VTV Ganesh

Ganesh Janardhanan, also known by his stage name VTV Ganesh, is an Indian actor and producer who works in Tamil and Telugu films. He is best known for his raspy voice,^[1] and appearances in films featuring Silambarasan. He made his debut in the Tamil movie Red (2002) directed by Singampuli. He is well-known for his movie Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2011) directed by Gautham Menon, which is the reason that he got 'VTV' (short form of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa) prior to his name.

VTV Ganesh
VTV Ganesh in 2017
Born	Ganesh Janardhanan (1961-06-21) 21 June 1961 (age 63) Nagercoil, Madras State (now Tamil Nadu), India
Occupations	Actor comedian film producer
Years active	2002–present
Spouse	Rajeswari
Children	1

Career

Prior to VTV, he played small roles in films like Red (2002), Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu (2006), Pachaikili Muthucharam (2007) and Vaaranam Aayiram (2008).

Ganesh made his breakthrough with a role in his home production Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya (2010) directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon starring Silambarasan and Trisha Krishnan. His portrayal of Ganesh, the fictional cinematographer of Vinaithaandi Varuvaiya (2010) won plaudits from critics and eventually led to him changing his name by adding a prefix with the initials of the film (VTV). He went on to play a comic role in the anthology film, Vaanam (2011) which he also produced, portraying the character of "Bajanai" Ganesh who assists Cable Raja played Silambarasan.^[2][3] Ganesh also acted in Osthe (2011) featuring Silambarasan in a role as the heroine's father. In 2012, Ganesh played the role of Silambaran’s uncle in Vignesh Shivan’s romantic musical film, Podaa Podi. He was one of the lead characters in Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham (2013).^[4] In 2014, he starred, penned, and produced Vincent Selva’s comedy film, Inga Enna Solluthu.^[5] He was later cast in few more films including Kappal (2014), Romeo Juliet (2015), Vaalu (2015), Vaaliba Raja (2016), Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva (2017), Sakka Podu Podu Raja (2017) and Kalakalappu 2 (2018). He has also acted in Vijay's films such as Beast (2022), Varisu (2023) and The Greatest of All Time (2024).^[6][7][8]

Filmography

Tamil films

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

List of VTV Ganesh Tamil film acting credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Red	District Collector	Uncredited role
2006	Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu	Dharma	credited as Sudhakar
2007	Pachaikili Muthucharam	Sundar
2008	Vaaranam Aayiram	Anthony	credited as Neelakandan Ganesh
2010	Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya	Ganesh	Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actor
2011	Vaanam	"Bajna" Ganesh
	Osthe	Neduvaali's Father
2012	Podaa Podi	Arjun's uncle	Nominated, Vijay Award for Best Comedian Nominated, SIIMA Award for Best Comedian
	Neethane En Ponvasantham	Ganesh	Guest appearance
2013	Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya	Krishnamoorthy
	Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham	Ganesh
2014	Inga Enna Solluthu	Ganesh	Also writer and producer; also lyrics and singer for song "Pattampoochi"
	Thalaivan
	Vallavanukku Pullum Aayudham	Deergadarsi
	Kappal	Nelson
2015	JK Enum Nanbanin Vaazhkai	Wedding Guest	Guest appearance
	Inimey Ippadithaan	Chandra
	Romeo Juliet	VTV Ganesh
	Vaalu	Kutti Paiya
	Trisha Illana Nayanthara	Vishu
2016	Vaaliba Raja	Prabhakaran Sethji
	Hello Naan Pei Pesuren	Kavitha's brother
	Pencil	Anthony Gonsalves
	Enakku Innoru Per Irukku	Benjamin
	Muthina Kathirika	Marudhu
	Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum	AC Shakthivel
	Veera Sivaji	Security Officer
2017	Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva	Shaktivel
	Shivalinga	N.Murali
	Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan	Somu
	Yaanum Theeyavan	Sundaramurthi
	Sakka Podu Podu Raja	J. Neelakandan, Santa's father
2018	Kalakalappu 2	Sait, Aishwarya's father
2019	Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven	Roshan
	Iruttu	Head Constable
2020	Naanga Romba Busy	Oorandai Govindan	Television film
2021	Iruvar Ullam	Kuralarasan
	Tamil Rockers
2022	Beast	Domnic Irudhayaraj
	Prince	Doctor
	Coffee with Kadhal	Pilot	Cameo
	Varalaru Mukkiyam	Adaikalam
2023	Varisu	Velraj
	Dada	Gokul
	Kasethan Kadavulada	Dr. Elangeeran
	Let's Get Married	Forest officer
	Jailer	Dr. S Dhandapani
	Conjuring Kannappan	Anjanenjan
2024	Romeo	Arivazhagan and Janani's uncle
	Rathnam	Inspector Muthupandi	Cameo
	Aranmanai 4	Carpenter
	The Greatest of All Time	Raghavan
	Brother	Caretaker Keshav
2025	Aghathiyaa	VTV Ganesh	Cameo
	Leg Piece
	Perusu	Doctor
	Sumo

Telugu films

List of VTV Ganesh Telugu film acting credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Ye Maaya Chesave	Film crew member	Special appearance in "Manasaa" song
2023	Bhagavanth Kesari	Minister
2024	The Family Star	Ramesh
	Aay	Manager Kishore
	Bhale Unnade	Darabont
	Viswam	Ticket Collector
2025	Daaku Maharaaj	Inspector Panthulu
	Sankranthiki Vasthunam	T. V. Ganesh

Malayalam films

List of VTV Ganesh Malayalam film acting credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2023	Bandra	Goswamy
2024	Turbo	Minister Arivazhagan Chella Durai

As producer

List of VTV Ganesh film producer credits

Year	Title	Notes
2010	Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa
2011	Vaanam
2014	Inga Enna Solluthu
2017	Sakka Podu Podu Raja

As singer

List of VTV Ganesh film singing credits

Year	Title	Song	Notes
2014	Inga Enna Solluthu	"Butterfly"	also lyrics
2014	Kappal	"Friendship"	film version only

Dubbing artist

List of VTV Ganesh film dubbing artist credits

Year	Title	Actor	Character	Notes	Ref.
2023	Jawan	Naresh Gossain	Agriculture Minister	Tamil dubbed version	[9]
2024	Mufasa: The Lion King		Young Rafiki	Tamil dubbed version	[10]

Music videos

List of VTV Ganesh music video credits

Year	Title	Artist	Notes	Ref.
2010	"Semmozhiyaana Thamizh Mozhiyaam"	A. R. Rahman	Non-album single	[11]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Language	Notes
2024	Cooku with Comali season 5	Contestant	Star Vijay	Tamil	Finalist