Ravikanth (actor)

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

Ravikanth
Born
Ravi Srinivasan

28 May 1962
Tamil Nadu, India
OccupationActor
Years active1987-present
Spouse(s)Ambika
(m.2000; div.2002)

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
Year Film Role Notes
1987Manathil Uruthi Vendum
1990Pathimoonam Number VeeduRekha's husband
1994Chinna Muthu
Atha Maga Rathiname
1995Paattu VaathiyarPechimuthu
1997AbhimanyuPrakash
1999SuyamvaramWedding guest
2003AnjaneyaPolice officer
2008Saroja
2010Goa11 characters
2011MankathaChettiyar's assistant
2013BiriyaniChandrasekhar
2015MGR Sivaji Rajini KamalVanarajan
2020ChakraFilming
MaanaaduFilming

Television
Year Title Role Channel
SahanaJaya TV
Solathan NinaikiraenZee Tamil
2013 - 2017VamsamSivaramSun

References
  1. "12-ல ஒண்ணு லேடி கெட்டப்; அப்போ VP, பிரேம்ஜி, வைபவ் பண்ண சேட்டை இருக்கே... - 'கோவா' ரவிகாந்த்". www.vikatan.com/.
  2. "The Indian Express - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  3. "Goa was my big break: Ravikanth". The New Indian Express.
  4. "Video". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  5. https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/2009/mar/25/kbs-new-serial-35543.html
  6. Rangarajan, Malathi (5 February 2010). "The hurdles in its way". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  7. https://cinema.dinamalar.com/cinema-news/1655/special-report/Goa-movie-special-Hi-lites.htm
  8. "Ambika - Malayalam actors who have married more than once". The Times of India.
  9. http://archives.thinakaran.lk/2013/02/12/?fn=f1302125
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