K. S. Ravikumar

K. S. Ravikumar

Born	K. S. Ravikumar (1958-05-30) May 30, 1958 (age 54) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Film actor, director, screenwriter
Years active	1990-present

K. S. Ravikumar (Tamil: கே. எஸ். ரவிகுமார்; born May 30, 1958) is an Indian film director and actor, primarily working in Tamil cinema.He has directed some of the most recognizable and well-known Tamil films and is one of the most popular filmmakers IN Kollywood. He has directed numerous films ranging from comedy and drama to action thrillers. His film Dasavathaaram (2008) went on to gross $16 million worldwide in the first four weeks and eventually became one of the highest-grossing Indian films of all time.^[1]^[2] Ravikumar began his career as an assistant to director Bharathi Raja and subsequently directed his first film Puriyaadha Pudhir (1990). One fact that adds to his popularity is that he makes a guest appearance in any film he directs.

Filmography

As director

Year	Film	Cast	Guest Role	Language	Script writer	Notes
1990	Puriyaadha Pudhir	Rahman, Rekha, Sarath Kumar, Raghuvaran, Sithara, Anand Babu	Hero Jail friend	Tamil		Debut Film, First film with Sarath Kumar, in fact, remake of Kannada movie Tarka released in 1988
1991	Cheran Pandiyan	Sarath Kumar, Vijayakumar, Anand Babu, Sreeja, Chitra	Villain	Tamil	Erode Sounder	Second film with Sarath Kumar
	Agraham	Dr. Rajasekhar, Amala		Telugu		Debut in Telugu, Remake of Puriyaadha Pudhir
	Putham Pudhu Payanam	Anand Babu, Chitra, Vivek, Chinni Jayanth, Kannan	Sivalingam	Tamil	Erode sounder
1992	Oor Mariyadhai	Sarath Kumar, Sasikala	A drunkard	Tamil		Third film with Sarath Kumar
1992	Pondatti Rajyam	Saravanan, Ranjitha, Chitra	Hero's neighbour	Tamil
1993	Suriyan Chandran	Anand Babu, Keerthana	Villain	Tamil
	Band Master	Sarath Kumar, Heera, Ranjitha	Villain	Tamil		Fourth film with Sarath Kumar
	Purusha Lakshanam	Jayaram, Kushboo	Photographer	Tamil
1994	Sakthivel	Selva, Kanaka, Vijayakumar	Sangili Murugan	Tamil		Produced by AVM Productions, Music by Ilaiyaraaja
1994	Nattamai	Sarath Kumar, Meena, Kushboo, Sanghavi, Raja Raveendar	Villager in last scene	Tamil	Erode Sounder	Fifth film with Sarath Kumar, One of Highest grossing film of the year
1995	Muthukulikka Vaariyala	Vignesh, Sanghavi	Army Officer	Tamil
	Periya Kudumbam	Prabhu, Kanaka, Vineetha	Prabhu's Pangaali	Tamil		First film with Prabhu
	Muthu	Rajinikanth, Meena, Sarath Babu, Subhashri	Kerala's Villager	Tamil	Priyadarshan	First Film with Rajinikanth, One of Highest grossing film of the year Remake of malayalam film Thenmavin Kombathu
1996	Parambarai	Prabhu, Roja, Goundamani	As himself in last scene	Tamil		Second film with Prabhu
1996	Avvai Shanmugi	Kamal Haasan, Meena, Heera	Praiser	Tamil	Crazy Mohan	First Film with Kamal Haasan, Highest grossing film of the year
1997	Dharma Chakkaram	Vijayakanth, Rambha, Deepti Bhatnagar	Cameo	Tamil		First Film with Vijayakanth
1997	Pistha	Karthik, Nagma	Guitarist in Rock band	Tamil	M. A. Kennedy	First Film with Karthik
1998	Kondattam	Arjun, Simran, Mantra	Photographer	Tamil
1998	Natpukkaga	Sarath Kumar, Simran, Vijayakumar	Nondi Swamiyar	Tamil	Jyothikrishna	Sixth film with Sarath Kumar
1999	Sneham Kosam	Chiranjeevi, Meena, Prakash Raj		Telugu		First film with Chiranjeevi, Remake of Natpukkaga, One of Highest grossing films of the year
	Padayappa	Sivaji Ganesan, Rajinikanth, Soundarya, Ramya Krishnan, Abbas, Preetha Vijayakumar	Dance in "Kicku erudhe" Song	Tamil		First film with Sivaji Ganesan, Second film with Rajinikanth, Highest grossing film of the year
	Suyamvaram	Sathyaraj, Prabhu, Karthik, Prabhu Deva		Tamil	Giridharlal Nagpal	Guinness World Record Film, Ten Directors make this film
	Minsara Kanna	Vijay, Monicka, Rambha, Kushboo	Art Buyer	Tamil	MA Kennedy	First Film with Vijay
	Paattali	Sarath Kumar, Ramya Krishnan, Devayani	Climax	Tamil		Seventh film with Sarath Kumar
2000	Thenali	Kamal Haasan, Jyothika, Devayani, Jayaram	Himself	Tamil	Crazy Mohan	Second film with Kamal Haasan, One of Highest grossing film of the year
2001	Bava Nachadu	Nagarjuna, Simran, Reema Sen		Telugu		First film with Nagarjuna
2001	Samudhiram	Sarath Kumar, Murali, Manoj Bharathiraja, Kaveri, Abhirami, Sindhu Menon	Dance in "Vidiya Vidiya" Song	Tamil		Eighth film with Sarath Kumar
2002	Panchathantiram	Kamal Haasan, Simran, Jayaram, Ramesh Aravind, Sriman, Yugi Sethu	Flight Captain	Tamil	Kamal Haasan	Third film with Kamal Haasan, One of Highest grossing films of the year
2002	Villain	Ajith Kumar, Kiran, Meena	Guest appearance in Climax	Tamil	Yugi Sethu	First film with Ajith Kumar, One of Highest grossing films of the year.
2003	Paarai	Sarath Kumar, Meena, Ramya Krishnan, Jayaram	Guest appearance in Climax	Tamil	A. K. Lohithdas	Ninth film with Sarath Kumar Remake of malayalam film Mahayanam
2003	Villain	Dr. Rajasekhar	Telugu			Telugu remake of Villain
2004	Aethiree	R. Madhavan, Sadha, Kanika, Rahman	Young Bachelor	Tamil	Kamaleshkumar
2006	Saravana	Silambarasan, Jyothika, Prakash Raj	Train Passenger	Tamil	Boyapati Srinu	Remake of telugu film Bhadra
2006	Varalaru	Ajith Kumar, Asin, Kanika	Family Doctor	Tamil	Rk films unit	Second film with Ajith Kumar, One of Highest grossing film of the year, Winner: Vijay Award for Best Director
2008	Dasavathaaram	Kamal Haasan, Asin, Mallika Sherawat, Jayaprada	Dance in "Ulaga Nayagan" song	Tamil	Kamal Haasan	Fourth film with Kamal Haasan, Highest grossing film of the year, One of Highest grossing film of Indian film Industry, Winner: ITFA Best Director Award Nominated, Filmfare Best Tamil Director Award
2009	Aadhavan	Suriya, Nayantara	New servant	Tamil	Ramesh Khanna	Nominated, Vijay Award for Favourite Film Nominated, Vijay Award for Favourite Director
2010	Jaggubhai	Sarath Kumar, Shriya Saran, Srisha, Goundamani	Airport Supervisor	Tamil	Kamaleshkumar	Tenth film with Sarath Kumar
2010	Manmadhan Ambu	Kamal Haasan, Trisha Krishnan, R. Madhavan	As Director	Tamil	Kamal Haasan	Fifth film with Kamal Haasan. Actor Surya danced in the song "Oyyale"
2013	Policegiri	Sanjay Dutt, Prachi Desai		Hindi	Hari	Filming Hindi remake of tamil film Saamy
2013	Kochadaiyaan	Rajinikanth, Deepika Padukone,		Tamil		Pre-production

As actor

Cheran Pandiyan as Villain
Putham Pudhu Payanam as Sivalingam
Gollmal (unknown) as ACP myil pandian
Madhumathi (1995)
Muthu as Village landlord
Pagaivan (1997)
Ponnu Veetukaaran (1998)
Kannaal Pesavaa (2000)
Thamizh (2002)
Arul (2004)
Thalainagaram (2006)
Thottal Poo Malarum (2007)as a taxi driver
Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya (2010)as a Director
Manmadhan Ambu (2010)as Director (Special Appearance)
Onbadhule Guru (2013) as Baldram Naidu

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Collaborations

Actors	Rajinikanth	Kamal Haasan	Ajith Kumar	Sarath Kumar	Meena	Simran	Anand Babu	Jayaram	Vijayakanth	A. R. Rahman
No. of associations	3	5	2	10	7	4	3	3	1	4

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References

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External links

K. S. Ravikumar at the Internet Movie Database

v t e Films directed by K. S. Ravikumar

1990-1999	Puriyaadha Pudhir (1990) Perum Puli (1991) Cheran Pandiyan (1991) Putham Pudhu Payanam (1991) Aagraham (1992) (Telugu) Pondatti Rajyam (1992) Oor Mariyadhai (1992) Purusha Lakshanam (1993) Band Master (1993) Suriyan Chandran (1993) Nattamai (1994) Sakthivel (1994) Muthukulikka Vaariyala (1995) Muthu (1995) Periya Kudumbam (1995) Avvai Shanmugi (1996) Parampaarai (1996) Pistha (1997) Dharmachakkaram (1997) Natpukkaga (1997) Kondattam (1998) Sneham Kosam (1999) (Telugu) Suyamvaram (1999) Padayappa (1999) Paattali (1999)

2000-2009	Minsara Kanna (2000) Thenali (2000) Bava Nachadu (2001) (Telugu) Samudhiram (2001) Panchathantiram (2002) Villain (2002) Villain (2003) (Telugu) Paarai (2003) Aethiree (2004) Saravana (2006) Varalaru (2006) Dasavathaaram (2008) Aadhavan (2009)

2010- present	Jaggubhai (2010) Manmadan Ambu (2010) Policegiri (2013) (Hindi)

v t e Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director

1967-1980	C. N. Shanmugam (1967) Krishnan-Panju (1968) P. Neelakantan (1969) P. Madhavan (1970) Not awarded (1971) Not awarded (1972) Not awarded (1973) Not awarded (1974) Not awarded (1975) Not awarded (1976) Bharathiraja (1977) Durai (1978) SP. Muthuraman (1979) K. Balachander (1980)

1981-2000	Bharathiraja (1981) Muktha Srinivasan (1982) Not awarded (1983) Not awarded (1984) Not awarded (1985) Not awarded (1986) Not awarded (1987) P. R. Devaraj (1988) K. Balachander (1989) Vikraman (1990) P. Vasu (1991) Mani Ratnam (1992) Shankar (1993) K. S. Ravikumar (1994) Vasanth (1995) Agathiyan (1996) Vikraman & Cheran (1997) R. Parthiepan (1998) Bala (1999) Vikraman (2000)

2001-present	Susi Ganesan (2001) Mani Ratnam (2002) Karu Pazhaniappan (2003) Cheran (2004) Shankar (2005) Thirumurugan (2006) Thangar Bachan (2007) Radha Mohan (2008)

Persondata
Name	Ravikumar, K.S
Alternative names
Short description	Indian film director/Actor
Date of birth	1954-08-16
Place of birth	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Date of death
Place of death

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