The film was well received by the Tamil audience.) Secondly, the 1950s saw the growth of the Dravidian movement in Tamil Nadu, under the leadership of C. (In fact, Sivaji Ganesan lent his voice to Mukkamala Krishna Murthy, a Telugu actor, for a Tamil film, Niraparathi. Two factors can be attributed the entry of Ganesan into films: The principal artists in Tamil films during the 1940s and 1950s were Telugus, whose acting was not matched by their dialogue delivery in Tamil. In spite of his celebrated film career, his short stint in politics became a futile attempt. He has been described by the Los Angeles Times as "The Marlon Brando of Indian Cinema".
Ganesan is remembered as an iconic figure of Tamil cinema.
He was also the first Indian actor to be made a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. In 1997, Ganesan was conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, highest honour for films in India. In addition, he received four Filmfare Awards South and a National Film Award (Special Jury). He received the President Award for Best Tamil Actor on twelve occasions. Many leading South Indian film actors have stated that their acting was influenced by Ganesan. Ganesan was the first Indian film actor to win a "Best Actor" award in an International film festival, the Afro-Asian Film Festival held in Cairo, Egypt in 1960. His eidetic memory helped him remember his scripts at a glance. In a career that spanned close to five decades, he had acted in 283 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. He was well known for his versatility and variety of roles depicted on screen, which gave him also the Tamil honorific name Nadigar Thilagam (lit. Villupuram Chinnaiah Ganesan (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) better known as Sivaji Ganesan, was an Indian stage, and film actor who was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century.
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