Raveendran Nair, known by his stage name Poojappura Ravi is an Indian actor, primarily concentrating in Malayalam films doing comedy roles.[1] He was a stage actor and was a part of Kalanilyam Drama Vision, the famous drama institution. He started doing Malayalam films in mid-1970s. He has done many " black and white " movies produced in Kerala. Ravi is actually a very flexible character actor who can do almost any roles which is evident from his movies. Even though the exact count of his movies list are not updated, he has surpassed 600 films. In the 1990s he also did TV serials.
Poojappura Ravi | |
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| Born | Raveendran Nair (1940-10-28) October 28, 1940 (age 81) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | Ravi |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1975 – present |
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Poojappura Ravi was born to Madhavan Pillai and Bhavaniyamma, as eldest of four children, at Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He had his primary education from Chinnamma Memorial Girls High School and Thirumala Higher Secondary School. He is married to Thankamma. The couple have a daughter, Lakshmi and a son, Hari Kumar.....His best character is 1992 – Kallan Kappalil Thanne – Subramaniyam Swami.[2]
1978- Itha oru manushyan, 1979- jeevitham oru ganam, 1985-Keerthanam, 1985-pathamudhayam, 1988-charavalayam .these movies his character names Kuttan Pillai. Remarkable Kuttan Pillai police character