Indian history of cinema will not be completed with out mentioning of Nadigar Thilagam Shivaji ganesan .He has acted almost all the charectors and is very famous for his pronounciation and rendering of dialogues.and his roaring voice like a lion cannot be compared with any one in this field.He was called the dictionary of acting in the soutyh indian cine field .He has staretd his acting carrier at the age of 10 and acted in many roles even as a woman Sri.Annadurai the founder of Dravida munnetra Kazhagam has noted his talent and invited him to act in his play HINDU KANDA SAMRAJYAM (The Rajyam founded by a Hindu )in which he has performed the role as Chatrapathi Shivaji so naturally he was given the title "SHIVJI" and afterward he was called as Shivaji Ganesan " The Great Actors like Prithvi Rajkapoor, rajkapoor and Sanjeevkumar were honoured by the indian Government for their contributions to the cine field Shvaji's talent was not recoganised by the central as he was in the rival group of congress headed by Kamaraj.The most preestigious awards like "BHARATH" and BAHRAT RATNA were given to the malayalee actor MG Ramachandra menon whose acting cannot reach near Shivaji. However shivaji was selected as the best actor in asia africans film festival for his brilliant role as Veera pandia katta bomman , He has defeated his arch rival MGR in acting and has miserably failed in the politic s >Sanjeev Kumar once said " I cannot perform the role like Shivaji but i will try my level best "while acting in Naya Din Naye rath the remake of a tamil film "NAVARATHRI in which Shivaji has performed nine differen roles . His old film Karnan which was released in chennai for the second time is running with packed house nearing for the silver jublee shows that still lakhs of his admirers are there .