Ramdoss, better known as Munishkanth, is an Indian actor who appears in
Tamil language
Tamil (; ' , ) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia. Tamil is an official language of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the sovereign nations of Sri Lanka and Singapore, and the Indian territory of Pud ...
films. He had notable roles in films, including ''
Mundasupatti'' (2014), ''
Maanagaram'' (2017), ''
Maragadha Naanayam'' (2017) and ''
Raatchasan'' (2018).
Career
Ramdoss came to
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of ...
from
Oddanchatram in 2002, hoping to get a breakthrough as an actor in films and worked for several years as a junior artiste. Unable to get an immediate breakthrough, he moved to Malaysia for two years to work as a
goldsmith
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before returning to Chennai and often slept homeless at
Vadapalani temple. He became involved in short films, often portraying characters in the ''Naalaya Iyakkunar'' show on
Kalaignar TV
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, and featured in Ram's original award-winning short film titled ''Mundasupatti'' by dubbing for the character of the aspiring actor, Munishkanth, at the insistence of his friend
Kaali Venkat.
He continued on the fringe of the film industry, appearing in small roles in
Mani Ratnam
Gopala Ratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and few Hindi, Telugu and Kannada films. Ratnam has won six Nat ...
's ''
Kadal'' (2013) and
C. V. Kumar
C. V. Kumar (born as C. Vijayakumar) is an Indian Tamil film producer, director and distributor who