Raveendran is an India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n actor, primarily concentrating in Malayalam and Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 films. He was a very busy actor in both these languages in 1980's. He debuted in Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 mega hit Oru Thalai Ragam

Oru Thalai Ragam

Oru Thalai Raagam is a 1980 Tamil-language Indian feature film produced and directed by E.M.Ibrahim, starring Shankar, Roopa, Chandrasekhar, Usha Rajendar and Ravindran. Eventhough the title card shows E.M.Ibrahim as the director, the film has been actually ghost directed by Vijaya T...

. He was the second lead in Kamal Hassan and Rajnikanth

Rajnikanth

Rajinikanth is an Indian film actor, media personality, and cultural icon. He made his debut as an actor in the National Film Award-winning motion picture Apoorva Raagangal , directed by K. Balachander, whom the actor considers his mentor....

 movies like, Sagalakala Vallavan

Sagalakala Vallavan

Sagalakala Vallavan is a 1982 released Tamil-language Indian feature film directed by SP. Muthuraman, starring Kamal Haasan, Ambika, Raveendran, Y. G. Mahendran, Thengai Srinivasan, Silk Smitha and V. K. Ramasamy...

, Per Sollum Pillai

Per Sollum Pillai

Per Sollum Pillai is a 1987 Tamil-language Indian feature film directed by SP. Muthuraman, starring Kamal Haasan, Radhika, Manorama, K.R.Vijaya and Raveendran.-Plot:...

, Rama 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 did announced his comeback to films and now he is doing smaller roles. Aashiq Abu

Aashiq Abu

Aashiq Abu is a Malayalam film director from Kerala, India. He began his directorial career by directing a Mammootty movie, Daddy Cool. Daddy cool was appreciated for the brave attempt in making some experimental treatment. His second film Salt N' Pepper turned out to be a trend setter in malayalam...

 has signed him to play one of the lead roles in Idukki Gold

Partial Filmography

• 2009 Swa Le - Ravi Kumar
• 2006 Notebook - Doctor
• 2006 Chakkara Muthu
• 2006 Rashtram
• 2005 Bharathchandran I.P.S - Devan Menon
• 1992 Pappayude Swantham Appoos
• 1987 Per Sollum Pillai
• 1985 Karimpin Poovinakkare - Thampi
• 1984 Athirathram - Chandru
• 1984 Mainakam - Mohan
• 1983 Attakkalasam - Santhosh Babu's Friend
• 1983 Bhookambam - Pramod
• 1983 Eettappuli - Albert
• 1983 Iniyenkilum - Pradeep
• 1983 Thimingalam
• 1982 Innalenkil Nale - Ravi
• 1982 John Jaffer Janardhanan
  John Jaffer Janardhanan
  John Jaffer Janardhanan is a 1982 Malayalam movie directed by I. V. Sasi, written by T. Damodaran, and starring Mammootty, Ratheesh, and Ravindran. It was a remake of 1977 blockbuster Hindi movie Amar Akbar Anthony, which in turn was remade in Telugu as Ram Robert Rahim in 1980, directed by Vijaya...
  
   - Jaffer
• 1982 Sindoora Sandhyakku Mounam - Kumar
• 1980 Oru Thalai Ragam

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