Ganesh Venkatraman
Biography
Ganesh Venkatraman is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films. He had acted in Radha Mohan's Abhiyum Naanum (2008), before working in Unnaipol Oruvan (2009) and Kandahar (2010).
Ganesh began his acting career by appearing in television serials. It included Antariksh and Mayavi, which was the first known 3D serial on Tamil television. He made his film début with The Angrez (2006), an experimental crossover film shot in Hyderabadi Urdu but he could not garner any further film offers immediately.
Subsequently, he made his début in Tamil cinema with Radha Mohan's family drama, Abhiyum Naanum (2008). He was cast in the role of Trisha's Punjabi fiancé, this role received critical acclaim.
He appeared as a police officer, working alongside Kamal Haasan, Mohanlal, and Venkatesh in the bilingual film Unnaipol Oruvan (2009), while he also portrayed an army general in Major Ravi's war film Kandahar. He also worked in a thriller film titled Muriyadi with Sathyaraj by Selva, but the film failed to have a theatrical release owing to Kavithalayaa Productions' financial troubles.
During the period, Ganesh also opted out of another multi-starrer Mankatha (2011), and instead chose to work on another bilingual Tamil and Hindi film, Panithuli (2012), in a solo lead role. The film opened to negative reviews and performed poorly at the box office.
