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Raghuvaran is a Actor Indian born on 11 december 1958 at Kerala (Inde)
Raghuvaran (11 December 1955 – 19 March 2008) was an Indian actor who predominantly acted in movies made in South India. He became famous for his portrayal of villain and character roles in Tamil films. He has acted in more than 200 Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. According to the Hindustan Times, "The actor had carved a niche for himself with his special style and voice modulation."
He played the protagonist of a Tamil soap opera, Oru Manidhanin Kadhai, about a well-to-do man who becomes an alcoholic. He received critical acclaim for his role as Father Alphonso in the Malayalam movie Daivathinte Vikruthikal, directed by Lenin Rajendran and based on M. Mukundan's novel of the same name.
He completed his Bachelor of Arts in History from Coimbatore (Govt. Arts College) and discontinued his Masters to pursue a career in acting. He landed a minor role in the Kannada film Swapna Thingalgal. He began acting in small minor roles in Telugu and Kannada films including a two-minute scene as a rapist in Udaya.
From 1979 to 1983, he was part of an acting drama troupe in Chennai, Chennai Kings, which also included the Kannada/Tamil supporting actor, Nassar. He was spotted and cast in a small role in Ezhavathu Manithan which was his biggest role to date.
He was married to Actress Rohini in 1996 and they have a son Rishivaran born in 1997. The couple later got separated and divorced in 2004.
Raghuvaran's substance addictions hampered his career and left him repeatedly visiting rehabilitation clinics.
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Raghuvaran
Nationality Inde
Birth 11 december 1958 at Kerala (Inde)
Death 19 march 2008 (at 49 years) at Chennai (Inde)
Birth 11 december 1958 at Kerala (Inde)
Death 19 march 2008 (at 49 years) at Chennai (Inde)
He played the protagonist of a Tamil soap opera, Oru Manidhanin Kadhai, about a well-to-do man who becomes an alcoholic. He received critical acclaim for his role as Father Alphonso in the Malayalam movie Daivathinte Vikruthikal, directed by Lenin Rajendran and based on M. Mukundan's novel of the same name.
Biography
He was born as eldest among four children in 1955 at Kollengode in Mathur, Palakkad district, Kerala. He was the grandson Mr. N. Radha Krishna Menon and Satyavathy Amma and son of Chunkamannathu Velayudhan and Kasthuri. When his father moved his hotel business from Mathur to Coimbatore and family shifted to Coimbatore. He had his primary education from St. Ann's Matric. Higher Secondary School, Coimbatore. He also learned piano from Trinity College London.He completed his Bachelor of Arts in History from Coimbatore (Govt. Arts College) and discontinued his Masters to pursue a career in acting. He landed a minor role in the Kannada film Swapna Thingalgal. He began acting in small minor roles in Telugu and Kannada films including a two-minute scene as a rapist in Udaya.
From 1979 to 1983, he was part of an acting drama troupe in Chennai, Chennai Kings, which also included the Kannada/Tamil supporting actor, Nassar. He was spotted and cast in a small role in Ezhavathu Manithan which was his biggest role to date.
He was married to Actress Rohini in 1996 and they have a son Rishivaran born in 1997. The couple later got separated and divorced in 2004.
Raghuvaran's substance addictions hampered his career and left him repeatedly visiting rehabilitation clinics.
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Surya Vs Surya (2015)
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Nikhil Siddhartha, Madhoobala Shah, Tanikella Bharani, Sayaji Shinde, Rao Ramesh, Raghuvaran
Roles Surya's Father (Archive Footage)
Rating65%
The film's story revolves around Surya (Nikhil Siddharth) who suffers from the hereditary disorder Porphyria, that prevents him from going into direct sunlight. He is raised by his widowed mother (Madhoo). He falls in love with a TV anchor (Tridha Choudary). Be that as it may, he doesn't tell her about his medicinal condition, fearing her rejection of him. She feels cheated when she learns of it from his friends. The rest of the story is about how Surya picks up his life after she breaks up with him.
Aatadista (2008)
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Actors Nithin Reddy, Kajal Agarwal, Jayasudha Kapoor, Konidela Nagendra Babu, Jayalalita, Raghuvaran
Roles Raghunath
Rating44%
Ashoka (2008)
Directed by Prem jogi, Prem Menon
Actors Raghuvaran, Prem Menon, Livingston, Anandaraj, Anusree, Prem jogi
Prem Menon plays an NSG commando chief Ashoka looking after the security of the Prime Minister of the country. The film begins with Ashoka barely managing to save the life of the PM at the Coimbatore airport from a terrorist ambush.
Sila Nerangalil (2008)
Directed by Jayaraj Rajasekharan Nair
Actors Vincent Asokan, Navya Nair (Dhanya Veena), Vineeth, Raghuvaran, Manobala, Sriman
A murder case that took place in mid sixties is narrated through a voice and radio news as the titles role on. A husband is accused of murdering his wife and he has been sentenced to death.
Thodakkam (2008)
Actors Monica (a) M. G. Rahima, Raghuvaran, S. Manivannan, Rishi aka Rishi Raj
Vanchinathan (Raguvannan), Gayathri (Monika), Chindo (Abinay), Habeeb (Rishi) and Nancy (Meha Nair) have studied together from childhood. Now graduates, they plan to find opportunities abroad to earn money. The day arrives but their plans are thwarted as they find themselves in the thick of a conspiracy.
Bheema (2008)
, 2h47Directed by N. Linguswamy
Genres Action
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Vikram, Trisha Krishnan, Prakash Raj, Raghuvaran, Ashish Vidyarthi, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy
Roles Periyavar
Rating57%
The story follows a tug of war between two underworld gangs trying to outsmart each other. Chinna’s (Prakash Raj) gang, the smaller of the two, struggles to overtake Periyavar’s (Raghuvaran) gang until a man named Sekar (Vikram) gives Chinna’s gang new life. Sekar is a man of steel, physically and mentally, who had idolised Chinna in his childhood; he is similar to the character Bhima from the ancient Hindu epic Mahabharata. Sekar challenges Periyavar’s group and puts Chinna on top.
Yaaradi Nee Mohini (2008)
, 2h53Directed by Mithran R. Jawahar
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Dhanush, Nayantara, Karthik Kumar, Raghuvaran, K. Viswanath, Karunas Sethu
Roles Vasu's Father
Rating72%
Vasu (Dhanush) is from a middle-class family. He makes several bids to obtain employment but all goes in vain due to his poor language skills and inadequate educational qualifications. All his friends settle in life, but he continues to struggle in finding employment. Vasu has two faithful friends in Cheenu (Karthik Kumar), and Ganesh (Karunaas). His father (Raghuvaran), who is a teacher, is always critical of him for being an irresponsible person. This just added to his list of woes.
Ellam Avan Seyal (2008)
Directed by Shaji Kailas
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors R. K., Raghuvaran, Roja, Bhama, Manoj K. Jayan, S. Manivannan
Roles Jagadeeswaran IPS from CBI
Rating68%
A lawyer, who defends criminals, wages vigilante justice against them in private. Movie deals with the murder of a girl who was ragged and brutally murdered by her classmates. The lawyer later finds the truth that she was brutally raped by college authorities for a complete night.
Deepavali (2007)
Directed by Ezhil
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Jayam Ravi, Karthika Menon, Raghuvaran, Vijayakumar, Vijayakumar, Lal
Roles Doctor (Cameo appearance)
Rating57%
Billu (Jayam Ravi) is the son of Mudaliar (Vijayakumar). Mudaliar is much loved and respected by people of his locality and Billu is almost like a foster son to every person in the locality.
Evadaithe Nakenti (2007)
, 2h54Directed by Rajasekhar, Jeevitha rajasekhar
Actors Rajasekhar, Samvrutha Sunil, Rajasekhar, Krishna Bhagavan, Mumait Khan, Raghuvaran
Rating63%
Marudhamalai (2007)
Directed by Suraj
Genres Action
Actors Arjun Sarja, Meera Chopra, Raghuvaran, Lal, Vadivelu, Paul Michael
Roles Suryanarayanan
Rating55%
Marudhamalai (Arjun), a police constable, goes to work in the village of Nachiapuram after passing his police exams and getting a merit. Here, he meets 'Encounter' Ekambaram (Vadivelu) who is his senior officer. He is asked to do all sorts of work for him and one day, Marudhamalai loses a convict on the way to the court due to Ekambaran's soft heart. He then is to clean the floors of the inspector's house and there, he falls in love with Nila. Then, later in the market, after Ekambaram is humiliated by a beggar, Marudhamalai sees Maasi, the 'boss' of the city, killing a person who stood for a candidate in the elections. Then the election commissioner comes to the place and he discovers that elections have not been held for 16 years in the city due to Maasi's opposition.
Sivaji: The Boss (2007)
, 3h5Directed by S. Shankar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Themes Films about music and musicians, Politique, Musical films, Political films
Actors Rajinikanth, Shriya Saran, Suman, S. Manivannan, Vivek, Prof. Solomon Pappaiah
Roles Dr. Chezhian
Rating74%
Sivaji (Rajinikanth), an Indian software systems architect, returns to India from the United States. He aims to establish a non-profit trust called the Sivaji Foundation to build a network of hospitals and educational institutions to serve the poor free of charge. However, Adiseshan (Suman), an influential businessman, sees Sivaji as his competitor with the fact of the matter being that he runs profit-making educational institutions and hospitals. Sivaji is forced to bribe the corrupt civil service, but eventually, the bribes demanded become so high that he has to mortgage his house and sell his car to pay them. When Sivaji goes to court, he loses the case filed against him by Adiseshan regarding the methods Sivaji had used to open his foundation as a result of bribing numerous government officials. Simultaneously, Sivaji falls in love with a girl named Tamizhselvi (Shriya Saran). However, upon asking for his horoscope, an astrologer warns that their union will result in Sivaji's death. When Tamizhselvi refuses the proposal due to her concern for Sivaji, he calms her fears and convinces her to marry him.
Sivappathigaram (2006)
, 2h13Directed by Karu Pazhanaiappan
Genres Action
Actors Vishal, Mamta Mohandas, Raghuvaran, Upendra Limaye, S. Manivannan, Rajan P. Dev
Roles Elango
Rating55%
Professor Ilango comes to his native village near Theni, with his college going daughter, Charulatha (Mamta Mohandas). He has taken voluntary retirement from his college service and has come to live in his ancestral house. He plans to do research on folk songs and release a collection as a book. His student Sathiyamurthy (Vishal) assists him in this venture. Charulatha falls for Sathiya, on keenly observing his intellect, humaneness and social awareness. Meanwhile elections are announced to the State Legislature and the parties start finalizing the candidates for the constituencies. When the candidates start filing nominations, the dreadful things happen. Some candidates from both the major parties are murdered and all the candidates get jittery. Lot of candidates withdraw from the fray fearing death. The parties are in a fix on what to do. The Police are on the trace out for the killer. The Election Commission postpones the elections.
Kasthuri Maan (2005)
Directed by A. K. Lohithadas
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Prasanna, Kunchacko Boban, Meera Jasmine, Raghuvaran, Karunas Sethu, Shammi Thilakan
Rating67%
Sajan Joseph Alukka (Kunchako Boban) is a soft-spoken and studious young man, while his junior Priyamvada (Meera Jasmine) is smart and outgoing. Her close friend is in love with Sajan, but he avoids her by saying that his only ambition in life is to study hard and become an IAS. But Priya follows him and digs out the truth that though he hails from a rich family, his father has now gone bankrupt and has no money even to pay the exam fee. On hearing this, her friend ditches him. Slowly Priya starts having a soft corner for him. She even pays his fees, but Sajan tries to avoid her and treats this as an insult.