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Thespian makes a comeback
By Behindwoods News Bureau.
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October 22, 2007
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A thespian from Tamil theatre and cinema is back again to contribute to the field he is so dear about. This time he is doing so from the United States, where he migrated in 1990. He is now back to what he knows best, filmmaking and it is reassuring for all cine buffs as he is trying to revive the lost genre of serious cinema. He intends to make ‘Middle of the line cinema”. He has during these 18 years in the US has always been in touch with the Arts, acted in an English movie titled “Lonely in America” directed by Barry Alexander Brown and produced by Tirlok Malik of NY and this is just one of the 43 films he has acted in.

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Ganesh started his journey in Chennai, his hometown, in 1963 by being a part of the popular troupe U A A, which had groomed many actors, till 1970. Then he, along with a few friends, decided to start a theatre troupe called ‘Vishwashanti’ in which he played the role of story consultant and lead in all the plays. No mean task considering they had 8 super hit plays doing 1200 shows in the 8 year period till 1978.

Having established himself as theatre personality to
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reckon with, he went ahead and started his own theatre troupe ‘Priyadarshini’ which gave 9 super hit plays that did more than a 1000 shows in Tamilnadu and other Indian states as well, for which he was story creator/actor, director and producer. The popularity he received for his plays had reached far and wide, securing a place in Tamils across India, which bought along with it film offers. He acted in about 42 feature films donning various roles, all significant nonetheless. His contribution in the shooting of his stage plays into TV serials was tremendous.

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At this juncture in 1990 he shifted base to the US and has till date been actively involved with the South Indian Tamil Association, conducting stage plays and debates. He also dabbled with TV serial production, 2 serials of 54 episodes each and dialogue instructor for artistes and actors. It was during his stay in the US that he came to be known as Atlanta Ganesh.

His big break came in the form of a cross-over film Dance to My Tunes, which was shot in Mauritius for which post production work is underway.
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Earlier that year he joined hands with producer Mr.Mahendar Jogani and started MG creations producing 2 such films under that banner that belong to the cross over genre, titled My Dear Father and Self Defence, in both English and Tamil. These movies featured relatively popular actors such as Y.Gee.Mahendran, Linda Arsenio seen doing cameos in Vijay’s Sachien and Kabul Express in Hindi.

He has always made middle of the line cinema and shall continue to do so. His upcoming projects are Shelly weds … Vs Jonathan and 7th Wonder of the World. He will be making a big entry into film production in the near future. Guys look out for this Veteran, Atlanta Ganesh, as he will be introducing cross over cinema to the Tamil audience whose pulse he has read well over the years.

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