V. P. Ganeshan

V. P. Ganeshan was a Sri Lankan trade unionist, politician, film producer and actor.

Biography

V.P. Ganeshan is the founder of the Democratic Workers Congress and father of Mano Ganesan, a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament.

He was the Sri Lankan equivalent of M.G. Ramachandran of Tamil Nadu. [http://www.google.lk/search?q=%22V.P.+Ganeshan+of+the+Democratic+Workers+Congress+was+the+Sri+Lankan+equivalent+of+M.G.+Ramachandran+in+Tamil+Nadu%22&gbv=2&hl=en&filter=0] Ganeshan produced and acted in the lead roles in Pudhiya Kattru, Naan Ungal Thozhan and Naadu Pottra Vaazhgha. He was the only film-maker to produce three Tamil films in Sri Lanka and all of them were reasonable successes. [cite web | url= http://transcurrents.com/tamiliana/archives/date/2005/10/| title=Symposium: Sri Lanka’s cultural experience - For a distinct identity| date=October 1 2005 | publisher= Transcurrents.com Blog|accessdate=2007-12-14]

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