Ravikanth

Ravikanth is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films.

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). 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.

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 eight different characters and labelled the film as his "big break". 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.

He explained that at the time Ambika was married to Premkumar and living in the United States, only travelling to India for film shootings.

Filmography Year Film Role Notes 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 8 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 2025 Mrs & Mr Vidhya's father

Television Year Title Role Channel 2003–2004 Sahana Jaya TV Solathan Ninaikiraen Zee Tamil 2013–2017 Vamsam Sivaram Sun TV 2023–2024 Kizhakku Vaasal RaviVijay Television 2023–2024 Malar Vishwanathan Sun TV 2025-present Annamalai Kudumbam Venkadesan Zee Tamil