FIVE UNIMAGINABLE PERFORMANCES BY SIVAJI GANESAN

Hi friends,

Excellence means greatness. It is the very best. Achieving excellence is never easy. Nadigar Thilagam Sri Sivaji Ganesan was one of the best actors in the world. His imagination of a character and his body language were unique. They teach how to act in the London school of acting. But Sivaji did not have any such training. I consider the following five scenes from his movies par excellence. They are:

1.  PAVA MANNIPPU:

Carrying a coir cot, Sivaji comes out in the night to sleep in the open. The villain comes stealthily and pours acid on his face. In movies, it is not real acid. But Sivaji's makes it feel as if real acid is poured on his face by his reaction. He brings out the pain and the suffering spontaneously. This is par excellence.

2.  RAMAN ETHANAI RAMANADI:

Sivaji is a half baked and underdeveloped youth playing with urchin boys. On the inducement of his friends, he goes to the heroine's house to ask her brother to get her married to him. The brother insults and throws him out and Sivaji gets convulsions. His reaction and his challenge to the villain are an unimaginable display of emotion.

3.  UTHAMA  PUTHIRAN:

Sivaji acts in the dual role of two brothers. One is a pious hero, and the other is the villainous king. In the final scene,  the brothers meet in jail. The king wants to kill the brother to hold on to the kingdom. The mother begs him to release his brother. He does not relent. The histrionics shown by Sivaji as a villain in that scene are beyond imagination.

4.  DEIVA MAGAN:

Sivaji acts in a triple role, of a father and two sons. The father abandons his first son due to a black mole in the face. His friend brings him up without his knowledge. The second son is handsome. After many years, the first son visits in the midnight to see his mother. Accidentally, the father meets him and emotions spark. Sivaji beautifully brings out the emotions.

5.  PASA MALAR:

Sivaji dedicated his life for his sister's happiness. He gets her married to the man she loves. He also marries. They live together happily. Bad relatives spoil their peace. His wife wants to go separately. Sivaji does not want to leave his sister. When his sister's husband talks badly about him and his sister, Sivaji, sitting before a table, emotes beautifully to show his anger just by sharpening a pencil.