T G Ravi

Biography

T. G. Ravindranathan, popularly known as T. G. Ravi, is a Malayalam film actor, mainly noted for his roles as a villain. He along with Balan K. Nair played most of the negative roles in Malayalam cinema during the late 1970s and the 1980s. T.G. Ravi was born on 16 May 1944 in an, Ezhuthachan family in Moorkanikkara village, Thrissur, in present day Kerala, India. Initially, he chose to pursue a career in engineering and undertook his degree course through Kerala University in Government Engineering College, Thrissur (with a short stint in Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam). He graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1969. Apart from involving in theatre arts, he also represented the University of Kerala in Football and Hockey. He was an artist at The All India Radio where he met Thikkodiyan, who was instrumental in introducing him to the silver screen. He is a noted industrialist and has been instrumental in developing Thrissur as a major base for the rubber based industries. He is the Managing Director of Suntec Tyres Limited. He has also served as the president of The Cochin Devaswom Board which controls the affairs of over 400 temples in Ernakulam, Thrissur and Palakkad districts. He was married to (late) Dr. V. K. Subhadra, a retired government servant. He has two children: Ranjith, an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta and London Business School and Sreejith Ravi, a Mechanical Engineer from NIT, Surathkal, MBA from ICFAI Business School, Bangalore and an upcoming film actor. Seema & Sajitha are his daughters-in-law. Milit, Rijraswa & Mitul are his grandsons and Minal is his granddaughter.

Most Known For

I Am Kathalan

Manorathangal

as Parameswaran

Rekhachithram

as Pallasheri

Kurukkan Rajavayi

Pathamudayam

as Lion C. Menon

King of Kotha

as Vareeth

The Imprints

as Raman Namboothiri

Porinju Mariam Jose

as Puthenpally Anthony

The Imprints

Iyobinte Pusthakam

as The communist leader

Pallichattambi

Attimari

Romans

as Pappi

Pada

as Adv. Jayapalan

Georgettan's Pooram

as Josephettan

Dhruvam

as Kashi

Jacob's Kingdom of Heaven

as Jacob's car driver

The Priest

as Dr. Mathews

Positive

as Constable Ravi

22 Female Kottayam

as Ravi