Gemini Ganesan né le 16 novembre 1919 à Pudukottai en Inde et décédé le 22 mars 2005 à Chennai en Inde, était un acteur indien.

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Gemini Ganesan, at 19, married Alamelu,whom he lived with who he fondly called "Bobji". She is his first and only legal wife. He later married or had intimate relations though didn't live with actresses Pushpavalli and Savitri. He is survived by seven daughters and a son. Alamelu and Ganesan have four daughters; three of them – Revathi, Kamala and Jayalakshmi - are medical doctors, the fourth Narayani is a journalist with The Times of India. Ganesan has two daughters with Pushpavalli – Bollywood actress Rekha, and Radha. The latter acted in a few Tamil films, but then opted for marriage and migration to the United States. Savithri and Ganesan have two children: a daughter Vijayasamundeeswari who is a physiotherapist, and acted in films as child artiste “Baby Savithri”, and Ganesan’s only son Satheesh Kumar. Ganesan's fourth and last wife, whom he married at the age of 78 was a then 36-year-old Julianna. Juliana had left her job and relations, to be near her husband, who said he needed a younger wife to attend on him, as age had caught up with Bobji." Ganesan publicly admitted that he was closest to Bobji, than Pushpavalli or Savithri. The actor had noted in his autobiography Vaazhkai Padagu, "Somehow, I seemed to attract women who were in distress."

Gemini Ganesan's wife Pushpavalli's sister Suryaprabha got married to popular Telugu director and actor Vedantam Raghavaiah. Their daughter Shubha was also an actress in Telugu movies.