Golden Star Ganesh, now a big movie actor, in fact, started his career by hosting a comedy talk show on Udaya TV called Comedy Time.
Ganesh's first project as an actor would have been Guttu but after the makers failed to get a timeslot to air the movie in, they screened it at film festivals and select theatres in the USA.
Mugaru Male was a turning point in Ganesh's career since the movie was the first ever Indian language movie in to run successfully for nearly a year in PVR Cinemas.
Since his ascendance to stardom following the success of Mungaru Male, Ganesh has earned the sobriquet The Golden Star.
Filmmaker Yogaraj Bhat is credited with giving actor Ganesh the breakout role of his career. The duo first collaborated in Mungaru Male (2006), a musical romantic drama which became the first Kannada movie to complete an 865-day theatrical run and catapulted Ganesh to stardom.
Even before making his mark in Kannada cinema, Ganesh was popular among the television audience, thanks to the show Comedy Time. For a long time, he was fondly referred to as 'Comedy Time Ganesh' by his fans.