Rajeev Ravindranathan

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Rajeev Ravindranathan
OccupationActor
Years active2003-present
Notable work English Vinglish (2012)

Rajeev Ravindranathan (also known as Rajeev Ravindranath) is an Indian actor and comedian who works in Hindi and Tamil-language films. He is known for his roles in 3 Idiots (2009), English Vinglish (2012), and Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (2022). [1] [2] [3]

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Early life

Rajeev Ravindranathan studied business management for his bachelor's degree at Christ University. [4] He originally began his career at HSBC in the late 1990s and went on to work various jobs in financial planning and advertising until the early 2000s. [5] [6]

Career

Ravindranathan played minor roles in Freaky Chakra (2003) and Bas Yun Hi (2003), but was first noticed in Rajkumar Hirani's 3 Idiots (2009) for his role as a senior in college who rags Aamir Khan's character. [7] He initially auditioned for the role of Chatur (later played by Omi Vaidya) and was cast in R. Madhavan's role. After shooting for the film for two months, his scenes were reshot because Hirani wanted to cast a "known face" and he was cast in a different role. [8] He notably played Ramamurthy, Sridevi's Tamil techie classmate in English class in English Vinglish (2013). [9] [10] Post this film, Ravindranathan went on to play roles in various films such as Shamitabh (2015) and Waiting (2015). [11] [12] [13] [14] He garnered appreciation by the audience for his role in Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (2022) as Param, Nambi Narayanan's friend. The character is fictitious and an amalgamation of different people in Narayanan's life. [15]

Ravindranathan is Bengaluru-based and has appeared in several plays. [16] [17]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleLanguage
2003 Freaky Chakra Ticket clerk Hindi
Bas Yun Hi Hindi
2004 Phir Milenge Hindi
2009 3 Idiots Ragging SeniorHindi
2012 Vettai Gautham, Jayanthi's fiance Tamil
2012 English Vinglish RamamurthyHindi
2015 Shamitabh Media reporterHindi
Waiting GirishHindi
2022 Rocketry: The Nambi Effect ParamHindi
Tamil
Chup: Revenge of the Artist Srinivas ShettyHindi
2024 Raghu Thatha †Ashish GupthaTamil

Television

YearFilmRoleLanguageNetwork
2024 Killer Soup DSP Udaya ReddyHindi Netflix

Plays

Sources [18] [19] [20]

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