RAGHUVARAN who predominantly acted in movies made in South Indian languages.

RAGHUVARAN

(December 11, 1958 - March 19, 2008) was an Indian actor who predominantly acted in movies made in South Indian languages.

He became famous for his portrayal of villain roles and character roles in Tamil movies. He has acted in more than 150 movies in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films.

The actor had carved a niche for himself with his special style and voice modulation and was considered a natural actor.

He was noted for his role as the protagonist of a Tamil soap opera, "Oru Manidhanin Kadhai" (One Man's Story), about a well-to-do man who becomes an alcoholic and faces the consequences.

He got critical acclaims for his role as Father Alphonse in Malayalam movie 'Daivathinte Vikruthikal', directed by Lenin Rajendran and based on a book by M Mukundan with the same title.

PERSONAL LIFE

Raghuvaran with his son and wife Rohini

He was Born in Kollengode as part of the Chakkungal Tharavad in Palakkad district, Kerala.

He was the Grand Son of Mr. N. Radha Krishna Menon and Late. Smt. Satyavathy Amma and son of Mr Velayudhan and Mrs.Kasturi

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

Raghuvaran’s success as an actor was setback by his addiction to drink and drugs. He was in and out of rehabilitation clinics.

Career

Raghuvaran began as a stage actor and debuted in the 1982 Tamil film Elavathu Manithan (Seventh Man).

He bagged several state and filmfare awards for his outstanding performances in Tamil/ Malayalam/ Telugu film industry.

Notable among his tamil movies were Baasha with Rajinikanth/ Kadhalan/ Samsaram Adu Minsaram/ Anjali/ Bheema among other movies. He was known to be a standard player in any of the Rajinikanth block busters.

One of his most admired roles came in the movie Basha, in which he played the role of a villain, starring opposite Rajnikanth.

He received critical acclaim for playing the role of underworld don, Marc Anthony.

LOST

Raghuvaran died on March 19th,2008 in Chennai due to a cardiac arrest.

Many popular actors like Vijay,Vikram, Ajith, Vijayakanth,Manorama,Sarath Kumar,Dhanush,Kushboo, Manirathnam, Suhasini,Oorvashi, Sathyaraj,Radhika and many other stars came to his home, the day after his death to pay homage. His divorced wife Rohini and his son Rishi were present.

Notable films

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Mugavari (2000)

Love Today

Thottachinungi

Mudhalvan (1999)

Ullasam

Baasha (1995)

Muthu (1995)

Kadhalan (1994)

Puriyaadha Pudhir (1994)

Anjali (1990)

En Bommukutty Ammavukku (1988)

Pasivaaadi Praanam(First film in Telugu)

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