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Ravichandran Samanna (born 16 April 1956), known professionally as Nizhalgal Ravi, is an Indian film, television and voice actor who works mainly in Tamil cinema. He has performed in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films and television series. He started his career in 1980 with the film Nizhalgal.[1] He has acted in 550 films.[2] He is best known for his dubbing work for Amitabh Bachchan in Tamil.[3]

Nizhalgal Ravi
Born	Ravichandran Samanna (1956-04-16) 16 April 1956 (age 66) Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1980–present
Spouse(s)	Vishnupriya (m.1986-present)
Children	Rahul Ravi (b.1988)

Career

Nizhalgal Ravi started his career under the team of veteran director Bharathiraja in the Tamil film Nizhalgal (1980), which fetched him his sobriquet Nizhalgal. He has played many impressive roles in blockbuster movies like Chinna Thambi Periya Thambi (1987), Nayakan (1987), Vedham Pudhithu (1987), etc. His versatility has won him praises from all over the industry and from people. He has acted in over 20 movies in Malayalam in the 80s before moving into mainstream Tamil movies. He paired with several leading actress Raadhika, Radha, Gauthami, Khushbu, Ramya Krishnan, Revathi, Urvashi, Bhanupriya, Amala, Ranjini, Seetha, Kanaka, Saranya Ponvannan, Kasthuri, Rohini.

He completed his Bachelor of Arts majoring in economics from PSG Arts College. He then acted in K. Balachander’s telefilm Rail Sneham in the late 80s and 90s. He became popular through this opportunity and went on to act in the same director's TV serial Jannal. He then went on to play the caring husband, evil villain, second hero, etc. in many movies and even comedian at times. His notable films include Indian (1996) where he played a corrupt official, Kushi (2000), Budget Padmanabhan (2000), Citizen (2001), Attahasam (2004), Thaamirabharani (2007), Dhaam Dhoom (2008), Singam (2010), Kaavalan (2011), Aadu Puli (2011), Osthe (2011), Vanakkam Chennai (2013), etc. He is also a seasoned voice artist having dubbed for many actors.[4]

Notable filmography

Film

As voice actor

Year	Films	Actor	Notes
1989	Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal	Rahman
1993	Captain Magal	Raja
2008	Bommalattam	Nana Patekar	Tamil version only
2015	Yagavarayinum Naa Kaakka	Mithun Chakraborty
2018	K.G.F: Chapter 1	Anant Nag	Tamil version only
2018	Thugs of Hindustan	Amitabh Bachchan	Tamil version only
2019	Kaappaan	Boman Irani
2019	Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy	Amitabh Bachchan	Tamil version only
2019	Bigil	Jackie Shroff
2019	Aladdin	Navid Negahban	Tamil version only

Television

Year	Serial	Role	Channel	Language
	Appavukkaaga		Doordarshan	Tamil
1986	Nallador Veenai
1991	Rail Sneham
1995–1996	Rathri		ETV	Telugu
1996	Ivala En Manaivi	Bhaskar	Doordarshan	Tamil
	Doctor Dharani
	Kaveri
1998–2000	Idhi Katha Kadu		ETV	Telugu
1998–1999	Velagu Needalu
1999	Kasalavu Nesam		Sun TV / Raj TV	Tamil
2001–2002	Marumagal		Vijay TV	Tamil
2001–2003	Alaigal	Eswaramoorthy	Sun TV
2002–2004	Ninne Pelladatha	Vittal Prasad	Gemini TV	Telugu
2005–2006	Deerga Sumangali		Sun TV	Tamil
2005	Aparajitha		Gemini TV	Telugu
2008	Emergency Action		Doordarshan	Tamil
2009–2010	Thendral	Velayudham	Sun TV
2012–2014	Suryaputhri		Kalaignar TV
2018–2020	Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo	Devaraj	ETV	Telugu
2019–2020	Run	Dr. Radhakrishnan (RK)	Sun TV	Tamil
2020–2021	Chithi 2	Shanmugapriyan
2021	Thirumagal	Shanmugapriyan (Special Appearance)
2022–Present	Vantalakka	Ramakotayya	Star Maa	Telugu

Web series

Year	Serial	Role	Channel	Language
2020	The Forgotten Army - Azaadi Ke Liye	Maya's father	Amazon Prime Video	Hindi
	Breathe: Into the Shadows	Principal Krishnan Moorthy
2022	Irai	Subbaraj	Aha Tamil	Tamil

References

External links

• Nizhalgal Ravi at IMDb

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