Ramkumar Ganesan (born 12 January 1955) is an Indian film producer and actor. He is the head of
Sivaji Productions, a film productions company that has produced several films, particularly featuring his father
Sivaji Ganesan
Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Gan ...
or his younger brother
Prabhu.
Early life
Born in
Chennai
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,
Tamil Nadu
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,
India
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, Ramkumar is the eldest son of Tamil actor
Sivaji Ganesan
Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Gan ...
and the older brother of Tamil actor
Prabhu, Shanti and Thenmozhi. He graduated with a degree in
business administration from Vivekananda College and began working at the production company
Sivaji Productions established by his father.
Career
Ramkumar took over Sivaji Productions after his uncle V. C. Shanmugham had died.
The company is being led by Ramkumar along with his brother Prabhu. The most notable production under Ramkumar remains the blockbuster ''
Chandramukhi'' in 2005. In 2009, the brothers produced the film ''
Aasal
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