Sreejith Ravi

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Sreejith Ravi
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Sreejith in 2011
Born (1976-05-19) 19 May 1976 (age 48)
Alma mater
OccupationActor
Years active2005 – present
SpouseSajitha Sreejith
Children2
Father T. G. Ravi

Sreejith Ravi (born 19 May 1976) is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Malayalam films and also in Tamil films. He is the son of actor T. G. Ravi.

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Early life

Sreejith is the son of actor and industrialist T. G. Ravi and V. K. Subhadra. He studied in Hari Sri Vidya Nidhi School, Thrissur. He received his Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka. He also received his PGDBA from ICFAI Business School, Bangalore, and Diploma in Business Finance from ICFAI Hyderabad.[ citation needed ]

Career

He started his acting career in 2005 with the film Mayookham . He got a breakthrough after appearing in Chanthupottu . He also acted in Adoor Gopalakrishnan's Naalu Pennungal . He portrayed Sivarasan in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination-based Mission 90 Days . he had a substantial role in Chekavar. he debuted in Tamil film industry with Vettai . His roles in Sathyan Anthikad's Kadha Thudarunnu and Orkut Oru Ormakoot was different from the villains role he did until then.

He won SIIMA award in 2013 for the Best Comedian for his performance in Punyalan Agarbattis , in which he played a humorous role named Abhayakumar, an auto-rickshaw driver. He played main villain characters in the Tamil films Kumki , Madha Yaanai Koottam , Kathakali . He has acted in a Kannada film Happily Married. He also has dubbed for his father T. G. Ravi in Ashwaroodan and Pranchiyettan & the Saint .

Personal life

Sreejith is married to Sajitha Sreejith and has two sons—Rijrashwa Sreejith and Ritunjay Sreejith. [1]

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

Malayalam films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005 Mayookham DamuDebut
By the People Sathyan
Chanthupottu Clitus
Ravanan Madhavan
Sketch Bashir
Kerala Police
Naalu Pennungal Pappukkutty
2006 Lion Baby
The Don Idikkatta Vasu
JayamDennis
Oruvan
2007 Big B Anthakaram Babu
Mission 90 Days Sivarasan (as Sreejit Ravi)
Panthaya Kozhi
November Rain Sali
Abraham & Lincoln Usman
Veeralipattu Chandu
IndrajithJamal
Kangaroo 'Syringe' Vasu
ThavalamGauri
2008ThalappavuKarunan
Sulthan Vivek
2009 Kancheepurathe Kalyanam
Swa LeRamanathan
Bhagavan -
Passenger -
Vairam: Fight for Justice -
Loud Speaker BachelorCameo appearance
Kerala Cafe Segment "Island Express"
2010 Yugapurushan
Thanthonni -
Swantham Bharya Zindabad -
Punyam Aham Pankan
Nayakan -
Pranchiyettan and the Saint Varghese
Textbook
Chekavar Udumpu Rocky
Best Actor Salam
2011Mithram
Violin Freddy
Seniors Police Officer
Three Kings -
2012 Thiruvambadi Thampan
Ezham SuryanDanny
2013 Celluloid Sundararaj
Kallante MakanPolice
Memories Antony50th film
Tourist Home Rajeev
Punyalan Agarbattis Abhayakumar
Vedivazhipadu Pradeep
2014Flat No.4BKrishnajith S Vijayan
Kerala TodayKadavul Shaju
100 Degree Celsius
Mathai Kuzhappakkaranalla Sudhan
Iyobinte Pusthakam Young Comrade
2015 Urumbukal Urangarilla Chooden Rajappan
Oru Second Class Yathra Balagopal
Mariyam Mukku Lorenze
Swargathekkal SundaramNRI
KanthariRocky
The Bail
Marutha
Mumbai Taxi
2016 Aakashvani Shibu
Karinkunnam 6's Barnabas
Zoom
Anyarku Praveshanamilla Black mani
2017 Ramante Eden Thottam Salim
Godha Vijayan
Punyalan Private Limited Abhayakumar
Ramaleela Siby Chako
2018 Queen Minister
TanahaJamesLead role
2019 Thrissur Pooram police officer100th film
The Gambinos
2020B Nilavarayum Sharjahpalliyum
2021VarkyPaily
2022 Meppadiyan Sub Inspector [2]
Pathonpatham Noottandu
Mukundan Unni Associates Clerk Satheeshan
Aaraattu Police officer
Kallan D'Souza
Jo and Jo Police officercameo appearance
Malikappuram Ambadi
2023Kaipola [3]
Jailer Keshavan [4]
Pulli [5]
2024 LLB: Life Line of Bachelors Krishna Prasad [6]
Anchakkallakokkan Chaapra [7]
Nadikar [8]
Gangs of Sukumara Kurup [9]
Kuttante Shinigami [10]
TBA VelleppamTBA [11]

Tamil films

YearTitleRole
2012 Kumki Forest Officer
Vettai Surulai
2013 Madha Yaanai Koottam Ponram
2016 Kathakali Inspector Saravana Vadivel
2017 Aayirathil Iruvar Thilak Prabhu
2018 Asuravadham Muthukalai

Web series

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2024 Nagendran's Honeymoons YusufMalayalam Disney+ Hotstar

As dubbing artist

Controversies

He was arrested in 2016 for public indecency, where he flashed 14 schoolgirls in Palakkad, though he was released on bail. [12] He was again arrested in July 2022 for flashing naked in front of two minors. [13] He was denied bail and was remanded for seven days. [14] The court, considering that he was undergoing treatment for a behavioural disorder for the past six years, was granted bail on condition that the bail would get cancelled if he was found guilty of similar offenses again. [15]

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