Besant Ravi

Besant Ravi
Born
R. Ravi Kumar

(1970-06-01) 1 June 1970 (age 54)[1]
NationalityIndian
Occupations
Years active1995–present
SpouseR. Prabhavathy
Children2

Besant Ravi (born R. Ravi Kumar; 1 June 1970) is an Indian actor and stunt choreographer. He has played antagonistic supporting roles in Tamil, Hindi and several other Indian language films.[2][3][4]

Early life

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Besant Ravi, who was born and brought up in Chennai, was a bike mechanic in his early stages of life, and all through his childhood days, he grew up watching film shootings near his house in Besant Nagar. He soon became familiar with the artists and technicians on the sets. Ravi is an expert in Mixed martial arts and boxing. He got his first break in cinema in the movie Lucky Man.[2][3]

Career

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He got his first break in cinema in the movie Lucky Man, in which he performed a solo stunt, then he got trained professionally for cinema by stunt master Pandiyan. He started his career as a fighter and later moved into acting in several action sequences. Later, he got many offers to enter into the acting arena and got busy with acting. Director S. Shankar's Mudhalvan was noted among his projects.[2][3]

Filmography

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Tamil

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Telugu

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Malayalam

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Kannada

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Hindi

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Bengali

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Television

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Year Show Role Channel Notes
2014 Adhu Idhu Yedhu Contestant Star Vijay
2021 Survivor Tamil Zee Tamil
2021 Master the Blaster
2021 Rowdy Baby Sun TV He participated with his wife, Prabhavathy
2022 Joker Poker Zee Tamil

References

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  1. ^ http://www.nadigarsangam.org/member/r-ravikumar-a-k-a-besant-ravi/ [bare URL]
  2. ^ a b c "From stuntman to actor". The Hindu. 4 July 2010. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Tamil Movie Actor Besant Nagar Ravi - Nettv4u". nettv4u.
  4. ^ "Besant Ravi comes back to play antagonist in 'Hagga'". 27 April 2020.