Ravikanth (actor)

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Ravikanth
Born
Ravi Srinivasan

(1962-05-28) 28 May 1962 (age 62)
OccupationActor
Years active1987-present

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

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Career

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

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

Filmography

YearFilmRoleNotes
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 Chettiyar
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

YearTitleRoleChannel
2003 - 2004Sahana Jaya TV
Solathan Ninaikiraen Zee Tamil
2013 - 2017 Vamsam Sivaram Sun TV
2023 - 2024 Kizhakku Vaasal Ravi Vijay Television
2023 - 2024 Malar Vishwanathan Sun TV

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