Jayam Ravi

Jayam Ravi Biography:

Jayam Ravi is an actor who acts in the Tamil film industry. He debuted with "Jayam" released in 2002 produced by his father editor Mohan and directed by his brother M. Raja. He is a martial arts expert and a trained dancer. After completing his degree in Visual Communication from Loyola College Chennai, he decided to get into the acting industry.

His father is Mohan, an editor, his mother is Varalakshmi. He has one brother, M. Raja, who is a successful director, and a sister, Roja, who is a dentist. Ravi was first schooled at Jawahar Vidyalaya in Ashok Nagar, Chennai, and later at the Loyola College, Chennai, and earned a Bachelor's degree in Visual Communications. 

He studied dancing with the Bharatnatyam dancer Nalini Balakrishnan and performed his arrangetram (debut) when he was twelve years old. He has also undergone training in acting with the Kishore Namit Kapur Institute, Mumbai. He is a martial arts expert and a trained dancer. After completing his degree in Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai, he decided to get into the acting industry.

Jayam Ravi is one hero who has the conventional good looks and has undergone formal training to become an actor. He debuted with Jayam, a remake of the Telugu movie Jayam released in 2002 produced by his father Editor Mohan and directed by his brother M. Raja (Hence, the name 'Jayam' Ravi).

Jayam Ravi Filmography:

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1993	Bava Bavamaridi	Young Raju	Telugu Film
1994	Palnati Pourusham	Young Bheemineni Brahmanna	Telugu Film
2003	Jayam	Ravi	Tamil film; lead debut
2004	M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi	M. Kumaran
2005	Daas	Antony Daas
	Mazhai	Arjun
2006	Idhaya Thirudan	Mahesh Aalwar
	Unakkum Enakkum	Santhosh
2007	Deepavali	Billu Mudaliar
2008	Velli Thirai	Himself	Guest Appearance
	Santhosh Subramaniyam	Santhosh Subramaniyam
	Dhaam Dhoom	Gautham Subramaniam
2009	Peranmai	Dhuruvan
2010	Thillalangadi	Krishna
2011	Ko	Himself	Guest Appearance
	Engeyum Kadhal	Kamal
2013	Aadhi Bhagavan	Aadhi Shanmugam/Baghavan Bhai
2014	Ninaithathu Yaaro	Himself	Guest Appearance
	Nimirndhu Nil	Aravindan Sivasamy/Narasimha Reddy
2015	Janda Pai Kapiraju	Himself	Guest Appearance
	Romeo Juliet	Karthik
	Sakalakala Vallavan	Shakthi
	Thani Oruvan	ASP Mithran IPS
	Bhooloham	Bhooloham
2016	Miruthan	SI Karthik
2017	Bogan	ACP Vikram
	Vanamagan	Jara/Vaasi
2018	Tik Tik Tik	M. Vasudevan (Vasu)
	Adanga Maru	SI Subhash
2019	Thumbaa	John	Cameo appearance
	Comali	Ravi
2021	Bhoomi	Bhoominathan	25th Film
	Jana Gana Mana	TBA	Filming
2022	Ponniyin Selvan	Arulmozhivarman	Filming
TBA	Sangamithra	TBA	Delayed

Awards:

Year	Category	Award	Film	Result
2004	Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Actor	Tamil Nadu State Film Awards	M. Kumaran Son Of Mahalakshmi	Won
2008	Vijay Award for Best Actor	Vijay Awards	Santosh Subramaniam	Nominated
	Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil	Filmfare Awards South		Nominated
2009	Edison Award for Best Actor	Edison Awards	Peraanmai	Won
	Vijay Award for Best Actor	Vijay Awards		Nominated
	Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil	Filmfare Awards South		Nominated
2015	Most Romantic Star of South Indian Cinema	SIIMA Awards	Romeo Juliet	Won
	Edison Award for Best Actor	Edison Awards	Thani Oruvan	Won
	Performance In A Leading Role – Male	IIFA Utsavam		Won
	Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor – South	Filmfare Awards		Won
	Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil	Filmfare Awards South		Nominated
	SIIMA Awards for Best Actor	SIIMA Awards		Nominated
	SIIMA Awards for Best Actor (Critics)	SIIMA Awards		Won
	Best Actor	Vikatan Awards	Bhooloham	Won
2018	Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Tamil	Filmfare Awards South	Adanga Maru	Nominated
	Critic's Choice for Best Actor	SIIMA Awards		Won
	Best Actor	SIIMA Awards		Nominated