P. C. Ramakrishna

P. C. Ramakrishna is a veteran theatre actor and voice artist based in Chennai, India. He has acted in several plays, such as Anna Weiss, Dance Like A Man, The Good Doctor and provided voice-overs to numerous advertisements, documentaries and corporate shows. He has been a member of the English theatre group The Madras Players since 1969.

Biography Ramakrishna did his schooling in Kolkata, India, and completed his undergraduate education at the Loyola College, Chennai. Ramakrishna's early interests included learning the mridangaman ancient Indian percussion instrumentand he trained under Palghat Mani Iyer in Chennai and Tanjavur. He played mridangam for 18 years since the age of 3 and was considering making it a profession, but was discouraged by low wages for musicians.

Career

Most of the documentary narration work that I do is dull as ditch water. For example, tell me how many people are interested in the details of installing a boiler? — P. C. Ramakrishna title=interview to JobsByRef

Ramakrishna's notable plays include Anna Weiss, where he plays the role of a man who is accused of sexual abuse by his daughter; Mercy, a monologue based on a novel by the Tamil author Sivasankari; and Mahesh Dattani's Dance Like A Man.

Filmography Year Film Role 1993 Thiruda Thiruda Finance Minister 1994 May Madham Sandhya's father 1995 Karuppu Nila ShanmugaPandian's Father 1997 Poochudava Nandhini's Father 1998 Ulavuthurai Navy Chief