Ravishankar Gowda

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Ravishankar Gowda
Born
Ravishankar

26 August 1973
Keelara, Mandya, Karnataka, India
OccupationActor
Spouse
Sangeetha Gururaj
(m. 2003)
Children2
Relatives Manjula Gururaj (mother-in-law)

Ravishankar Gowda (born 26 August 1973) [1] is an Indian actor who works in the Kannada film industry. He is known mostly for his comic roles in television and films. [2] He acted as Dr. Vittal Rao, in the sitcom Silli Lalli which aired on ETV Kannada. [3]

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Career

Gowda appeared in the very popular Kannada sitcom Silli Lalli, playing the role of Dr. Vittal Rao, that aired on ETV Kannada. It ran for over 1,100 episodes. [4] Following this stint in television, he appeared in a lead role in the 2008 film, Payana . He performed in the 2012 film Snehitaru . In the film, he plays the role of a deaf character. [5] His other movies are Nanjangud Nanjunda (2010), Akka Pakka (2013), Mangana Kaiyalli Manikya (2013) and Jai Lalitha (2014). [6] [7] [8]

Personal life

Gowda is from Mandya. He travelled to Bangalore in 1993 in search of opportunities to become a singer. He married Sangeetha, a singer, and daughter of singer Manjula Gururaj, in an Arya Samaj-style wedding in February 2003. [9]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRolesNotes
2003 Smile Eshwar
2008 Payana RaviDebut as Lead
2009Mr PainterShanta Kumar
2010 Bombat Car
Mathe Mungaru Kutty
Nanjangud NanjundaNanjunda
Bindaas Hudugi
2011 Panchamrutha Adityasegment "Samarasave Jeevana: harmonious life"
Dhan Dhana Dhan Dr. Kamath
Jogayya Muttal
2012Bhagavantha Kai KottaShankar
Snehitaru Soundesha
2013DevaraneChitteswamy
Akka Pakka Harikrishna / Hakka
Gandhi Jayanti
Mangana Kaiyalli Manikya Ranganna
2014 Crazy Star
Nage Bomb
Navarangi
Jai Lalitha Lakshmikantha
2015 Ond Chance Kodi Nakula
Ram-Leela "Boiling Star" Bablu
2016 Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu
John Jani Janardhan
Sundaranga Jaana AliSIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role
2017 Sarkari Kelasa Devara Kelasa
Athiratha
2018 Vanilla Police Inspector
Orange Rukmini's husband
2019 99 Murali
2019 Geetha Ramesha
Gimmick Prathap
Mane Maratakkide Ram
Odeya Krishnamurthy
2020 Aadyaa Lokesh
2021 Yuvarathnaa Professor
Kotigobba 3 Sundar
Rathnan Prapancha Ahmed Ali
Sakath Lawyer
2022 Vikrant Rona Vishwanath Ballal
Ravi Bopanna
Triple Riding Inspector Annaiah
2023 Raghavendra Stores Madhu
Sreemanta

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2001 Kavyanjali
Minchu Minchina Balli
2003Silli LalliDr. Vittal Rao
2016 Majaa Talkies Guest

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