Raaghavan, also credited as Master Raghavan, is an Indian
child actor
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage, television, or in film, movies. An adult who began their acting career as a child may also be called a child actor, or a "former child actor". Closely associa ...
who works in predominately Tamil films apart from a few Telugu language films. His debut was in the 2016 movie, ''
Sethupathi'', with
Vijay Sethupathi
Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi Kalimuthu (born 16 January 1978) is an Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema, Tamil films. Sethupathi is the recipient of several accolades, including a National Film Awards, National F ...
.
Career
Raaghavan made his acting debut through the cop drama ''
Sethupathi'' (2016) portraying the son of the character played by
Vijay Sethupathi
Vijaya Gurunatha Sethupathi Kalimuthu (born 16 January 1978) is an Indian actor and film producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema, Tamil films. Sethupathi is the recipient of several accolades, including a National Film Awards, National F ...
. The film won positive reviews, as did Raaghavan's performance, with a critic from Sify.com noting that the "two kids who played as Vijay Sethupathi’s children are too good". His next film, ''
Rekka'' (2016), saw Raaghavan play the younger version of Vijay Sethupathi's character. He garnered attention for his acting in the video for the song "Kannamma" for the film.
Raaghavan continued to play pivotal roles as a child artist in Tamil films in the late 2010s, often portraying the child of the film's lead character such as in ''
Bhaskar Oru Rascal'' (2018) and ''
Maari 2'' (2018); or the younger version of the lead actor such as in ''
Hero
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'' (2019), ''
Vaanam Kottattum'' (2020) and ''
Enemy
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'' (2021). He also appeared in the Telugu film, ''
Uppena'' (2021), as the younger version of the protagonist.
In 2022, he appeared as the young version of
Vikram's character in ''
Mahaan'', and shot for his scenes in Kanchipuram. Raaghavan was next be seen in
Mani Ratnam
Gopalaratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films.
H ...
's ''
Ponniyin Selvan: I'' (2022), ''
Ponniyin Selvan: II'' (2023) portraying the Pandya prince.
Filmography
Films
As dubbing artist
References
External links
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Living people
Child actors in Tamil cinema
21st-century Indian male actors
Indian male child actors
2007 births