Ramki

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Ramki
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Born
Ramakrishnan

(1962-03-31) 31 March 1962 (age 62)
Sattur, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation Actor
Years active1987–2004;
2013–present
Spouse
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(m. 1995)​
Relatives Radhika (sister in law)

Ramakrishnan (born 31 March 1962), better known by his stage name Ramki, is an Indian actor best known for his work in Tamil films. He made his debut in Chinna Poove Mella Pesu (1987). He was a lead actor from 1987 to 2004. He is well known by his unique hair style. [1]

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He was known for his performances in successful movies such as Senthoora Poove (1988), Maruthu Pandi (1990), Inaindha Kaigal (1990), Athma (1993), Karuppu Roja (1996) and RX 100 (2018).

He made his comeback in cinema after nine years and returned in a supporting role with the supernatural thriller film Masani (2013).

Career

Ramki started as an actor in 1987 with the film, Chinna Poove Mella Pesu . He appeared alongside Prabhu. The film was a commercial success. [2] Ramki appeared in eight films during the year 1988, including Senthoora Poove where he co-starred with Vijayakanth and his future wife Nirosha. The film ran for over 200 days in theatres and was one of the highest-grossing Tamil films. [3] Poovizhi Raja and Paravaigal Palavitham have received positive reviews. [4] [5] In 1989, He worked in movies such as Oru Thottil Sabadham, Ellame En Thangachi, Penn Buthi Mun Buthi, Yogam Rajayogam and En Kanavar.

After the success of Maruthu Pandi (1990), in the same year, he acted in the action-adventure, Inaindha Kaigal directed by N. K. Viswanathan and featured him in the second leading role alongside Arun Pandian and lead actress Nirosha. [6] The film was released to positive reviews and became a Blockbuster. [7] In 1991, he played in Vetri Padigal directed by Manobala while R. Sarathkumar acted in negative role. [8] He starred in the horror films genre that are successful as Athma (1993), Thanga Pappa (1993), Mayabazar (1995) and Karuppu Roja (1996). In 1997, Ramki has acted in the movies such Thaali Pudhusu , Kalyana Vaibhogam , Samrat , Thadayam and Pudhalvan . He was known for his onscreen chemistry with Nirosha, Khushbu and Urvashi. In 1999, he acted in second role in Nilave Mugam Kaattu starring with Karthik and Devayani. [9] He appears in a few sequences in the movies such as Poovellam Kettuppar (1999) and Kadhal Rojavae (2000).

During the 2000s, Ramki acted in second roles in devotional films such as Palayathu Amman (2000), Sri Raja Rajeshwari (2001) and Padai Veetu Amman (2002). His 1991 film, he acted in a movie Kuttrapathirikai of R. K. Selvamani's. After 15 long years, this movie finally got released in 2007; deleting some scenes. [10]

In 2013, he made his come back with films such as Maasani and Biriyani . In 2016, he acted in Vaaimai and Atti . [11] [12] In 2017, he acted in Telugu movie, Aakatayi , where he played a pivotal role, followed by Tamil horror comedy film, Aangila Padam in the lead role. [13] [14] He acted in a Telugu film, RX 100 (2018) with which he wins Best Character Actor. [15] [16] He also appeared in the Sundar C's Action (2019) starring Vishal. [17]

In 2020, he appeared in Telegu movie, Disco Raja . [18] He plays one of the main roles in Vettai Naai (2021) and Gurumoorthi (2022). [19] [20]

In 2023, Ramki joins cast of Venkat Prabhu's Tamil-Telugu bilingual, Custody . [21] He play as supporting cast in Lucky Baskhar (2024). [22]

Personal life

Ramki married actress Nirosha in 1995. [23]

Filmography

Tamil films

YearFilmRoleNotes
1987 Chinna Poove Mella Pesu RajaDubbed into Telugu as Abhishekam
Thangachi Raja
1988 Irandil Ondru RajaDubbed into Telugu as Goonda Police
Ithu Engal Neethi
Sigappu Thali Inspector Paandi
Manaivi Oru MandhiriJeeva
Senthoora Poove AshokDubbed into Telugu as Sindhura Puvvu
Poovizhi Raja Inspector Kumar
Paravaigal Palavitham Sekar
Maduraikara ThambiChinna Thambi
1989Oru Thottil SabadhamDubbed into Telugu as Samaram
Ellame En ThangachiVasanth
Penn Buthi Mun ButhiMuthupandi
Yogam RajayogamSiva
En Kanavar
1990 Maruthu Pandi Maruthu Pandi / Manickam
Amma Pillai Sathish
Inaindha Kaigal Pratap
Vellaiya Thevan Thevan
Pudhiya SarithiramInspector Dinakaran / Raja
Vaazhnthu KaattuvomVijay
1991 Vetri Padigal Mahesh
Pillai Paasam
Manitha Jaathi
En Pottukku Sonthakkaran Chinna Paandi
1992UyarndhavanMohan
1993 Thanga Pappa LawrenceGuest appearance
Pass Mark MuraliDubbed into Telugu as Allari Abbayi
Athma Saravanan / VigneshDubbed into Telugu as Rathnagiri Ammoru
1994 Chinna Madam Gopal
UlavaaliRajaDubbed into Telugu as Bayankara Goodachari
Vanaja Girija Raja
1995 Thottil Kuzhandhai Pitchai
Mayabazar Ram
1996 Irattai Roja Balu
Rajali Jeeva
En Aasai Thangachi Dorai
Enakkoru Magan Pirappan Balu
Karuppu Roja Aravind
1997 Thaali Pudhusu Arun
Dhinamum Ennai Gavani ACP Jai Kumar
Kalyana Vaibhogam Sakthi
Aahaa Enna Porutham Raja
Samrat Samrat / Ashok
Thadayam Chandru (Chandrasekhar)Dubbed into Telugu as Chattam
Pudhalvan Inspector Siva
1998 Ellame En Pondattithaan Muthu
1999 Nilave Mugam Kaattu Prakash
Poovellam Kettuppar HimselfCameo appearance
2000 Kadhal Rojavae HimselfSpecial appearance
Palayathu Amman ShankarDubbed into Telugu as Devatha
2001 Sri Raja Rajeshwari Raasaiyya
Viswanathan Ramamoorthy Vishwanathan
2002 Shakalaka Baby HimselfGuest appearance
Padai Veetu Amman Shankar
2004 Super Da Kathirvel
2007 Kuttrapathirikai ACP RamakrishnanProduction in 1991; Released 2007
2013 Masani Vetri
Biriyani Vijaykrishna
2016 Vaaimai Thirumaaran IPS
Atti Om Prakash
2017 Aangila Padam Rail Murugan
2018 Koothan HimselfGuest appearance
2019 Action Saravanan
2021 Vettai Naai Bose
2022 Maaran Maaran's father
Gurumoorthi Kandasamy
2023 Custody Maj. Gen. Philips Sathya Raj

Telugu films

YearFilmRoleNotes
1990GhatanaVijaygaru
1992Bhale KhaideeluVijay
DoshiSivaDubbed into Tamil as Rocky
1997 Osey Ramulamma NarasimhaDubbed into Tamil as Adimai Penn
Special appearance
Rowdy Durbar KotiDubbed into Tamil as Thalapathi Kottai
2017 Aakatayi Vikram Simha
2018 RX 100 DaddyWon, Santosham Film Awards Best Character Actor - Telugu
Nominated, SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actor - Telugu
2020 Disco Raja Bharani
2023 Custody Maj. Gen. Philips Sathya Raj
2024 Lucky Baskhar Anthony

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