Ramesh Aravind
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Ramesh Aravind | |
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| Born | September 10, 1964 |
| Years active | 1987-present |
| Spouse | Archana Ramesh |
| Children | Niharika, Arjun |
Ramesh Aravind (Kannada: ರಮೇಶ್ ಅರವಿಂದ್) or Ramesh is a popular Kannada, Tamil and Telugu movie actor. He is considered one of the most versatile actors in Kannada cinema, who has also acted in Tamil movies. He is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from UVCE, Bangalore.
Early days
Ramesh's histrionic talent found expression early in his student days when he acted in many plays. The Kannada film Sundara Swapnagalu was Ramesh's debut.
Career uprising
After giving impressive performances in Panchamaveda, Srigandha and Aragini, Ramesh had to spend quite a few years in wilderness.
In Telugu, he did movies like Little Soldiers, Rudraveena, Sathi leelavathi, etc. In Tamil he made successful films like Keladi Kanmani, Duet and many others. With his brilliant performance in films like Anuraga Sangama, Ulta Palta, Tutta Mutta, Chandramukhi Pranasakhi, Gombe, Nammoora Mandara Hoove, America America, Hoomale, Deepavali and Sneha Loka he has been the favorite of Kannada moviegoers. He had nine 100 days films in a row, which is a record.
Awards
He is indeed one of the most natural actors on screen breathing life into any character he plays. This friendly actor has also written the story and screenplay for the film 'Hoomale', which got the National award for best Kannada film of that year.
| Year | Award | Category | Film | |
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| 1997 | Karnataka State Award | Best Actor | America America | |
| 1997 | Filmfare Award | Best Actor | Amrutha Varshini | |
| 1997 | Udaya TV Award | Best Actor | O Mallige | |
| 1997 | Screen Videocon Award | Best Actor | America America and Amrutha Varshini Jointly | |
| 1997 | Andhra State Nandi Award | Lead Actor of Best film | Little Soldiers | |
| 1998 | Filmfare Award | Best Actor | Hoomale | |
| 1998 | Filmfans Association Award | Best Actor | Hoomale | |
| 1999 | Karnataka State Award | Best Actor | Hoomale | |
| 1999 | Filmfans Association | Award Best Actor | Sambrama | |
| 1999 | Cinema Express Award | Best Actor | Chandramuki Pranasaki | |
| 2005 | Raghavendra Prathishtana Awards | Best Story | Amruthadhare | |
| 2006 | Sun Feast Udaya Awards | Best Director Debut | Rama Shama Bhama | |
| 2006 | Suvarna Film Awards | Best Actor (Hero in a comedy role) | Rama Shama Bhama |
Direction
Ramesh Aravind's first two directorial ventures, Rama Shama Bhama and Sathyavaan Savithri, were comedies and had a fair degree of success at the box office. His third directorial venture, Accident, was a critically acclaimed thriller that, however, failed to entice the audience. His next directorial venture, Venkata in Sankata, was released in 2009 and it went on to become a super hit movie.
Writer
Hoomale, a National Award winning movie, directed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekar, is based on the story written by Ramesh. Amrithadhare too had the story by Ramesh. He also wrote the story and screenplay for this third directorial venture Accident, a suspense thriller which got a lot of critical appreciation.[2]
Ventures
He is also directing a film for a new corporate firm, Sinema House. Veteran comedy actor M. S. Umesh who was introduced as a child artist in the fifties' classical Kannada film Makkala Rajya is doing a special role in the film. "In a career spanning over five decades, this is the first time that I am experimenting with such a role. When Ramesh told me about this role, I was quite excited. I think this film will be memorable in my career' says Umesh. Sharmila Mandre, model Anusha and a new actress Meghana Mudhiyan are the heroines. Another well known Tulu theatre artist Devadas Kappikad plays an important role in the film. Well-known Telugu film writer Thotapalli Madhu, who has written the story and screenplay for over 190 films, has penned the script for the film. Ricky Kej is the music director, P K H Doss, the cameraman and Ravi Varma the stunt director. Release Date - 20/02/2009
Notable filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes | ||||||
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| 1986 | Sundara Swapnagalu | Kannada | Debut movie | |||||||
| 1990 | Panchamaveda | Anand fakes as his friend Ravi | Kannada | |||||||
| 1995 | Sathi Leelavathi | Tamil | ||||||||
| 1996 | Nammoora Mandara Hoove | Praveen | Kannada | |||||||
| 1996 | Little Soldiers | Telugu | Andhra State Nandi award | |||||||
| 1997 | America America | Surya | Kannada | Winner, Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor | ||||||
| 1997 | Amrutha Varshini | Abhishek Bharadwaj | Kannada | Winner: Filmfare Best Kannada Actor Award | ||||||
| 1997 | Mungarina Minchu | Kannada | ||||||||
| 1997 | O Mallige | Kannada | ||||||||
| 1997 | Ulta Palta | Kannada | movie based on Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors | |||||||
| 1998 | Hoomale | Kannada | Winner, Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor Winner: Filmfare Best Kannada Actor Award Written by himself | |||||||
| 1999 | Chandramukhi Pranasakhi | Susheel | Kannada | Best actor award from Karnataka state | ||||||
| 2000 | Shaapa | Kannada | ||||||||
| 2004 | Apthamitra | Ramesh | Kannada | |||||||
| 2004 | Jokefalls | Ramesh | Kannada | |||||||
| 2006 | Rama Shama Bhama | Raam | Kannada | Debut directorial venture | ||||||
| 2008 | Accident | Kannada | ||||||||
| 2009 | Venkata In Sankata | Kannada | 2010 | Shock | Kannada |
External links
- http://www.ramesharvind.com A website on Ramesh Arvind