Ganesh Venkatraman

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ganesh Venkatraman

• Ganesh Venkatraman was raised by his parents in a middle-class South-Indian family.

  

• Before joining the entertainment industry, Ganesh Venkatraman worked in an IT company for 2 years.

• In 2004, Ganesh Venkatraman was a representative for India in Mr. World 2004.

• In 2006, Ganesh Venkatraman started his acting and modelling journey. He was cast in the Hyderabadi comedy film titled ‘The Angrez’ in which he played the role of Rochak Suddala.

• He was always inclined towards acting and modelling as he used to actively participate in dramas and ramp shows in his college days.

• Ganesh considers the actor Kamal Haasan his mentor in acting.

  

• In 2012, Ganesh Venkatraman moved to Chennai to pursue his career in Tamil and Telugu films.

• During his initial years in Chennai, it was difficult for him to get an apartment alone as he was a bachelor working in the entertainment business. He then lived with the actress Rekha Haricharan’s family in Chennai for a few years.

• In 2013, Ganesh was cast in the Kannada romantic drama film titled ‘Chandra’ in which he played the role of Arya.

• In 2014, Ganesh became the host by presenting the reality game show ‘Vendhar Veetu Kalyanam’ on Vendhar TV.

  

• In 2016, Ganesh Venkatraman participated in the Tamil reality-comedy game show titled ‘Achcham Thavir’ which was based on the U.S. TV series ‘Fear Factor.’ Ganesh won the second position and stood at the 1st Runner-up position.

  

• In 2017, he took part as a contestant in season 1 of the Tamil Bigg Boss reality show and finished as the show’s third runner-up.

  

• Ganesh Venkatraman has been part of many Malayalam films including ‘Kandahar’ (2010) in which he played the role of the NSG officer Captain Suryanatha Sharma and in ‘My Story’ (2018) in which he played the role of David Eapen.

  

• In 2018, Ganesh Venkatraman along with Akshay Kumar were announced as the brand ambassadors of Harpic India’s ‘Clean India Campaign.’ The campaign also won the ‘Best Social Awareness Ad’ award by the Thomas Edison Awards for Advertising Excellence in 2018.

  

• Ganesh Venkatraman has been part of many Tamil films including ‘Abhiyum Naanum’ (2008) as Joginder Singh, ‘Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru’ (2013) as George, and ‘Red Sandal Wood’ (2023) as Ramaiyah.

  

• He has been part of many Telugu films including ‘Damarukam’ (2012) as Rahul, ‘Nayaki’ (2016) as Yogender, and ‘Raagala 24 Gantallo’ (2019) as Ganesh IAS.

  

• Ganesh Venkatraman has been part of a few Hindi films including ‘Tum Ho Yaara’ (2014) in which he played the role of Shiva and in ‘Guns of Banaras’ (2020) in which he played the role of Vikram Singh.

  

• Ganesh Venkatraman has been part of many TV series including ‘Kannana Kanne’ (2021) on Sun TV as Assistant Commissioner Dinesh, ‘Sweet Kaaram Coffee’ (2023) on Amazon Prime Video as The Major, and ‘Ninaithen Vandhai’ (2024) on Zee Tamil and Zee5 as Dr. Ezhil.

  

• Ganesh and his wife Nisha regularly post vlogs on their YouTube channel to keep their audience engaged.