T G Ravi
T. G. Ravindranathan, popularly known as T. G. Ravi, is a Malayalam film actor, mainly noted for his roles as a villain. He along with Balan K. Nair played most of the negative roles in Malayalam cinema during the late 1970s and the 1980s.
T.G. Ravi was born on 16 May 1944 in an, Ezhuthachan family in Moorkanikkara village, Thrissur, in present day Kerala, India. Initially, he chose to pursue a career in engineering and undertook his degree course through Kerala University in Government Engineering College, Thrissur (with a short stint in Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kothamangalam). He graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1969. Apart from involving in theatre arts, he also represented the University of Kerala in Football and Hockey. He was an artist at The All India Radio where he met Thikkodiyan, who was instrumental in introducing him to the silver screen.
He is a noted industrialist and has been instrumental in developing Thrissur as a major base for the rubber based industries. He is the Managing Director of Suntec Tyres Limited. He has also served as the president of The Cochin Devaswom Board which controls the affairs of over 400 temples in Ernakulam, Thrissur and Palakkad districts.
He was married to (late) Dr. V. K. Subhadra, a retired government servant. He has two children: Ranjith, an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta and London Business School and Sreejith Ravi, a Mechanical Engineer from NIT, Surathkal, MBA from ICFAI Business School, Bangalore and an upcoming film actor. Seema & Sajitha are his daughters-in-law. Milit, Rijraswa & Mitul are his grandsons and Minal is his granddaughter.
Acting
Movie
Iyobinte Pusthakam
as The communist leader
2014
Movie
Pranchiyettan & The Saint
as Uthup
2010
Movie
Rekhachithram
as Pallasheri
2025
Movie
22 Female Kottayam
as Ravi
2012
Movie
King of Kotha
as Vareeth
2023
Movie
Jacob's Kingdom of Heaven
as Jacob's car driver
2016
Movie
The Priest
as Dr. Mathews
2021
Movie
Punyalan Agarbattis
as Achyuthan Maash
2013
Movie
Porinju Mariam Jose
as Puthenpally Anthony
2019
Movie
Su.. Su... Sudhi Vathmeekam
as Sudhi's father
2015
Movie
Celluloid
as Sundararaj (Elder)
2013
Movie
Romans
as Pappi
2013
Movie
Pada
as Adv. Jayapalan
2022
Movie
Rasathanthram
as Retd Colonel Santhosh Kumar
2006
Movie
Chattambinadu
as Chenkeeri Madhavan
2009
Movie
Dhruvam
as Kashi
1993
Movie
Varsham
as Manavaalan Peter
2014
Movie
I Am Kathalan
2024
Movie
Thrissur Pooram
as Balan
2019
Movie
Red Wine
as Narayanettan
2013
Movie
Lokpal
as Sathyanweshi Mukundan Menon
2013
Movie
Ayal Njanalla
as Chandra Maman
2015
Movie
Vaasthavam
as Gopinathan Unnithan
2006
Movie
Alibhai
as Maison Narayanan
2007