Gemini Ganesan, at 19, married Alamelu. She is his first and only legal wife.
He later married or had intimate relations, though he did not live with actresses Pushpavalli and Savitri.
He was survived by seven daughters and a son.
In October 1998,the then 78-year old Ganesan married the then 36-year-old Juliana.
Somehow, I seemed to attract women who were in distress.
He also felt annoyed by the title "Kaadhal Mannan" as it "was used to brush him in black in his pers