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'''K. S. Ravi''' (1959 {{en dash}}2010<br />
) was an Indian [[film director]] of [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] and [[Telugu cinema|Telugu films]]. His films included a mixture of genres from [[drama]]s to [[action thriller]]s.<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Ravi finished his schooling in [[Delhi]] and did his graduation in [[Tiruchirappalli]]. Despite being a gold-medalist in engineering, he chose cinema as his career. From 1989 to 1990, he was an assistant director to prominent film director [[Mani Ratnam]] for the movie ''[[Anjali (1990 film)|Anjali]]'', before breaking on his own in 1993. Ravi also worked as an assistant director to [[Major Sundarrajan]] in the film ''[[Andha Oru Nimidam]]''.<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Ravi was born in 1959 in [[Paramakudi]], [[Ramnad district]]. He was born to Mr. Karpurasundharam, an ex-serviceman, and Mrs. Vasantha Karpurasundharam. He has three siblings: Rajan, Kripakaran and Latha. He married Ms. Sumathy, and had a daughter named Aishwarya. <ref>{{cite web | url=https://tamil.filmibeat.com/news/07-tamil-fim-director-ravi-dead.html | title=தமிழ் திரைப்பட இயக்குநர் கே.எஸ்.ரவி மரணம் | date=7 September 2010 }}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
He died of cardiac arrest on September 6, 2010.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/film-director-k-s-ravi-in-whose-films-shilpa-shetty-isha-kopikkar-vijayakanth-arvind-swamy-died-of-cardiac-arrest-in-chennai-on-monday-last-rites-on-tuesday-in-chennai-he-was-45-/articleshow/6506979.cms | title=Film director K S Ravi, in whose films Shilpa Shetty, Isha Kopikkar, Vijayakanth Arvind Swamy died of cardiac arrest in Chennai on Monday. Last rites on Tuesday in Chennai. He was 45. - Times of India | website=[[The Times of India]] }}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Ravi's first movie was a Telugu film named ''[[Aagraham (1993 film)|Aagraham]]'', produced by Shyam Prasad Reddy and starring [[Rajasekhar (actor)|Rajasekhar]] and [[Amala Akkineni|Amala]], was released in 1993. The movie became a super hit, and Ravi received the [[Nandi Award]] for it. Later, it was dubbed as ''Evanayiruntha Enakkenna'' in Tamil and was also successful.<br />
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Ravi's second movie, ''[[Honest Raj]]'', was a Tamil film that was released on 14 April 1994. Produced by Sathya Jothi Films Thiagarajan, the film starred [[Vijayakanth]], [[Gouthami]], and [[Aamani]] with music by [[Ilaiyaraaja]]. The film released to positive reviews. It was renowned cinematographer [[Ravi K. Chandran]]'s first Tamil movie. The film was remade in Hindi as ''[[Rakshak (1996 film)|Rakshak]]'' with [[Sunil Shetty]].<br />
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Ravi's third movie, ''[[Mr. Romeo]]'', released on 10 November 1996. It was produced by [[R. B. Choudary]] and starred [[Prabhu Deva]], Bollywood actresses [[Shilpa Shetty]] and [[Madhoo]], and Tamil comedian [[Vadivelu]]. The film had music by [[A. R. Rahman]].<br />
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Ravi's fourth and final film was ''[[En Swasa Katre]]'', which released on 26 February 1999. The film starred [[Arvind Swamy]], [[Isha Koppikar]], and [[Prakash Raj]]. The music was composed by [[A. R. Rahman]] in his second collaboration with Ravi. The film opened to average reviews. Also, Isha Koppikar debuted in the South Indian film industry with this film.<br />
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== Awards ==<br />
Ravi secured the most acclaimed "[[Nandi Award]]" for his first movie, ''[[Aagraham (1993 film)|Aagraham]]''.<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! rowspan="2" style="width:35px;"| Year<br />
! rowspan="2" style="width:150px;"| Film<br />
! colspan="2" style="width:195px;"| Credited as<br />
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:80px;"| Language<br />
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:250px;" class="unsortable"| Notes<br />
|-<br />
! style="width:65px;" | Director<br />
! width=65 | Writer<br />
|-<br />
| 1993 || ''[[Aagraham (1993 film)|Aagraham]]'' || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || || Telugu ||Dubbed in Tamil as ''Evana Irundha Enakenna''<br />
|-<br />
| 1994 || ''[[Honest Raj]]'' || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || Tamil || Remade in Hindi as [[Rakshak (1996 film)|Rakshak]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1996 || ''[[Mr. Romeo]]'' ||style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || Tamil || Dubbed in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Hindi]]<br />
|-<br />
| 1999 || ''[[En Swasa Katre]]'' || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || Tamil ||<br />
|-<br />
| 2001 || ''[[Yekkam]]'' || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || style="text-align:center;"| {{y}} || Tamil || Unreleased<br />
|-<br />
|2001<br />
|[[Shahjahan (film)|Shahjahan]]<br />
|style="text-align:center;"|{{y}}<br />
|<br />
|Tamil<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|2086869}}<br />
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