Raghuvaran

Raghuvaran
Born	11 December 1958 Kollengode, Kerala, India
Died	19 March 2008(2008-03-19) (aged 49) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation	Film actor
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Spouse	Rohini (divorced)
Children	Rishi Varan
Parent(s)	Chunkamandathu V. Velayudhan, S. R. Kasthuri

Raghuvaran (11 December 1958 – 19 March 2008) was an Indian actor who predominantly acted in movies made in South India. He became famous for his portrayal of villain and character roles in Tamil films. He has acted in more than 150 Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films. According to the Hindustan Times, "The actor had carved a niche for himself with his special style and voice modulation."

He played the protagonist of a Tamil soap opera, Oru Manidhanin Kadhai, about a well-to-do man who becomes an alcoholic. He received critical acclaim for his role as Father Alphonso in the Malayalam movie Daivathinte Vikruthikal, directed by Lenin Rajendran and based on M. Mukundan's novel of the same name.

Personal life

He was born in 1958 at Kollengode in Palakkad district, Kerala. He was the grandson Mr. N. Radha Krishna Menon and Satyavathy Amma and son of Velayudhan and Kasturi.

He dropped out of his Bachelor of Arts from Coimbatore (Govt. Arts College) to pursue a career in acting. He landed a minor role in the Kannada film Swapna Thingalgal. He began acting in small minor roles in Telugu and Kannada films including a two-minute scene as a rapist in Udaya.

From 1979 to 1983, he was part of an acting drama troupe in Chennai, Chennai Kings, which also included the Kannada/Tamil supporting actor, Nassar. He was spotted and cast in a small role in Ezhavathu Manithan which was his biggest role to date.

He was married to the Tamil actress Rohini and has a son with her, Sai Rishivaran. The couple later separated and divorced.

Raghuvaran’s substance addictions hampered his career and left him repeatedly visiting rehabilitation clinics.

Career

Following his beginnings on the stage, Raghuvaran turned to film with 1982's Tamil film Ezhavathu Manithan (Seventh Man). He received several state and Filmfare Awards for his performances in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. He began his career as a supporting actor in a number of films in Tamil including Mani Rathnam's Anjali as the father of an autistic child. He later played villains in Baasha as Mark Anthony, Mudhalvan as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Shiva and Muthu as Ilaimaran. He later returned to supporting roles - sometimes as a father or as a mentor in films such as Alai, Yaaradi Nee Mohini, Tirumalai and Bala.

He has also acted in a number of Hindi movies, such as Izzatdaar, Shiva, Lal Baadshah, Rakshak and Hitler.

Death

Raghuvaran died on 19 March 2008.cause of the death has been disclosed as weakness caused by excessive alcohol consumption

His death occurred during the filming stages of several films, including the Tamil film, Kanthaswamy wherein Raghuvaran's performances were left unused and were replaced with Ashish Vidyarthi, which resulted in the film's delayed release.

Filmography

1982 - 1990

Year	Film	Role	Language	Type
1982	Kakka		Malayalam	Anti Hero
	Ezhavathu Manithan		Tamil	Hero
1983	Oru Odai Nadhiyagirathu		Tamil	Hero
	Rugma		Malayalam	Supporting
	Silk, Silk, Silk		Tamil	Villain
1986	Mr. Bharath		Tamil	Villain
	Samsaram Adhu Minsaram	Chidamabaram	Tamil	Supporting
1987	Pasivadi Pranam	Venu	Telugu	Villain
	Oorkavalan		Tamil	Villain
	Michael Raj		Tamil	Hero
	Manithan		Tamil	Villain
	Makkal En Pakkam		Tamil	Supporting
1988	En Bommukutty Ammavukku	Alex	Tamil	Supporting
	Kaliyugam		Tamil	Hero
	Kai Naattu		Tamil	Hero
	Kuttravali		Tamil	Hero
1989	Siva		Tamil	Supporting
	Rudranetra	Black Cobra	Telugu	Villain
	Lankeshwarudu		Telugu	Villain
	Izzatdaar	Indrajeet Sabharwal	Hindi	Villain
	Raja Chinna Roja	Raghu	Tamil	Villain
	Shiva	Bhavani	Telugu	Villain
1990	Vyooham	Tony Leous	Malayalam	Hero
	Puriyaadha Pudhir		Tamil	Villain
	Anjali	Shekar	Tamil	Hero
	Shiva	Bhavani	Hindi	Villain
	Pagalil Pournami		Tamil	Villain

1991 - 2000

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1991	Chaithanya		Telugu
1992	Soorya Manasam		Malayalam
	Daivathinte Vikrithikal	Alphonso	Malayalam
	Kavacham		Malayalam
1994	Paasamalargal		Tamil
	Kadhalan	Mallikarjuna	Tamil
1995	Baashha	Mark Antony	Tamil
	Kolangal	Bairavan	Tamil
	Maanthrikam	Abdul Rahiman	Malayalam
	Muthu	Devan	Tamil
	Thotta Chinungi	Gopal	Tamil
1996	Rakshak		Hindi
	Circle Inspector		Kannada
	Selva	Varatharajan	Tamil
	Take It Easy Urvasi		Tamil
1997	Anaganaga Oka Roju		Telugu
	Arunachalam	Vishwanath	Tamil
	Love Today	Chandrasekar	Tamil
	Ullaasam	G. K.	Tamil
	Abhimanyu	Masilamani	Tamil
	Nerukku Ner	Raghu	Tamil
	Aahaa	Raghu	Tamil
	Ratchagan	Easwar	Tamil
1998	Suswagatham		Telugu
	Jai Hind		Kannada
	Government		Kannada
	Thulli Thirintha Kaalam		Tamil
	Hitler		Hindi
	Iniyavale	Ramanathan	Tamil
	Poonthottam		Tamil
	Nilaave Vaa		Tamil
1999	Suriya Paarvai	Jayanth	Tamil
	En Swasa Kaatre		Tamil
	Endrendrum Kadhal		Tamil
	Lal Baadshah	Vikram Singh	Hindi
	Oruvan	Krishna Prasad	Tamil
	Amarkalam	Tulasi Das	Tamil
	Anaganaga Oka Ammayi	Bhavani Prasad	Telugu
	Pooparika Varugirom	Ranganathan	Tamil
	Mudhalvan	Aranganathan	Tamil	Winner, Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Villain
	Iranyan	Aande	Tamil
	Prathyartha		Kannada
2000	Kannukkul Nilavu	Rajasekhar	Tamil
	Good Luck	Chandramohan	Tamil
	Sudhandhiram	Raghu	Tamil
	Mugavaree	Shiva	Tamil
	Vallarasu		Tamil
	Kandukondain Kandukondain		Tamil
	Pelli Sambandham		Telugu
	Parthen Rasithen	Panneer	Tamil
	Uyirile Kalanthathu	Raghuraman	Tamil
	Azad	Deva	Telugu

2001 - 2008

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2001	Grahan	Raghu Sinha	Hindi
	Dosth	Raghu	Tamil
	Narasimha	Raana	Tamil
	Star	Dhanushkodi	Tamil
	Majunu	Gajapathy	Tamil
2002	Seema Simham	Visweswara Rao	Telugu
	Dhaya	Rudrayya	Tamil
	Roja Kootam		Tamil
	Run		Tamil
	University		Tamil
	Bobby	K. R.	Telugu
	I Love You Da		Tamil
	Bala		Tamil
	Kadhal Virus		Tamil
2003	Naaga		Telugu
	Johnny		Telugu
	Alaudin	Gangadhar	Tamil
	Alai		Tamil
	Anjaneya	Venketeswaran	Tamil
	Thirumalai	Artist	Tamil
	Anbe Un Vasam		Tamil
2004	Jana		Tamil
	Durgi		Kannada
	Naani		Telugu
	Arasatchi		Tamil
	Jananam	Udaya Murthy	Tamil
	Mass	satya	Telugu
2005	Sachein	Gowtham	Tamil
2006	Sivappathigaram	Elango	Tamil
2007	Bhasmasuran		Malayalam
	Deepavali		Tamil	Guest appearance
	Evadaithe Nakenti		Telugu
	Sivaji	Chezhian	Tamil	Guest appearance
	Marudhamalai		Tamil
2008	Bheema	Periyavar	Tamil
	Ashoka		Tamil
	Thodakkam		Tamil
	Pellikani Prasad		Telugu
	Sila Nerangalil	Krishnan	Tamil
	Aatadista		Telugu
	Yaaradi Nee Mohini		Tamil
	Ellam Avan Seyal	Jagadeeswaran	Tamil
2009	Bank		Hindi
	Manjira		Telugu
2009	Kanthaswamy	Replaced with Ashish Vidyarthi because of Death	Tamil

External links

• Raghuvaran at IMDb