Narayanan, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, Tamil Nadu's acting Governor Dr. Sivaji Ganesan's rich and varied contribution to Tamil cinema was recalled by President K.R. Nageswara Rao and Chiranjeevi and Malayalam actor Mammooty joined their film fraternity in Tamil Nadu in paying homage to the thespian. Kannada actor Raj Kumar, Telugu actors A. Thousands of people, including hundreds of film artists and technicians, attended his funeral held in Chennai on July 23 with state honours thousands more watched it on television. It was, therefore, not surprising that the death of Sivaji Ganesan was mourned by the entire Tamil-speaking community. When he acted in that opening scene, he was stepping into a career that would take him to the heights of success, winning the admiration of Tamils across the globe as the versatile actor Sivaji Ganesan. "VICTORY, victory," shouts Villupuram Chinniah Ganesan as he makes his first appearance in his debut film Parasakthi, released in 1952.
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