Ravikanth (actor)

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Ravikanth
Born
Ravi Srinivasan

(1962-05-28) 28 May 1962 (age 61)
OccupationActor
Years active1987-present
Spouse(s)Ambika
(m.2000; div.2002)

Ravikanth is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films.[1][2]

Career[edit]

Ravi began his professional career as a sound engineer and when the company closed down, he joined a drama troupe. At the troupe, he became acquainted with Charuhasan who introduced him to Ananthu, an associate of director K. Balachander. Soon after, Ravi was given the stage name of Ravikanth and made his acting debut in Balachander's Manathil Uruthi Vendum (1987).[3][4] During the period, he also shot for a supporting role in Apoorva Sagodharargal (1989) but his portions were cut owing to the film's length.[3] Ravikanth later moved on to work on television serials, regularly collaborating on K. Balachander's productions including Sahana and Solathan Ninaikiraen.[5]

In the 2000s, Ravikanth has regularly worked on films directed by Venkat Prabhu starting from Saroja (2008). In Venkat Prabhu's comedy drama Goa, Ravikanth portrayed eleven different characters and labelled the film as his "big break".[3][6][7] He has since appeared in films such as Mankatha and Biriyani (2013) with the director. Some of his films in the 2000s, such as the Premgi-starrer 2010 Bhagyaraj and the Silambarasan-starrer Kettavan were dropped mid-production.[4]

Outside of his film career, Ravikanth owns Reflomats, a business specialising in the production of signs.[4]

Personal life[edit]

Ravikanth married actress Ambika in 2000, after divorcing his first wife. He then later got divorced Ambika in 2002.[8][9]

Filmography[edit]

Year Film Role Notes
1987 Manathil Uruthi Vendum
1990 Pathimoonam Number Veedu Rekha's husband
1994 Chinna Muthu
Atha Maga Rathiname
1995 Paattu Vaathiyar Pechimuthu
1997 Abhimanyu Prakash
1999 Suyamvaram Wedding guest
2003 Anjaneya Police officer
2008 Saroja
2010 Goa 11 characters
2011 Mankatha Chettiyar's assistant
2013 Biriyani Chandrasekhar
2015 MGR Sivaji Rajini Kamal Vanarajan
2021 Chakra Dial For Help Board member
Maanaadu
2022 Kaathuvaakula Rendu Kaadhal Khatija's father

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Channel
2003 - 2004 Sahana Jaya TV
Solathan Ninaikiraen Zee Tamil
2013 - 2017 Vamsam Sivaram Sun TV
2023 - 2024 Malar Vishwanathan Sun TV

References[edit]

  1. ^ "12-ல ஒண்ணு லேடி கெட்டப்; அப்போ VP, பிரேம்ஜி, வைபவ் பண்ண சேட்டை இருக்கே... - 'கோவா' ரவிகாந்த்". www.vikatan.com/.
  2. ^ "Melodrama". Indian Express. 18 February 1994. p. 6.
  3. ^ a b c "Goa was my big break: Ravikanth". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 20 November 2018.
  4. ^ a b c "Video". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  5. ^ "KB's new serial".
  6. ^ Rangarajan, Malathi (5 February 2010). "The hurdles in its way". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  7. ^ "கோவா பட ஹைலைட்ஸ் | Goa movie special Hi-lites". 27 January 2010.
  8. ^ "Ambika - Malayalam actors who have married more than once". The Times of India.
  9. ^ "அம்பிகாவின் மறுமணமும் முறிவு".

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