Chennai: Veteran Tamil actor Delhi Ganesh, who was last seen in Kamal Hassan’s ‘Indian 2’, breathed his last on Saturday night. He was 80.
Confirming the news of his death, Delhi Ganesh’s son Mahadevan posted on his Instagram handle, “We deeply regret to inform that our father Mr. Delhi Ganesh has passed away on 9th November around 11 pm.”
Delhi Ganesh hailed from Delhi and was an active member of the theatre troupe Dakshina Bharata Nataka Sabha. He had started his career in 1976 with ace director K Balachander’s ‘Pattina Pravesam.’
The actor served in the Indian Air Force for a decade, before sharing screen space with almost all the big stars of Tamil cinema for nearly three decades.
Delhi Ganesh has acted in all Kamal Hassan’s films starting from ‘Nayagan’ to ‘Indian 2.’ The actor was quite fond of Kamal Hassan and loved to work with him.
Earlier, in an interview with the New Indian Express, the actor had said, “Kamal gives a lot of space to actors, and he trusts you. That makes all the difference.”
Some of his commendable roles were in films like Sindhu Bhairavi (1985), Nayakan (1987), Apoorva Sagodharargal (1989), Michael Madana Kama Rajan (1990), Aahaa..! (1997), And Thenali (2000) among others.
The actor was honoured with the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize in 1979 for his performance in ‘Pasi’.
He was also awarded the Kalaimamani Award in 1994 by the Tamil Nadu government.