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{{Short description|Indian film and TV director (1962–2017)}}
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{{Infobox person
|name = Cheyyar Ravi
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|birth_date = 1962
|birth_place = Thiruvannamalai dist, Cheyyar, Vadamanappakkam Village
|death_date = {{death date and given age|2017|3|11|54|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://m.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/tamil-director-cheyyar-ravi-passes-away.html|title = Tamil Director Cheyyar Ravi passes away|date = 11 March 2017|access-date = 13 March 2017|archive-date = 13 March 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170313220725/http://m.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/tamil-director-cheyyar-ravi-passes-away.html|url-status = live}}</ref>
|occupation = Film director
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|yearsactive = 1998–2017
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'''Cheyyar Ravi''' (c.1962 – 11 March 2017) was an Indian film and television director, who has directed Tamil and Sinhala films and serials.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dinakaran.com/News_Detail.asp?Nid=286351|title=இயக்குனர் செய்யாறு ரவி மாரடைப்பால் மரணம்|access-date=13 March 2017|archive-date=13 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313220553/http://www.dinakaran.com/News_Detail.asp?Nid=286351|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career==
Cheyyar Ravi directed two Tamil films in the 1990s, ''[[Dharma Seelan]]'' (1993) featuring [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]] and ''[[Harichandra (1998 film)|Harichandra]]'' (1998) with [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailythanthi.com/News/State/2017/03/11234108/Film-directorCheyyar-Ravi-The-death-of-a-heart-attack.vpf |title=சினிமா டைரக்டர் செய்யாறு ரவி மாரடைப்பால் மரணம் || Film director Cheyyar Ravi the death of a heart attack |access-date=13 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312203845/http://www.dailythanthi.com/News/State/2017/03/11234108/Film-directorCheyyar-Ravi-The-death-of-a-heart-attack.vpf |archive-date=12 March 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2009, he began pre-production on an untitled film starring [[Bharath (actor)|Bharath]] and written by [[Crazy Mohan]], but the film failed to materialise.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/jan-09-05/bharath-28-01-09.html|title=Bharath borrows an MGR title — Behindwoods.com — Tamil Movies News — Kadhal Arumugam Enga Veetu Pillai|work=behindwoods.com|accessdate=18 November 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062355/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/jan-09-05/bharath-28-01-09.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It was reported in 2011 that Cheyyar Ravi would direct ''Nanbargal 40 Thirudargalum'' for [[Sivaji Productions]] featuring [[Kamal Haasan]] and [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]], but again, the film was never made.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.top10cinema.com/article/12463/kamal-haasan-prabhu-with-40-thieves|title=Kamal Haasan-Prabhu With 40 Thieves — Top10 Cinema|work=top10cinema.com|date=18 August 2011|accessdate=18 November 2015|archive-date=18 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118160927/http://www.top10cinema.com/article/12463/kamal-haasan-prabhu-with-40-thieves|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

He has since prioritised work as a director of television serials with most of the series produced by Sathya Jyothi films, making ''Gopuram'' in 2000, ''Panam'' in 2003, ''[[Anandham]]'' from 2003, ''Soruthihudu maneya maaligi'' in 2013 and ''[[Annakodiyum Aindhu Pengalum]]'' featuring [[Shruthi Raj]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150726/entertainment-tvmusic/article/annakodi%E2%80%A6-reaches-100-day-milestone|title=Annakodi... reaches 100 day milestone|work=Deccan Chronicle|access-date=18 November 2015|archive-date=19 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119170149/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150726/entertainment-tvmusic/article/annakodi%E2%80%A6-reaches-100-day-milestone|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/03/28/stories/2003032800980800.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030405110505/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/03/28/stories/2003032800980800.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 April 2003|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Panam|date=2003-03-28|accessdate=18 November 2015}}</ref> He also sits on the committee for the South Indian Small Screen Producers Council.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liveonwoods.com/newsdetail.php?id=396#.Vkt4N3bhDIU|title=Liveonwoods — Small screen producers' council election results announced!|work=liveonwoods.com|accessdate=18 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118140835/http://www.liveonwoods.com/newsdetail.php?id=396#.Vkt4N3bhDIU|archive-date=18 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> He directed the Sinhalese remake of Malayalam film ''[[Drishyam]]'' titled ''[[Dharmayudhaya]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dailynews.lk/2016/05/02/features/80342|title=And now in Sinhala|access-date=12 December 2016|archive-date=28 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728161339/http://dailynews.lk/2016/05/02/features/80342|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Death==
He died due to cardiac arrest on 11 March 2017, aged 54, while directing a TV series.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://tamil.filmibeat.com/news/director-cheyyar-ravi-passes-away-045187.html|title = இயக்குநர் செய்யாறு ரவி மரணம்... அரிச்சந்திரா, தர்மசீலன் படங்களை இயக்கியவர்!|date = 11 March 2017|access-date = 13 March 2017|archive-date = 13 March 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170313190542/http://tamil.filmibeat.com/news/director-cheyyar-ravi-passes-away-045187.html|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/57158/cinema/Kollywood/Director-Cheyyar-Ravi-passes-away.htm|title=இயக்குநர் செய்யாறு ரவி மரணம் | Director Cheyyar Ravi passes away|date=11 March 2017|access-date=13 March 2017|archive-date=13 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170313190939/http://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/57158/cinema/Kollywood/Director-Cheyyar-Ravi-passes-away.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Filmography==
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===Films===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Film !! Notes
|-
| 1993 || ''[[Dharma Seelan]]'' ||
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Harichandra (1998 film)|Harichandra]]'' ||
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Dharmayudhaya]]'' ||Sinhalese film
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Serial !! Notes
|-
| 2000-02 || ''Gopuram'' ||
|-
| 2003 || ''Varam ''||
|-
| 2003 || ''Panam'' ||
|-
| 2003-09 || ''[[Anandham (TV series)|Anandam]]'' ||
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Annakodiyum Aindhu Pengalum]]'' ||
|}

==References==
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ravi, Cheyyar}}
[[Category:1960s births]]
[[Category:2017 deaths]]
[[Category:Film directors from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Tamil film directors]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing]]
[[Category:People from Tiruvannamalai district]]
[[Category:Tamil television directors]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian people]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian people]]

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