  
  
• From: aruLaracan (@ psiphi.umsl.edu) on: Sun Jul 22 19:14:28 EDT 2001
  
  the greatest thing about shivaji was his work ethics. besides punctuality, he took pains to understand the characters using unusual (at least to ifm) means: gowravam (observing ttkvAsu?), bAbu (visiting the slums to understand the lives of rikshawkArar-s), taking preliminary lessons with umayALpuram for mridhanga chakravarthi, ... maNisegaran would be the right person to list and elaborate on all these aspects. eventho' he has not been very active in the movies for about a couple of decades now, it saddens to know that he is dead. as one of his famous "vasanams" in vietnam vIdu sundharam: "nI mundhindA onakku, nAn mundhindA enakku"!
  
  
• From: Manisegaran (@ brf-cache10.jaring.my) on: Sun Jul 22 22:09:50 EDT 2001
  
  Dear Arularacan
  
  My heart is indeed heavy that Sivaji Ganesan has passed away, though his last days were expected. My daughter sudenly told me this morning at the breakfast table that she really missed him. I was so surprised that even the current generation appreciated his acting. My daugthers saw Thillana Mohanambal and Navarathiri several times. They were really amazed at 9 Sivajis in Navarathiri.
  
  
  Talking about Sivaji, many aspects of the Tamil cine field-songs, music, acting, etc could be associated with Sivaji Ganesan.
  
  There had been many factions within the cine filed, but they all appreciated Sivaji's acting. Imagine MGR seeing Thillana Mohanambaal twice!
  
  I am currently contributing a series on KVM ina Malaysian Tamil weekly called "NAYANAM". The article is called "POI VAA ISAI ALAIYE" Otherwise I would be glad to contribute on Sivaji. I remember contributing on MGR for a year when he passed away. That came out as a book.
  
  Mere words would not suffice to pay tribute to the one and the only great actor of our time. In future other actors could only rival him, but can never never replace him.
  
  
  NADIPPUKKKU ORE ORU THILAKAM!
  
  
  
  
  
  
• From: Balaji (@ proxy4-external.etntwn1.nj.home.com) on: Sun Jul 22 22:21:07 EDT 2001
  
  
  "Nadippin Ilakkaname", may your soul rest in peace!
  
  Though he had been complained of 'Over-Acting'..., in my heart he is the best actor to have ever roamed on this planet..
  
  He was a pokkisham which the Central/State govts failed to acknowledge properly! (may be his failed political attempts played against him!!)
  
  Wish the younger actors try to learn a trick or two from him!!
  
  May his fame remain forever
  
  Truly Missing you ...
  
  Balaji
  
  
• From: Normal Man (@ 1cust200.tnt1.mel2.da.uu.net) on: Sun Jul 22 22:38:40 EDT 2001
  
  I was seeing 'Karnan' for the (n+1)th time last weekend, and man what a performance & a presence he made on the screen. I wonder if there are any actors till date to have a dialog delivery as good as him. We will miss you Sir !!
  
  
• From: karthi (@ 202.188.246.191) on: Sun Jul 22 23:44:22 EDT 2001
  
  I love Sivaji sar's acting. His movies are simply superb. His acting in Mudhal Mariyahtei, Pasamalar, Thiruvilayadal and many other movies are great. I am going to `miss you' sir. May Your Soul Rest In Peace.
  Unggel Anbu Malaysia Rasigei.
  
  
• From: G.Ragavan (@ lan-202-144-44-234.maa.sify.net) on: Mon Jul 23 00:47:41 EDT 2001
  
  theeye unakuth theeratha pasiyo
  engkal nadikar thilakathai theenda yen aasai aazukoru thethi vechu aandavan azaipan aandavan azaipaan
  cholla mudiyaatha vethanai nenjchil ninru kallaik kanakirathu. Meendum pera mudiyatha ariya chelvathai izandtha thukam azuthukirathu. aaya sivaji,
  naangkal irukum varai ummai maraka maatomaiya!
  
  
• From: eden (@ dialpool-210-214-5-235.maa.sify.net) on: Mon Jul 23 01:38:05 EDT 2001
  
  simmakkuralOn amaidhi adaindhAr...my deepest condolences with tears.
  
  
• From: Sam (@ ac8a12ed.ipt.aol.com) on: Mon Jul 23 02:36:40 EDT 2001
  
  Never felt so sad.
  
  Sivaji was part of our growing up. At school every year "Thangappadhakkam" used to be screened. While at college every year we saw "Vasantha Maaligai".
  
  My sister used to maintain a photo album of Sivaji and all his heroins cut from various magazines like "Pesum Padam", "Cinema Express" etc. We siblings all were taking part in that. I called my sister in India and she also felt sad. We felt we lost something in us. It doesn't feel good to know that we are getting older...
  
  It was through movies Sivaji reached us; so we will never miss him, because his movies are going to stay here forever...
  
  
• From: mahabs (@ 203.197.138.163) on: Mon Jul 23 02:40:42 EDT 2001
  
  a great loss to the entire film world. he is one of the greatest tamilians ever lived.
  
  may his soul rest in peace!
  
  mahabs
  
  
• From: Gangai Amaran (@ 203.199.232.150) on: Mon Jul 23 02:45:08 EDT 2001
  
  ILAIYARAAJA sharing seat with PRABU,RAJINI,KAMALand BHARATHI RAAJA...in the truck carrying the body of GREAT ACTOR...in the final procession has shown the greatest respect IR has for Sivaji...Otherwise a shy person IR's this participation has surprised every one in film industry....
  
  
• From: Kupps (@ atlwebproxy1.core.hp.com) on: Mon Jul 23 04:29:42 EDT 2001
  
  paadal paaniyaai irundha thamizh thirayai, vasanam mattrum nadippu paaniyaai maatriamaitha thamizh thirai kizhindhuvittadhu..
  
  i think it will never be possible to any one in future to reach the fete of Sivaji.
  
  i quote what thespian kannada actor raajkumar said after mourning to sivaji "nadigar thilagam nammudaya nettriyai vittu poi vittadhu"..
  
  
• From: LV (@ 203.197.80.66) on: Mon Jul 23 05:13:34 EDT 2001
  
  What a terrible loss to cinema!!!
  
  And a loss to India for losing a great actor and a very versatile one too.
  
  May his soul rest in peace.
  
  
• From: shysun (@ 203.199.203.194) on: Mon Jul 23 06:01:37 EDT 2001
  
  nadigar thilagathukku idhaya anjali,avarai pirindhu vaadum kudumbathaarkku iraivan manavalimai alikka vendum ,shysun.
  
  
• From: cram (@ 206.103.12.102) on: Mon Jul 23 06:49:18 EDT 2001
  
  from now on, every day we will have to wake up to a world without sivaji. life without sivaji....something no one had ever thought would become reality. after all, we don't want those we love most to leave us. Ever.
  
  
  
• From: Suriyan (@ 202.9.161.68) on: Mon Jul 23 06:51:13 EDT 2001
  
  Sivaji V.C. Ganesan was really Great in Acting,
  Though He acted Overactingly,But Just Think abt that Who would be the (Guru)guide for that Overacting to him....? ,i am just asking them who says "His act is Over...."
  He was a teacher to all the Actors....,but He had no teacher at all...
  He did his acting carieer as equal from his foremost film "Paraasakthi" to his Last film "Padaiiappa".
  
  
• From: V.Vishnu Ram Prasad (@ lan-202-144-57-254.maa.sify.net) on: Mon Jul 23 08:22:30 EDT 2001
  
  He was an actor par excellence. There is nothing called over acting, its all in the minds of the audience, and their level of acceptance of a character. There is no need for practicality in potraying a character, after all this is acting. And there is no doubt that, Shivaji gave his best in potraying each and every character that he took up in films. Can we imagine any other tamil actor as Karnan, Kattabomman or VOC? The word over-acting in tamil cinema world is nothing but comparison with another actor. We cannot forget any character that was potrayed by Sivaji. Longlive! Sivaji's art.
  
  

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