Ravichandran Samanna made his debut in Bharathiraja’s Nizhalgal in 1980 and was thereafter known as Nizhalgal Ravi. He has thus far acted in more than 570 films in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam.
As a lead actor in the 1980s, he starred opposite actress like Radha, Revathi, Urvasi, Banupriya, Amala, Gauthami, Khushbu, Radhika, Ramya Krishnan, Rohini, Seetha, Kanaka, Saranya and Kasthuri.
He is one of Tamil cinema’s most versatile actors, moving effortlessly from romance roles to character roles, comedy or even playing the menacing villain.
He is also a talented voice artist, best known for dubbing in Tamil for Amitabh Bachchan, Nana Patekar, Jackie Shroff and Mithun Chakraborty, He also dubbed for Rahmaan in Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal and for Raja in Captain Magal.
Ravi continues to act on the big and small screens. He celebrated his 69th birthday on 16 April.
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