Sreejith Ravi (born 19 May 1976) is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in
Malayalam film
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s and also in
Tamil films. He is the son of actor
T. G. Ravi.
Early life
Sreejith is the son of actor and industrialist
T. G. Ravi and V. K. Subhadra. He studied in
Hari Sri Vidya Nidhi School, Thrissur. He received his
Bachelor of Engineering
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In the United Kingdom, a Ba ...
in Mechanical Engineering from the
National Institute of Technology Karnataka. He also received his PGDBA from ICFAI Business School,
Bangalore
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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
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film industry with ''
Vettai
''Vettai'' () is a 2012 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language action comedy film co-produced, written and directed by N. Linguswamy. The film stars Arya (actor), Arya and R. Madhavan in the lead roles, while Sameera Reddy, Amala Paul, Ashutosh R ...
''. His roles in
Sathyan Anthikad
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's ''
Kadha Thudarunnu
''Kadha Thudarunnu'' () is a 2010 Indian Malayalam-language family drama film written and directed by Sathyan Anthikad. The film stars Jayaram, Mamta Mohandas and Anikha Surendran in the lead role, while Asif Ali in a cameo appearance.< ...
'' 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''. He has acted in a Kannada film ''Happily Married''. He also has dubbed for his father
T. G. Ravi in ''
Ashwaroodan'' and ''
Pranchiyettan & the Saint''.
Personal life
Sreejith is married to Sajitha Sreejith and has two sons—Rijrashwa Sreejith and Ritunjay Sreejith.
Filmography
Malayalam films
Tamil films
Steaming television
As dubbing artist
*
Pranchiyettan and the Saint - voice for
T. G. Ravi
*
Ashwaroodan - voice for
T. G. Ravi
Controversies
He was arrested in 2016 for
public indecency, where he flashed 14 schoolgirls in
Palakkad
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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
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* http://popcorn.oneindia.in/artist/9423/1/sreejith-ravi.html
* http://www.brahmacreations.org/sreejith-ravi-emerging-heights-kadavul-shaju-malayalam-movie-kerala-today/
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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