T. G. Ravindranathan, popularly known as T. G. Ravi, is a Malayalam film actor, mainly noted for his roles as a villain. He along with Balan K. Nair played most of the negative roles in Malayalam cinema during the late 1970s and the 1980s.
T.G. Ravi was born on 16 May 1944 in an, Ezhuthachan family in Moorkanikkara village, Thrissur, in present day Kerala, India. Initially, he chose to pursue a career in engineering and undertook his degree course through Kerala University in Government Engineering College, Thrissur (with a short stint in Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam). He graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1969. Apart from involving in theatre arts, he also represented the University of Kerala in Football and Hockey. He was an artist at The All India Radio where he met Thikkodiyan, who was instrumental in introducing him to the silver screen.
He is a noted industrialist and has been instrumental in developing Thrissur as a major base for the rubber based industries. He is the Managing Director of Suntec Tyres Limited. He has also served as the president of The Cochin Devaswom Board which controls the affairs of over 400 temples in Ernakulam, Thrissur and Palakkad districts.
He was married to (late) Dr. V. K. Subhadra, a retired government servant. He has two children: Ranjith, an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta and London Business School and Sreejith Ravi, a Mechanical Engineer from NIT, Surathkal, MBA from ICFAI Business School, Bangalore and an upcoming film actor. Seema & Sajitha are his daughters-in-law. Milit, Rijraswa & Mitul are his grandsons and Minal is his granddaughter.
2024
2024
as Parameswaran
2024
2024
2023
2023
as Advocate Ravi
2023
2023
as Sethu's Grandfather
2022
as Pattada
2022
as Adv. Jayapalan
2021
as Ravi
2021
as Dr. Mathews
2020
2019
as Balan
2019
as Puthenpally Anthony
2017
2017
as Josephettan
2016
as Jacob's car driver
2016
2015
as Sudhi's father
2015
2014
as The communist leader
2014
as Manavaalan Peter
2014
as Hajikka
2014
2013
as Achyuthan Maash
2013
as Narayanettan
2013
as Bhaskaran
2013
as Sundararaj (Elder)
2013
as Sathyanweshi Mukundan Menon
2013
as Pappi
2013
as Kochouseph
2012
as Xavier
2012
as Ravi
2010
as Uthup
2010
as Divakaran
2009
as Mohammed
2009
2009
as Stalin
2009
as Patta Krishnan
2008
as Jose
2008
as Aalikka
2008
2008
as Sanju's father
2007
as Kallathokku Kanaran
2007
as Moosa's Friend
2007
2007
as Moosa Bhai
2006
as Ashan
2006
as Joseph
2006
2006
as Velappan Mooshari
2006
2005
2004
as Gangadharan
1993
as Kashi
1992
as Kanaran
1989
1988
as Sreekandan
1988
as Variyan Kunnathu Kunjahammed Haji
1987
as Hussain Sahib
1987
as Dominic
1987
as H.C. Cheenkanni Vasu Kurup
1987
as Paili
1987
1987
1986
as Raheem
1986
1985
as Kunjan
1985
as Kesavan
1985
1985
as Alex
1985
as Lion C. Menon
1985
1985
as Keshavankutty
1985
as Police officer
1985
1985
as Murugan
1985
as Madhavan Nair
1985
as Warrier
1985
1984
1984
as Issac John
1984
1984
as Karuppan
1984
as Soman
1984
1984
1984
as Sudhakaran Pilla
1984
as Divakaran
1984
as Krishnankutty / K. K. Nair
1983
as Velu
1983
as Rappayi
1983
as Raghavan
1983
as Madhavan
1983
1983
as Estate owner
1983
as Chacko
1983
as Shekhar
1983
as Rajendran
1983
as Panchayat President
1983
as Balakrishnan
1982
as Adv. Mathew Abraham
1982
as Bhadran
1982
as Gopalettan
1982
as Chackochan
1982
as Karunakaran
1982
1982
1982
1981
as Peter
1981
as Kaala Dhamu
1981
as Manikyan
1981
1981
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