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			{{Short description\|Indian theatre and voice actor}}
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	\| alma_mater = [[Loyola College, Chennai]]		\| alma_mater = [[Loyola College, Chennai]]
	\| occupation = [[Voice artist]], [[~~Theatre~~ actor]]		\| occupation = [[Voice artist]], [[theatre actor]]
	\| years_active = ~~1993-1998~~		\| years_active = 1993–1998
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	'''P. C. Ramakrishna''' is a veteran [[theatre actor]] and [[voice artist]] based in [[Chennai]], [[India]].<ref name="active">{{cite news\|last=Muthalaly\|first=Shonali\|title=Active voice\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article114461.ece\|accessdate=27 October 2010\|newspaper=The Hindu\|date=27 February 2010}}</ref> He has acted in several plays, such as ''[[Anna Weiss]]'', ''[[Dance Like A Man]]'', ''[[The Good Doctor (play)\|The Good Doctor]]''<ref name="skv">{{cite news\|last=Varma\|first=Shreekumar\|title=Theatre of Passion\|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2004/01/25/stories/2004012500390500.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040321104942/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2004/01/25/stories/2004012500390500.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=21 March 2004\|accessdate=27 October 2010\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=25 January 2004}}</ref> and provided voice-overs to numerous advertisements, documentaries and corporate shows. He has been a member of the English theatre group ''[[The Madras Players]]'' since 1969.<ref name="madplayers">{{cite news\|last=Lehry\|first=Batool Aliakbar\|title=High on drama\|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2008/01/04/stories/2008010450020100.htm\|accessdate=27 October 2010\|newspaper=Business Line\|date=4 January 2008}}</ref>		'''P. C. Ramakrishna''' is a veteran [[theatre actor]] and [[voice artist]] based in [[Chennai]], India.<ref name="active">{{cite news\|last=Muthalaly\|first=Shonali\|title=Active voice\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article114461.ece\|accessdate=27 October 2010\|newspaper=The Hindu\|date=27 February 2010}}</ref> He has acted in several plays, such as ''[[Anna Weiss]]'', ''[[Dance Like A Man]]'', ''[[The Good Doctor (play)\|The Good Doctor]]''<ref name="skv">{{cite news\|last=Varma\|first=Shreekumar\|title=Theatre of Passion\|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2004/01/25/stories/2004012500390500.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040321104942/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2004/01/25/stories/2004012500390500.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=21 March 2004\|accessdate=27 October 2010\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=25 January 2004}}</ref> and provided voice-overs to numerous advertisements, documentaries and corporate shows. He has been a member of the English theatre group ''[[The Madras Players]]'' since 1969.<ref name="madplayers">{{cite news\|last=Lehry\|first=Batool Aliakbar\|title=High on drama\|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2008/01/04/stories/2008010450020100.htm\|accessdate=27 October 2010\|newspaper=Business Line\|date=4 January 2008}}</ref>

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	Ramakrishna did his schooling in [[Kolkata]], [[India]], and completed his undergraduate education at the [[Loyola College, Chennai]]. Ramakrishna's early interests included learning the ''[[mridangam]]'' – an ancient Indian [[percussion instrument]] – and he trained under [[Palghat Mani Iyer]] in Chennai and [[Tanjavur]]. He played ''mridangam'' for 18 years since the age of 3 and was considering making it a profession, but was discouraged by low wages for musicians.<ref name=active /> Instead, he joined the [[Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]], and after graduation worked in the corporate sector from 1967 until voluntary retirement in 1993.<ref name="jobs">{{cite web\|last=Dattatri\|first=Sanjay\|title=Interview with PC Ramakrishna – Documentary Narration and Voice-overs\|url=http://www.jobsbyref.com/career-advice/interview-with-pc-ramakrishna-documentary-narration-and-voice-overs-106\|publisher=Jobs By Ref\|accessdate=27 October 2010}}</ref>		Ramakrishna did his schooling in [[Kolkata]], India, and completed his undergraduate education at the [[Loyola College, Chennai]]. Ramakrishna's early interests included learning the ''[[mridangam]]''{{snd}}an ancient Indian [[percussion instrument]]{{snd}}and he trained under [[Palghat Mani Iyer]] in Chennai and [[Tanjavur]]. He played ''mridangam'' for 18 years since the age of 3 and was considering making it a profession, but was discouraged by low wages for musicians.<ref name=active /> Instead, he joined the [[Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]], and after graduation worked in the corporate sector from 1967 until voluntary retirement in 1993.<ref name="jobs">{{cite web\|last=Dattatri\|first=Sanjay\|title=Interview with PC Ramakrishna – Documentary Narration and Voice-overs\|url=http://www.jobsbyref.com/career-advice/interview-with-pc-ramakrishna-documentary-narration-and-voice-overs-106\|publisher=Jobs By Ref\|accessdate=27 October 2010}}</ref>

	==Career==		==Career==
	{{~~Rquote\|right~~\|Most of the documentary narration work that I do is dull as ditch water. For example, tell me how many people are interested in the details of installing a boiler? \|P. C. Ramakrishna in interview to JobsByRef\|<ref name=jobs />}}		{{blockquote
			\|text=Most of the documentary narration work that I do is dull as ditch water. For example, tell me how many people are interested in the details of installing a boiler?
			\|author=P. C. Ramakrishna
			\|title=interview to JobsByRef<ref name=jobs />
			}}
	Ramakrishna worked on his first play as a director in 1969, which was also the only play he directed. Subsequently, he auditioned for the play ''The Crucible'' by The Madras Players, a role which he eventually got.<ref name=active /> While working in the industry, he hosted programs on the [[All India Radio]], and was later approached by the [[Doordarshan]].<ref name=jobs /> Ramakrishna was one of the first English [[news presenter\|news readers]] in [[Television in India\|Indian television]].<ref name="ageofi">{{cite news\|title=Age of Innocence\|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2009/10/25/stories/2009102550300400.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131124302/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2009/10/25/stories/2009102550300400.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=31 January 2010\|accessdate=27 October 2010\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=25 October 2009}}</ref>		Ramakrishna worked on his first play as a director in 1969, which was also the only play he directed. Subsequently, he auditioned for the play ''The Crucible'' by The Madras Players, a role which he eventually got.<ref name=active /> While working in the industry, he hosted programs on the [[All India Radio]], and was later approached by the [[Doordarshan]].<ref name=jobs /> Ramakrishna was one of the first English [[news presenter\|news readers]] in [[Television in India\|Indian television]].<ref name="ageofi">{{cite news\|title=Age of Innocence\|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2009/10/25/stories/2009102550300400.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131124302/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2009/10/25/stories/2009102550300400.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=31 January 2010\|accessdate=27 October 2010\|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]\|date=25 October 2009}}</ref>

	Ramakrishna's notable plays include ''Anna Weiss'', where he plays the role of a man who is accused of sexual abuse by his daughter, ''Mercy'', a [[monologue]] based on a novel by the [[Tamil language\|Tamil]] author Sivasankari<ref name="mercy">{{cite web\|last=Sankaranarayanan\|first=Vasanti\|title=Review\|url=http://www.narthaki.com/info/reviews/rev267.html\|publisher=Narthaki\|accessdate=27 October 2010}}</ref> and [[Mahesh Dattani]]'s ''Dance Like A Man''.<ref name=skv />		Ramakrishna's notable plays include ''Anna Weiss'', where he plays the role of a man who is accused of sexual abuse by his daughter; ''Mercy'', a [[monologue]] based on a novel by the [[Tamil language\|Tamil]] author Sivasankari;<ref name="mercy">{{cite web\|last=Sankaranarayanan\|first=Vasanti\|title=Review\|url=http://www.narthaki.com/info/reviews/rev267.html\|publisher=Narthaki\|accessdate=27 October 2010}}</ref> and [[Mahesh Dattani]]'s ''Dance Like A Man''.<ref name=skv />

	==Filmography==		==Filmography==

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'''P. C. Ramakrishna''' is a veteran [[theatre actor]] and [[voice artist]] based in [[Chennai]], [[India]].<ref name="active">{{cite news|last=Muthalaly|first=Shonali|title=Active voice|url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article114461.ece|accessdate=27 October 2010|newspaper=The Hindu|date=27 February 2010}}</ref> He has acted in several plays, such as ''[[Anna Weiss]]'', ''[[Dance Like A Man]]'', ''[[The Good Doctor (play)|The Good Doctor]]''<ref name="skv">{{cite news|last=Varma|first=Shreekumar|title=Theatre of Passion|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2004/01/25/stories/2004012500390500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040321104942/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2004/01/25/stories/2004012500390500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 March 2004|accessdate=27 October 2010|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=25 January 2004}}</ref> and provided voice-overs to numerous advertisements, documentaries and corporate shows. He has been a member of the English theatre group ''[[The Madras Players]]'' since 1969.<ref name="madplayers">{{cite news|last=Lehry|first=Batool Aliakbar|title=High on drama|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/life/2008/01/04/stories/2008010450020100.htm|accessdate=27 October 2010|newspaper=Business Line|date=4 January 2008}}</ref>

==Biography==
Ramakrishna did his schooling in [[Kolkata]], [[India]], and completed his undergraduate education at the [[Loyola College, Chennai]]. Ramakrishna's early interests included learning the ''[[mridangam]]'' – an ancient Indian [[percussion instrument]] – and he trained under [[Palghat Mani Iyer]] in Chennai and [[Tanjavur]]. He played ''mridangam'' for 18 years since the age of 3 and was considering making it a profession, but was discouraged by low wages for musicians.<ref name=active /> Instead, he joined the [[Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad]], and after graduation worked in the corporate sector from 1967 until voluntary retirement in 1993.<ref name="jobs">{{cite web|last=Dattatri|first=Sanjay|title=Interview with PC Ramakrishna – Documentary Narration and Voice-overs|url=http://www.jobsbyref.com/career-advice/interview-with-pc-ramakrishna-documentary-narration-and-voice-overs-106|publisher=Jobs By Ref|accessdate=27 October 2010}}</ref>

==Career==
{{Rquote|right|Most of the documentary narration work that I do is dull as ditch water. For example, tell me how many people are interested in the details of installing a boiler? |P. C. Ramakrishna in interview to JobsByRef|<ref name=jobs />}}
Ramakrishna worked on his first play as a director in 1969, which was also the only play he directed. Subsequently, he auditioned for the play ''The Crucible'' by The Madras Players, a role which he eventually got.<ref name=active /> While working in the industry, he hosted programs on the [[All India Radio]], and was later approached by the [[Doordarshan]].<ref name=jobs /> Ramakrishna was one of the first English [[news presenter|news readers]] in [[Television in India|Indian television]].<ref name="ageofi">{{cite news|title=Age of Innocence|url=http://www.hindu.com/mag/2009/10/25/stories/2009102550300400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131124302/http://www.hindu.com/mag/2009/10/25/stories/2009102550300400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 January 2010|accessdate=27 October 2010|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=25 October 2009}}</ref>

Ramakrishna's notable plays include ''Anna Weiss'', where he plays the role of a man who is accused of sexual abuse by his daughter, ''Mercy'', a [[monologue]] based on a novel by the [[Tamil language|Tamil]] author Sivasankari<ref name="mercy">{{cite web|last=Sankaranarayanan|first=Vasanti|title=Review|url=http://www.narthaki.com/info/reviews/rev267.html|publisher=Narthaki|accessdate=27 October 2010}}</ref> and [[Mahesh Dattani]]'s ''Dance Like A Man''.<ref name=skv />

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Thiruda Thiruda]]'' ||
|-
| 1994 || ''[[May Madham]]'' || Sandhya's father
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Karuppu Nila]]'' ||ShanmugaPandian's Father
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Poochudava]]'' ||Nandhini's Father
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Ulavuthurai]]'' ||Navy Chief
|-
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Indian male voice actors]]
[[Category:Male actors from Chennai]]
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[[Category:Male actors in Tamil cinema]]