Jai Ganesh

| death_place = Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | years active = 1974–2000 | children = 3 | nationality = Indian }}

Jai Ganesh (1946 – 12 February 2001) was an Indian actor who appeared in Tamil plays and films. He had supporting roles in the films ''Aval Oru Thodar Kathai'' and ''Aattukara Alamelu'', among others. His most popular roles have been as a supporting actor or as a villain in films such as ''Thaayillamal Naan Illai'' (1979) and ''Athisaya Piravi'' (1990). He acted as child artiste in films like ''Sampoorna Ramayanam'' and ''Missiamma''.

He was reintroduced into the film industry by director K. Balachander in ''Aval Oru Thodar Kathai''. From then on, he acted in many films as hero and also as character actor. Some of his famous films in 1970s are ''Neeya'', ''Pilot Premnath'', ''Vattathukkul Sathuram'' and ''Vanakathukuriya Kathaliyae''& Azhage unnai Aradhikkiren.

Jai Ganesh died of cancer on 12 February 2001, at the age of 54. He acted in lot of movies as hero as well as in supporting roles with famous actors including Sivaji Ganesan, Jaishankar, Sivakumar, Muthuraman, Rajinikanth, Kamal Haasan, Vijayakanth, Sathyaraj, Karthik, Ajith Kumar, Vijay and Master Raghu. Provided by Wikipedia