Late K. S. Ravi (Tamil: கே. எஸ். ரவி) was a Tamil film director[1] based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. His films include a mixture of genres like drama to action thrillers. He has worked with most of the major actors of South India, including Vijayakanth, Prabhudeva, Rajshekar and Aravindswamy.
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Director K. S. RAVI finished his schooling in Delhi and did his graduation in Trichy where he emerged as the gold-medalist. Besides being a gold-medalist in engineering, He chose cinema as his career. From 1989 to 1990, he was an assistant Director to prominent film director Manirathnam for the movie “ ANJALI “ before breaking on his own in 1993. Also he worked as an assistant director to Major Sundaraajan in the film “ Andha oru nimidam” .
Director K.S.RAVI was born in the year 1959 in Paramakudi, Ramnad district. He was born to Mr.Karpurasundharam, ex-serviceman and Mrs.Vasantha Karpurasundharam. He has three siblings – Raja , Kripakaran and Latha. He married Ms. Sumathy and their daughter is Aishwarya.
Aagraham is a Telugu language film, which was released in 1993. It was also dubbed in Tamil as “ Evanaa irundha enakkenna “ . The film had music by Raj Koti. The film starred Rajasekhar, Amala, P. Krishna Reddy, Sarath, K.V. Bhaskar Rao and others and it was produced by M. Shyam Prasad Reddy.
Honest Raj is a Tamil language which was released in 1994 . The film had music by Ilaiyaraaja . The film starred Vijayakanth, Gouthami, Aamini and others. The film was produced by - G Thyagarajan & G Saravanan Sathya Jothi Films. Renowned cinematographer Ravi K Chandran's first Tamil movie was "HonestRaj", a Vijaykanth movie.
Mr. Romeo is a Tamil language film which was released in 1996.. The film had music by A. R. Rahman. The film starred Prabhu Deva in a double role and his love interests are portrayed by top bollywood actresses Shilpa Shetty and Madhubala with Vadivelu in key role.
En Swasa Katre (My Life Breath) is a 1999 Indian Tamil romance film. The film stars Arvind Swamy, Isha Koppikar, Prakash Raj and Raghuvaran. The music is by A.R.Rahman. The film was released in Feb 1999 in India and worldwide. The actress Isha Koppikar debuted in the South Indian film industry with this film.
K.S.Ravi, one of the finest directors of Tamil film industry who bagged the most acclaimed "Nandi Award" in his very first movie.