Gemini Biography

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Geminiganeshan	Profile of Padmsiri Geminiganeshan
	Name	Ramaswami Geminiganeshan
	Popular Name	Kathal Mannan
	Mother Language	Tamil
	Native place	Tamilnadhu
	Date of birth	17 11 1920
	Family	Father: Ramaswami, Mother:Gangamma, Wife:Alamelu (family woman), Savithri & Pushpavalli (actresses), Daughters: Dr. Revathi Swaminathan, Dr. Kamala Selvaraj, Ms. Narayani Ganesh, Dr. Jaya Shreedhar, the film actress Rekha, Ms. Radha Usman Syed Ms. Dhanalakshmi Sapru, Ms. Vijaya Chamundeswari
	First film	Miss Maleni(Tamil) in 1952
	Turning point	Manampola Mangalyam 1953
	No. of films acted	More than 200 movies in Tamil, Telugu , malayam , Hindi
Awards	National Awards 1972 Padma Shri by the Government of India State and other Awards 2003 Dinakaran award for All-round Achievement in 2003 1997 Kalaimamani
Honours	Indian Government issued a stamp to honour him Issue: 01-10-2003
Some famous films	Tamil Manampola Mangalyam (1953), Avvaiyyar (1953) Missiamma(1955) Karpurakarasi(1957) Veerapandiya Kattabpman(1959) Kalyana Parisu(1959) Parthiban Kanavu(1960) Pasamalar(1961) Kandan Karunai(1967) Kaviya Thalavi(1970)
Death	22nd March 2005