K.S.RAVIKUMAR

K. S. Ravikumar is a Tamil film director and actor based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. His films include a mixture of genres, ranging from comedy and drama to action thrillers. He has worked with all the major actors of South India, including Rajinikanth,chiranjeevi, Kamal Haasan, Joseph Vijay, Ajith Kumar, Surya, Prabhu, Vijayakanth, Karthik, Sarath Kumar, Jayaram, , Nagarjuna and R. Madhavan. His salary was raised to a career-high of $1 million for his latest film Dasavathaaram which went on to gross $16 million worldwide in the first four weeks.


Early life
K.S.Ravikumar is a science graduate from Pachiappas College in Tamil Nadu though he belongs to the Madurai belt. He studied and graduated with a D.F.T in 1985. From 1985 through 1990- he was Assistant Director to prominent film director Bharathi Raja before breaking on his own in 1989.

Career
Ravikumar's directorial career started with the film Puriyaadha Pudhir. His next film was Cheran Pandiyan in 1990, his first hit; which also was his friend Sarath Kumar's first film in the lead. After that Ravikumar made many films with Sarath Kumar such as Nattamai (1994) and later Natpukkaga (1998) turned out to be the biggest blockbusters of their combination. He landed himself with the major task of directing Rajinikanth in Muthu which he did successfully and therefore many other offers other than those with Sarath Kumar arrived his way including films with Kamal Haasan, Chiranjeevi, Ajith Kumar, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Joseph Vijay and Madhavan. A trademark of his films is the cameo appearance that he puts in each of the films.
He is currently directing Jaggubhai, starring Sarath Kumar and Shriya Saran. He then started filming Aadhavan with Surya Sivakumar and Nayanthara, which started 16 February 2009. Aadhavan has now finished filming and went worldwide on 18 October 2009. the film became a mega hit though it had a lot of mixed reviews.

Notable filmography
As director
Year Title Cast Guest Role Notes
1990 Puriyaadha Pudhir Rahman, Rekha, Raghuvaran Photographer
1991 Perum Puli Anand Babu
Cheran Pandian Sarath Kumar, Srija Villain
Putham Pudhu Payanam Anand Babu, Chithra
1992 Aagraham
Pondatti Rajyam Saravanan, Ranjitha
Oor Mariyadhai Sarath Kumar, Sasikala
1993 Purusha Lakshanam Jayaram, Kushboo
Band Master Sarath Kumar, Heera Rajgopal
Suriyan Chandran Anand Babu, Keerthana
1994 Nattamai Sarath Kumar, Meena, Kushboo
Sakthivel Selva, Kanaka
1995 Muthukulikka Vaariyala Vignesh, Sanghavi
Muthu Rajinikanth, Meena, Sarath Babu Tamilian in Kerala
Periya Kudumbam Prabhu Ganesan, Vineetha
1996 Avvai Shanmugi Kamal Haasan, Meena, Heera Rajgopal
Parampaarai Prabhu Ganesan, Jyothi Meena
1997 Pistha Karthik Muthuraman, Nagma
Dharmachakkaram Vijayakanth, Rambha
Natpukaaga Sarath Kumar, Vijayakumar, Simran Bagga Wise villager
1998 Kondattam Arjun Sarja, Simran Bagga Photographer
1999 Sneham Kosam Chiranjeevi, Meena
Suyamvaram Sathyaraj, Prabhu Ganesan, R. Parthiban, K. Bhagyaraj, Karthik Muthuraman, Prabhu Deva Sundaram, Arjun Sarja, Abbas
Padayappa Rajinikanth, Soundarya, Ramya Krishnan, Sivaji Ganesan, Abbas Item number
Dance in "Kicku Yerudhey" song
Paataali Sarath Kumar, Devayani, Ramya Krishnan
2000 Thenali Kamal Haasan, Jayaram, Jyothika Saravanan As himself
Minsara Kanna Joseph Vijay, Monicka, Rambha Mannivannan's son
2001 Samudhiram Sarath Kumar, Murali, Manoj Bharathiraja, Abhirami, Kaveri Item number
Dance in "Vidiya Vidiya" song
Bava Nachadu Nagarjuna, Simran Bagga, Reema Sen, Suman Ranganathan
2002 Villain Ajith Kumar, Meena, Kiran Rathod Photographer
Panchathantiram Kamal Haasan, Simran Bagga, Ramya Krishnan, Jayaram, Devayani, Ramesh Khanna Pilot Captain
2003 Paarai Sarath Kumar, Ramya Krishnan, Meena Mason
2004 Aethiree R. Madhavan, Sadha, Kanika Subramaniam Young bachelor
2006 Saravana Silambarasan Rajendar, Jyothika Saravanan Train passenger
Varalaru: History of Godfather Ajith Kumar, Asin Thottumkal, Kanika Subramaniam Family doctor Winner, Vijay Award for Best Director
2008 Dasavathaaram Kamal Haasan, Asin Thottumkal, Mallika Sherawat, Jayapradha Item number
Dance in "Ulaga Nayagan" song Nominated, Filmfare Best Tamil Director Award
2009 Aadhavan Surya Sivakumar, Nayantara, Saroja Devi, Rahul Dev, Vadivelu New servant Chart Buster
2010 Jaggubhai Sarath Kumar, Shriya Saran, Kiran Rathod

As actor

* Arul (2004)
* Thalainagaram (2006)
* Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa Filming