![]() Early Life of Ganesh Acharya Ganesh Acharya was born in Tamil Nadu by the name Sivaji Ganesan. His father, Mr. Gopi, was a dancer and also a choreographer. Ganesh Acharya lost his father at the tender age of 10, which enclosed his family in severe financial crisis and he was forced to quit his studies. Afterwards, he moved to Cuttack, Odisha where he began to learn the art of dancing from his sister. Later he started assisting the well known choreographer Kamalji till his demise. At the age of 12, he launched his own dance group. Career of Ganesh Acharya Ganesh Acharya became a choreographer at the age of 19. He bagged his first Bollywood flick Anaam in the year 1992 when he was just 21 years of age. This was followed by a number of movies in which he choreographed dance sequences and established himself as a noted choreographer. ![]() Following his success as a choreographer, Ganesh Acharya decided to venture in the field of film direction. In 2007, he made his directional debut with the movie Swami starring Juhi Chawla and Manoj Bajpai. The film was also written and produced by Ganesh Acharya. Devoid of any song and dance, the movie depicted the journey of a man named Swami, portrayed by Manoj Bajpai, and his wife Radha, played by Juhi Chawla. He also made a comedy flick Money Hai To Honey Hai in 2008. He marked his acting debut in the year 2011 with the Tamil film Rowthiram. He has also acted in films like Company, Ghatak, ABCD - Any Body Can Dance and Road. Ganesh Acharya Dance Academy Ganesh Acharya has launched Ganesh Acharya Dance Academy in collaboration with Deepak Bhattacharya who is MD of Magna events WB Pvt. Ltd, Kolkata. The institute has provided training to a number of students including teenagers, kids and adults, among which many have already started to work in Bollywood. Several actors and performers of national and Bengali television industry were the members of this institute. |