Ravichandran (actor) life and biography

Ravichandran (1939 or 1940) was a Tamil film actor who played lead roles in Tamil movies of the 1960s and 1970s. He has also acted in supporting roles in some recent Tamil movies, and had also directed several films.

Ravichandran was born P.S. Raman in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He moved to Tiruchirappalli, India in 1951, and studied at St. Joseph's College. He was married twice: his first marriage was to Malayalam actress Sheela, and they had a son, George; he was later married to Vimala, with whom he had a daughter, Lavanya, and two sons, Balaji and Hamsavardhan. Hamsavardhan and George also took up acting as a career, with Hamsavardhan starring in the film Manthiran, directed by his father.

Ravichandran died from multiple organ failure on 25 July 2011 at the Apollo Hospital in Chennai, after suffering from a lung infection and kidney disease.

Filmography:

2002 : Pammal K Sambandam
2009 : Kanden Kadhalai
2011 : Aadu Pulli

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