Ramki;

When I watch old Sivaji movies I try to have the mindset that over-acting was considered as acting at that time. But the problem is he hung on to that for a long time. I recently saw DhavaNik kanavugaL and sometimes it was irritably over-acting.
BTW I think Gemini's acting skills were unfairly downplayed by the media. I like Sumaithangi for his subdued acting and he pipped Sivaji (alaya maNi) for the best actor award in that year. Sorry for the digression.