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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, Kamal Haasan, Ajith Kumar, Surya, Joseph Vijay, Prabhu, Vijayakanth, Karthik, Sarath Kumar, Jayaram, Chiranjeevi, 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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, Vijay and Madhavan.

A trademark of his films is a special 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.

[edit] Notable filmography

[edit] As director

[edit] As actor

• Arul (2004)
• Thalainagaram (2006)
• Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya Filming

[edit] External links

• K. S. Ravikumar at the Internet Movie Database