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T G Ravi

16th May 1944 Thrissur, Kingdom of Cochin Acting

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.

99 Movies 2 TV Shows 144 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Azadi poster
Azadi 23rd May 2025 as Adv. Menon
Am Ah poster
Am Ah 24th January 2025 as Pappettan
Karnika poster
Karnika 23rd August 2024 as Swaminathan
Pada poster
Pada 11th March 2022 as Adv. Jayapalan
Varsham poster
Varsham 6th November 2014 as Manavaalan Peter
Celluloid poster
Celluloid 14th February 2013 as Sundararaj (Elder)
Lokpal poster
Lokpal 30th January 2013 as Sathyanweshi Mukundan Menon
Romans poster
Romans 16th January 2013 as Pappi
Cycle poster
Cycle 16th February 2008 as Krishnan, Sanju's father
Paradesi poster
Paradesi 15th October 2007 as Moosa's Friend
Alibhai poster
Alibhai 15th August 2007 as Maison Narayanan
Oruvan poster
Oruvan 26th December 2006 as Vilaganoor Aashan
Pakal poster
Pakal 24th November 2006 as Joseph
1921 poster
1921 28th March 1988 as Variyan Kunnathu Kunjahammed Haji
Padayani poster
Padayani 7th November 1986 as Vikraman Nair
NH 47 poster
NH 47 19th May 1984 as Sudhakaran Pilla
Vikatakavi poster
Vikatakavi 12th January 1984 as Krishnankutty / K. K. Nair
Ee Nadu poster
Ee Nadu 14th April 1982 as Karunakaran
Ahimsa poster
Ahimsa 30th December 1981 as Peter
Chatta poster
Chatta 5th September 1981 as Manikyan