Name ;- Ravichandran.V
Birthday:- May 30, 1961
Hometown:- Chennai, Bangalore, India
Activities:- nothing but cinema

Film career

=== As an actor === Ravimama As the leading actor, Ravichandran's initial movies were box-office failures characterized by weak storyline, and poor direction. His major commercial success as the leading actor prior to Premaloka was Naanu Nanna Hendthi, a comedy starring Urvashi in the female lead role.
Post-Premaloka, Ravichandran starred in several blockblusters most notably Ranadheera (which was a remake of Subhash Ghai's Hero)., Anjada Gandu, Yuddha Kaanda, Ramachari ., Halli Meshtru, Gadibidi Ganda, Annayya, Sipayi, Yaare Neenu Cheluve, Mangalyam Tantunanena, and Preethsod Tappa.
His role as a mentally challenged adult in Ramachari won him critical praise. He has stuck to mostly stereo-typed roles, a police officer (Shanti Kranti and Abhimanyu), lover boy (Premaloka, Anjada Gandu, and Preethsod Tappa), pop singer (Yuga Purusha, and Gadibidi Ganda), rustic (Sipayi, Halli Meshtru, and Malla), and lawyer (Yudha Kaanda). He continues to act and has a few projects awaiting release.
He paid attention to cast sensuous heroines in his movies. To mention a few, he introduced Juhi Chawla in his blockbuster movie 'Premaloka' much before Juhi showed up in Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak. Poonam Dhilon paired with Ravichandran in Yuddha Kaanda

As director

Ravichandran shot into instant fame when Premaloka, which he produced, directed, and starred in the lead role became one of the landmark films in Kannada film history. It was made with a budget of a crore Rupees, the most expensive Kannada film in its time. It starred Juhi Chawla as the female lead.
Premaloka also established Hamsalekha, who would teamed up with Ravichandran for a long period & gave consistently good music for the next 10 years.
Premaloka broke several records and defined much of Ravichandran's later filmmaking. It set the stage for lavish productions in the Kannada film industry, and inspired an entire generation of directors. Dr.Rajkumar credited Ravichandran for taking the Kannada film industry to the next level.
He is known as a non-conformist, and created his own style of filmmaking. Most of his movies show very little influence of other directors except Premaloka, which contains traces of Grease 2. Notable aspects of his filmmaking include a curious combination of close ups, abrupt fast-cuts, and innovative camerddda angles. He is renowned in the Kannada film industry for his understanding of the technical aspect of cinema. His movies are lavishly mounted and stand out for superior production values distinguished for cinematography, sound, lighting, and special effects.
A distinct directorial feature is his innovative shooting of songs. Song-picturization in movies Ravichandran has directed often involve elaborate and richly-mounted settings.
Ravichandran initially acted in, and directed movies produced by his own banner, Eswari Productions. After Premaloka, he accepted acting offers from other producers. He has worked with leading directors of the Kannada film industry such as S.V. Rajendra Singh Babu, and D. Rajendra Babu.
His association with D. Rajendra Babu is very successful, resulting in several hits including Naanu Nanna Henthi, Annayya, Ramachari, Yaare Neenu Cheluve and Sriramachandra.
He also remade few hit telugu and bollywood movies in kannada
Ravichandran is close friends with producer Rockline Venkatesh, with whom he worked on several movies, notably, Yaare Neenu Cheluve,'Nanu Nanna Hendthiru' Preethsod Thappa and Ondagona Baa.
His spat with Rajendra Singh Babu was rumoured to be a hot-headed one. Singh Babu would emphasize that Director is Supreme, but Ravichandran would urge that Director still needs a Hero to convey his theme.
Also, Ravichandran would oppose Singh Babu's measures. Working together in Bannada Gejje and later in Yugapurusha (which was a remake of Subhash Ghai's Karz).
Ravichandran, is known to be perfectionist and artists recall him shooting a single scene/sequence, until it is perfect. He is known to have shot entire sequences again after the first cuts of the movie failed to satisfy him. However, after a lean patch in the late 90s, Ravichandran is said to have made amends to this and churned out quickies.
A major complaint his fans have is that in the last decade most of his movies have been remakes of Telugu or Tamil hit movies. He seems to have lost originality after Premaloka

As producer

Ravichandran is known to produce very expensive movies in an industry that has a limited market. Premaloka was the costliest movie in its time. Although his later films were comparatively less expensive, their budgets exceeded that of other Kannada films by several lakhs of rupees.
In 1991, Ravichandran released Shanti Kranti, the costliest movie ever made in Kannada till then. Considered his magnum opus, the film was shot over four years with a budget of 40 Million Rupees, and was simultaneously made in Kannada, Telugu, and Tamil. Shanti Kranti turned out to be a huge failure at the box office.
Ravichandran also released another film, the same year. Made with a modest budget, Ramachari ironically, became one of the biggest blockbusters of the year.

Music director

After a series of flops and public spat between long time associate music director Hamsalekha, Ravichandran took up the role of a music director and has given a few fine tunes in Ekangi and Aham premasmi. But critics generally consider him an average music director.
List of the movies. 1.Naanu Nanna Hendthiru 1999 2.Sneha 1999 3.O Premave 1999 4.Chora chitta Chora 1999 5.Mahatma 2000 6.Preethsutapenilla 2000 7.O nanna Nalle 2000 8.Yekangi 2002 9.Kodandarama 2002 10.Malla 2004 11.Ayya 2005 12.Ahumpremasmi 2005 13.Pandu Ranga Vittala 2005 14.Hatavadi2006 15.Neelakanta 2006