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Ramesh Aravind
Born	September 10, 1964 (1964-09-10) (age 45) Bangalore,Karnataka
Years active	1987-present
Spouse(s)	Archana Ramesh

Ramesh Aravind (Kannada: ರಮೇಶ್ ಅರವಿಂದ್) or Ramesh is a popular Kannada, Tamil and Telugu movie actor. He is one of the most versatile actors in Kannada cinema, who has also acted in Tamil movies. He is a Mechanical Engineering graduate from UVCE College, Bangalore. Recently in the past two years, he has also been involved in direction. His first directorial debut was "Rama Shama Bhama" with Kamal Hasan, Urvashi & Daisy Bopanna - which was a super hit. His second directorial movie was Satyavan Savithri. His third directorial titled "Accident" has released to rave reviews.Accident stars Ramesh Aravind himself portraying the role of an RJ. The movie also casts Rekha and Pooja Gandhi. His next directorial venture, Venkata in Sankata was released in 2009 and it went on to become super hit.

A "Ramesh film" has come to be a synonym for decent, wholesome family films with no vulgarity.

Contents 1 Early Days 2 Career uprising 3 Awards 4 Direction 5 Writer 6 Ventures 7 Filmography 8 External links

[edit] Early Days

Ramesh's histrionic talent found expression early in his student days when he acted in many plays. The doyen of Tamil film industry Sri K Balachander discovered Ramesh's flair for acting and his immense potential as an artist. The Kannada film Sundara Swapnagalu by the same director got Ramesh his debut.

[edit] Career uprising

After giving impressive performances in Panchamaveda, Srigandha and Aragini, Ramesh had to spend quite a few years in wilderness.

In Telugu, he did movies like Little Soldiers, Rudraveena, Sathileelavathi, etc. Ramesh's foray into Tamil as 'Ramesh Arvind' saw him act in successful films like Keladi Kanmani, Duet and many others. Surprisingly, it was only after his success in Tamil films that the Kannada film producers noticed him. With his brilliant performance in films like Anuraga Sangama, Ulta Palta, Tutta Mutta, Chandramukhi Pranasakhi, Gombe, Nammura Mandara Hoove, America America, Hoomale, Deepavali and Sneha Loka he has been the favourite of Kannada moviegoers. He had nine 100 days films in a row, which is a record.

[edit] Awards

He is indeed one of the most natural actors on screen breathing life into any character he plays. This friendly actor has also written the story and screenplay for the film 'Hoomale', which got the National award for best Kannada film of that year.

Year	Award	Category	Film
1997	Karnataka State Award	Best Actor	America America
1997	Filmfare Award	Best Actor	Amrutha Varshini
1997	Udaya TV Award	Best Actor	O Mallige
1997	Screen Videocon Award	Best Actor	America America and Amrutha Varshini Jointly
1997	Andhra State Nandi Award	Lead Actor of Best film	Little Soldiers
1998	Filmfare Award	Best Actor	Hoomale
1998	Filmfans Association Award	Best Actor	Hoomale
1999	Karnataka State Award	Best Actor	Hoomale
1999	Filmfans Association	Award Best Actor	Sambrama
1999	Cinema Express Award	Best Actor	Chandramuki Pranasaki
2005	Raghavendra Prathishtana Awards	Best Story	Amrithadhare
2006	Sun Feast Udaya Awards	Best Director Debut	Rama Shama Bhama
2006	Suvarna Film Awards	Best Actor (Hero in a comedy role)	Rama Shama Bhama

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[edit] Direction

Ramesh Aravind's first two directorial ventures—Rama Shaama Bhaama and Sathyavaan Savithri—were comedies and had fair degree of success at the box office. His third directorial venture Accident was a critically acclaimed thriller that however failed to entice the audience.

[edit] Writer

Hoomale,a National Award winning movie directed by Nagathihalli Chandrashekar is based on the story written by Ramesh.Amrithadhare too had the story by Ramesh.He also wrote wrote the story and screenplay for this third directorial venture Accident,a suspense thriller which got lot of critical appreciation. ^[2]

[edit] Ventures

He is also directing a film for a new corporate firm, Sinema House.

Veteran comedy actor M S Umesh who was introduced as a child artist in the fifties classical Kannada film Makkala Rajya is doing a special role in the film. "In a career spanning over five decades, this is the first time that I am experimenting with such a role. When Ramesh told me about this role, I was quite excited. I think this film will be memorable in my career' says Umesh.

Sharmila Mandre, model Anusha and new actress Meghana Mudhiyan are the heroines. Another well known Tulu theatre artist Devadas Kappikad plays an important role in the film.

Well-known Telugu film writer Thotapalli Madhu who has written the story and screenplay for over 190 films has penned the script of the film. Ricky Kej is the music director, P K H Doss, the cameraman and Ravi Varma the stunt director.

Release Date - 20/02/2009

[edit] Filmography

This is the incomplete list of his movies.

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
	Aur Ek Prem Kahani		Hindi
	Mumbai Express		Hindi and Tamil
	Jodi		Tamil
	Duet		Tamil
	O Malige		Kannada
	Panchathantiram		Tamil
	Sathi Leelavathi		Tamil
	Ulta Palta		Kannada
	Sambrama		Kannada
	Jokefalls		Kannada
	America! America!!		Kannada
	Snehaloka		Kannada
	Bisi Bisi		Kannada
	Hoomale		Kannada
	Chandramukhi Pranasakhi		Kannada
1997	Nammoora Mandara Hoove		Kannada
1998	Amrutha Varshini		Kannada
	Mungarina Minchu		Kannada
	KurigaLu saar KurigaLu		Kannada
	Kothigalu saar Kothigalu		Kannada
	Katthegalu saar Katthegalu		Kannada
2004	Apthamitra		Kannada	Acted with Vishnuvardhan
	Rama Shama Bhama		Kannada	Debut directorial venture
2007	Satyavan Savitri		Kannada
2007	Soundarya		Kannada
2008	Accident(Kannada film)		Kannada
2009	Venkata in Sankata(Kannada film)		Kannada
	Kai Alavu Manasu(a popular Tamil serial)
	Aragini		Kannada
	Sundara Swapnagalu		Kannada	Debut movie

[edit] External links

• A website on Ramesh Arvind