Nizhalgal Ravi

Nizhalgal Ravi
Born	Ravichandran Samanna (1957-04-16) 16 April 1957 Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1980–present
Spouse(s)	Vishnupriya (m.1986-present)
Children	Rahul Ravi (b.1988)

Ravichandran Samanna, known professionally as Nizhalgal Ravi, is an Indian film, television and voice actor who has performed in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films and television series. He started his career in 1980 with the film Nizhalgal. He has acted in 500 films. He is best known for his dubbing work for Amitabh Bachchan in Tamil.

Career

He started his career under the team of veteran director Bharathiraja in the Tamil film Nizhalgal (1980), which fetched him his sobriquet Nizhalgal. He has played many impressive roles in blockbuster movies like Chinna Thambi Periya Thambi (1987), Nayakan (1987), Vedham Pudhithu (1987), etc. His versatility has won him praises from all over the industry and from people. He has acted in over 20 movies in Malayalam in the 80s before moving into mainstream Tamil movies. He paired with several leading actress Raadhika, Radha, Gauthami, Khushbu, Ramya Krishnan, Revathi, Urvashi, Bhanupriya, Amala, Ranjini, Seetha, Kanaka, Saranya Ponvannan, Kasthuri, Rohini.

He completed his Bachelor of Arts majoring in economics from PSG Arts College. He then acted in K. Balachander’s telefilm Rail Sneham in the late 80s and 90s. He became popular through this opportunity and went on to act in the same director’s TV serial Jannal. He then went on to play the caring husband, evil villain, second hero, etc. in many movies and even comedian at times. His notable films include Indian (1996) where he played a corrupt official, Kushi (2000), Budget Padmanabhan (2000), Citizen (2001), Attahasam (2004), Thaamirabharani (2007), Dhaam Dhoom (2008), Singam (2010), Kaavalan (2011), Aadu Puli (2011), Osthe (2011), Vanakkam Chennai (2013), etc. He is also a seasoned voice artist having dubbed for many actors.

Notable filmography

Main article: Nizhalgal Ravi filmography

Film

• Nizhalgal (1980)
• Sri Raghavendrar (1985)
• Chinna Thambi Periya Thambi (1987)
• Veendum Lisa (1987)
• Nayakan (1987)
• Vedham Pudhithu (1987)
• Mappillai (1989)
• Nyaya Tharasu (1989)
• Adhisaya Manithan (1990)
• My Dear Marthandan (1990)
• Dharma Durai (1991)
• Annamalai (1992)
• Singaravelan (1992)
• Marupadiyum (1993)
• Aasai (1995)
• Kuruthipunal (1995)
• Naan Petha Magane (1995)
• Indian (1996)
• Arunachalam (1997)
• Suryavamsam (1997)
• Bharathi (2000)
• Kushi (2000)
• Puthira Punithama (2000)
• Budget Padmanabhan (2000)
• Citizen (2001)
• Villain (2002)
• Thirumalai (2003)
• Singam (2010)
• Melvilasom (2011)
• Singam II (2013)
• Ratsasan (2018)

Television

Year	Serial	Role	Channel	Language
1989	Rail Sneham		Doordarshan	Tamil
1990	Jannal		Sun TV
1997	Emergency Action		DD Podhigai
1999	Kasalavu Nesam		Sun TV / Raj TV
2001	Marumagal		Vijay TV
2002	Alaigal	Eswaramoorthy	Sun TV
2004	Dheerka Sumangali
2009–2010	Thendral	Velayudham
	Appavukkaaga
	Nallador Veenai
2012–2014	Suryaputhri		Kalaignar TV
2018–2020	Lahiri Lahiri Lahirilo	Devaraj	ETV	Telugu
2019–2020	Run	Dr Radhakrishnan (RK)	Sun TV	Tamil
2020–2021	Chithi 2	Shanmugapriyan
2021	Thirumagal	Shanmugapriyan (Special Appearance)

Web series

• Breathe: Into the Shadows as Principal Krishnan Moorthy.

• The Forgotten Army - Azaadi Ke Liye as Maya's father.

As voice actor

Year	Movie/Show	Role	Actors	Original Language	Notes
1988	Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal		Rahman	Tamil
2005	Kaun Banega Crorepati		Amitabh Bachchan	Hindi	Tamil version only
2008	Bommalattam	Rana	Nana Patekar
2015	Yagavarayinum Naa Kaakka		Mithun Chakraborty	Tamil	Tamil version only
2018	K.G.F: Chapter 1		Anant Nag	Kannada	Tamil version only
2018	Thugs of Hindustan	Khudabaksh	Amitabh Bachchan	Hindi	Tamil version only
2019	Kaappaan		Boman Irani
2019	Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy		Amitabh Bachchan		Tamil version only
2019	Bigil		Jackie Shroff
2019	Aladdin	Sulthan	Navid Negahban	English	Tamil version only

External links

• Nizhalgal Ravi on IMDb