Actor S Ve Shekher, who has acted in several films with Delhi Ganesh including Mr Bharath, Arasatchi, Vedikkai En Vadikkai, and Oorukku Upadesam, among others condoled the demise of the veteran actor and said that his death is a great loss for the film fraternity.
"What we have is almost 50 years of friendship. When he came to Chennai, he played a character in Kathadi Ramamurthy's play 'Dowry Kalyana Vaibhogame' for which he would receive a thunderous applause. From Pattina Pravesam, Pasi, he started honing his craft as a character artiste," he explains.
Praising his versatility as an actor he shares, "Delhi Ganesh was also a successful dubbing artist who worked in Visu's Kudumbam oru Kadambam. He's not just a versatile actor, but also a sincere and a disciplined artiste who has a great sense of humour. He was in everyone's good books. He is a good writer also. His death is a great loss for everyone." He also adds, "I believe that no artiste dies, everyone including Sivaji and MGR are living with us. With this digital era, Delhi Ganesh will continue to live with us."
Ganesh was born on August 1, 1944 in Tirunelveli. Delhi became a part of Ganesh's name as he started off as a theatre artist in a Delhi-based drama troupe Dakshina Bharata Nataka Sabha. Interestingly, Ganesh served as a part of the Indian Air Force for a decade from 1964-1974 before entering films with K Balachander's Pattina Pravesam (1976). Balachander gave him the screen name which has etched in audiences mind till date.
Apart from his comic roles, he has played the lead in MA Kaja's Engamma Maharani (1981) and villain roles in Apoorva Sagotharargal (1989) and Chidambara Ragasiyam (1985). Some of the notable films of his filmography are Sindhu Bhairavi (1985), Michael Madana Kama Rajan (1990), Sri Raghavendar (1985), Avvai Shanmugi (1996) and Thenali (2001). He won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for his performance in Pasi (1979). He was conferred the Kalaimamani title in 1994 by the then Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.
