Raveendran (actor)

Raveendran (Ravindher)
Born	Thampi Elias Tripunithura, Kerala, India
Other names	Ravindher Thampi
Occupation	Actor TV Anchor Interior Designer
Years active	1980 - present
Spouse(s)	Suma Ravindher
Children	Mareena Ravindher Bibin Ravindher Fabin ravindher
Parent(s)	Elias, Dr. Saramma

Raveendran (Ravindher) is an Indian actor, primarily concentrating in Malayalam and Tamil films.^[1] He was a very busy actor in both these languages in 1980's. He debuted in Tamil mega hit Oru Thalai Ragam. He was the second lead in Kamal Hassan and Rajnikanth movies like, Sagalakala Vallavan, Per Sollum Pillai, Ram Lakshman, Ranga, Thankamagan and Pokkiri Raja. But he concentrated more in Malayalam movies and was a part of numerous hit films until he decided to quit movies. He has also done major roles in Echchil Iravugal, Poikkal Kudhirai, En Priyame and Kutravaaligal.

He announced his comeback to films and did smaller roles until 2013, when he played one of the lead roles in Idukki Gold directed by Aashiq Abu and Kili Poyi. He has played a wonderful barber character in the 80's Tamil movie 'Poi Kaal kuthirai'.^[2] He made his debut as story writer through Sathyan Anthikad's Ennum Eppozhum. He is the festival director of Kochi Metro (Malayalam) Short Film Fest. He is also an interior designer.^[3]

Personal life

He is born to Elias and Dr. Saramma at Tripunithura, Kerala, India.^[4] He completed 2 years of acting course at South India Film Chambers, Chennai and completed degree course at Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.

He is married to Suma. The couple have three children, Mareena, Bibin and Fabin.^[5] His son Fabin has acted in Idukki Gold in michael's childhood role.^[6]

Filmography

Actor

Malayalam

Tamil

Writer

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Raveendran (actor).

• Raveendran at the Internet Movie Database
• Raveendran at MSI