Sreejith Ravi (born 19 May 1976) is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Malayalam films and also in Tamil films. He is the son of actor

T. G. Ravi T. G. Ravindranathan (born 16 May 1944), popularly known as T. G. Ravi, is an Indian actor, mainly noted for his roles as a villain in Malayalam cinema. He along with Balan K. Nair played most of the negative roles in Malayalam cinema during t ...

Early life

Sreejith is the son of actor and industrialist

and V. K. Subhadra. He studied in Hari Sri Vidya Nidhi School, Thrissur. He received his Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka. He also received his PGDBA from ICFAI Business School,

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, and Diploma in Business Finance from ICFAI Hyderabad.

Career

He started his acting career in 2005 with the film '' Mayookham''. He got a breakthrough after appearing in '' Chanthupottu''. He also acted in Adoor Gopalakrishnan's '' Naalu Pennungal''. He portrayed Sivarasan in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination-based '' Mission 90 Days''. he had a substantial role in Chekavar. he debuted in Tamil film industry with '' Vettai''. His roles in Sathyan Anthikad's '' Kadha Thudarunnu'' and ''Orkut Oru Ormakoot'' was different from the villains role he did until then. He won SIIMA award in 2013 for the Best Comedian for his performance in '' Punyalan Agarbattis'', in which he played a humorous role named Abhayakumar, an auto-rickshaw driver. He played main villain characters in the Tamil films '' Kumki'', '' Madha Yaanai Koottam'', '' Kathakali (film)''. He has acted in a Kannada film ''Happily Married''. He also has dubbed for his father

in '' Ashwaroodan'' and '' Pranchiyettan & the Saint''.

Personal life

Sreejith is married to Sajitha Sreejith and has two sons—Rijrashwa Sreejith and Ritunjay Sreejith.

Filmography

*''All films are in

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language unless otherwise noted''

As dubbing artist

* Pranchiyettan and the Saint - voice for T.G Ravi * Ashwaroodan- voice for T.G Ravi

Arrest and release

He was arrested in 2016 for public indecency, where he flashed 14 schoolgirls in

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, though he was released on bail. He was again arrested in July 2022 for flashing naked in front of two minors. He was denied bail and was remanded for seven days. The court, considering that he was undergoing treatment for a behavioural disorder for the past six years, was granted bail on condition that the bail would get cancelled if he was found guilty of similar offenses again.

References

External links

* * http://popcorn.oneindia.in/artist/9423/1/sreejith-ravi.html * http://www.brahmacreations.org/sreejith-ravi-emerging-heights-kadavul-shaju-malayalam-movie-kerala-today/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Ravi, Sreejith Male actors in Malayalam cinema Indian male film actors 1976 births People from Thrissur Male actors from Thrissur Living people 21st-century Indian male actors Hari Sri Vidya Nidhi School alumni