Savitri Ganesan was an Indian actress, singer, dancer and filmmaker. She was the third wife of famous filmmaker Gemini Ganesan and the couple had a son and a daughter. She used to work in dance dramas before making it big in the film industry. Savitri Ganesan worked predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films, but also acted in a few Hindi films. Her first Bollywood film was S. S. Vasan’s Bahut Din Huye (1954), which was produced by her husband. Her other Bollywood films include Ghar Basake Dekho (1963), Ganga Ki Lahren (1964), Balram Shri Krishna (1968), Amar Deep (1978), etc.