Awards
- Filmfare Best Actor Award for Enga Veettu Pillai
- Filmfare Best Film Award for Adimai Penn
- National Film Award for Best Actor for the film Rickshawkaran in 1972.
- Honorary doctorate received from University of Madras and The World University (Arizona).
- Bharat Ratna was conferred by the Government of India (posthumously) in 1988 for his reformation activities and support from Tamil Nadu.
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