Ramesh Khanna

Ramesh Khanna
Ramesh Khanna
Born	30 November 1955 (age 68); Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupations	Actor; dialogue writer; film director;
Years active	1983–present
Spouse	Shobha
Children	2

Ramesh Khanna (also spelt as Ramesh Kanna)^[1] is an Indian actor and film director who has worked in Tamil cinema. He has acted in a number of supporting and comedian roles.

Early life

Ramesh Khanna was born on 30 November 1955 in Chennai and third child to the family. He acted in R. S. Manohar's drama troupe from the age of 5 as child artist of more than 1000 dramas up to his age of 10 and was appreciated by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, President of India at that time.^[2]

Career

He became assistant to directors Karaikudi Narayanan, Pandiarajan (Aan Paavam), Kodi Ramakrishna, Vikraman (Poove Unakkaga, Suryavamsam, Unnai Ninaithu and Priyamana Thozhi) and K. S. Ravikumar.^[3]^[4]

Ravikumar was meant to remake the Telugu film Maavichiguru (1996) starring Jagapati Babu and Aamani into Tamil for Sridevi Movie Makers, but his busy schedule meant that he recommended Ramesh Khanna to the producers.^[5] The remake was initially titled as Maa Vilakku and was supposed to star Jayaram and Meena, but went through cast changes.^[6] The film was revived under new title Thodarum with new cast involving Ajith Kumar, Heera and Devayani.^[7] He later started working on a film titled Genius in 2000, but the project eventually was shelved.^[8]

Only after, director Vikraman introduced him as a comedy friend to actor Karthik in Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen (1998). From that, he came to limelight with his comic timing.^[1]

Khanna has acted in notable roles in films such as Padayappa (1999), Nee Varuvai Ena (1999), Friends (2001), Unnai Ninaithu (2002) and Villain (2002). He has also appeared in supporting roles in films such as Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002).

Ramesh has written dialogues for Muni (2007) and Nam Naadu (2007) and written story of the film Aadhavan (2009).^[9]

Ramesh Khanna is seen in a substantial role in the Ajith starrer Veeram (2014).^[10]

Filmography

Note: all films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.

As actor

Tamil films

1980s

Year	Film	Role
1983	Mundhanai Mudichu
1985	Aan Paavam
1987	Yetikku Potti	Postman

1990s

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1992	Abhirami	guest appearance
1993	Gokulam
	Naan Pesa Ninaipathellam
	Athma
1994	Captain
1995	Muthu
1995	Muthukulikka Vaariyala
1996	Avvai Shanmughi		Also co-director
1997	Dharma Chakkaram	himself
1997	Suryavamsam	Kathiresan
1998	Kondattam	Pazhani
	Kaadhal Mannan	Black Dog security service Inspector
	Thulli Thirintha Kaalam	himself
	Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen	Selvam's friend
	Guru Paarvai	Lingam
1999	Chinna Raja
	Ullathai Killathe
	Padayappa	Padayappa's friend
	Rojavanam
	Nee Varuvai Ena	Ramesh
	Amarkalam	Singampuli
	Jodi	Gayathri's brother-in-law

2000s

Year	Film	Role
2000	Vaanathaippola	Hotel Servant
	Annai
	Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven
	Appu
	Vetri Kodi Kattu	Sekar's friend
	Koodi Vazhnthal Kodi Nanmai	Ramesh
	Thenali	Panchabootham's assistant
2001	Friends	Krishnamoorthy
	Nageswari
	Rishi	Cheenu
	Vinnukum Mannukum
	Asathal	Victor
	Krishna Krishna	Sivaramakrishnan
	Kunguma Pottu Gounder
	Star
	Kalakalappu	Sreenivasan
2002	Pammal K. Sambandam	Sammandham's friend
	Dhaya
	Saptham	Jagir
	Gemini	Professor
	Junior Senior
	Unnai Ninaithu	Krishnamoorthy
	Thulluvadho Ilamai	Mani
	Panchathantiram	Sardarji, Police
	Naina	Pichu
	Villain	Shiva's friend
	I Love You Da	Madhan
	Jaya
	Kadhal Virus	himself
2003	Aasai Aasaiyai
	Kadhaludan	Ramesh
	Military	Ganesan
	Saamy	Inspector Paramasivam
	Indru Mudhal
	Paarai	Barber
	Jayam
	Priyamaana Thozhi	'Kaka' Ramesh
	Anjaneya
2004	Thendral	Sundarakanth
	Arivumani
	Gajendra
	Attahasam	Surula
	Maha Nadigan
2005	Girivalam
	Priyasakhi
	Varapogum Sooriyane
2006	Idhaya Thirudan
	Kodambakkam
	Aran
	Vattaram
	Kedi
	Varalaru	Ramesh
2007	Thiru Ranga	Beeda
2007	Nam Naadu
2008	Thodakkam
	Sila Nerangalil	Photographer
	Vambu Sandai
	Ini Varum Kaalam
	Dasavathaaram	Doctor
2009	Mariyadhai
2009	Aadhavan	Ilayaman

2010s

Year	Film	Role
2010	Yathumaagi
	Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam	Jada
	Gowravargal
2011	Venghai	Thangavelu
2011	Uyarthiru 420
2014	Veeram	Subbu collector
	Ninaithathu Yaaro	Uthaman
	Kochadaiiyaan	Nagesh
	Murugaatrupadai	Manda Kashayam
2016	Uchathula Shiva	Sundar
2017	Vaigai Express	Ramesh
2018	Bhaskar Oru Rascal	Devadas
2018	Saamy 2	Punctuality Paramasivam

2020s

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2021	Pei Mama
2021	Obama Ungalukkaaga
2022	D Block	Watchman Chokkalingam
2023	Aval Peyar Rajni
2024	Pambattam		^[11]

Other language films

Year	Film	Language	Role	Notes
2004	Cheppave Chirugali	Telugu	a room boy
2005	Sau Jhooth Ek Sach	Hindi
2006	Keerthi Chakra	Malayalam	a soldier
2006	Manasu Palike Mouna Raagam	Telugu
2013	Policegiri	Hindi	Wine Shop Owner
2023	Rajni	Malayalam		Also shot in Tamil

As writer

Year	Film	Credited for		Notes
Year	Film	Dialogues	Story	Notes
1990	Aarathi Edungadi	Y	N
1991	Rasathi Varum Naal	Y	N
1991	Vaasalile Oru Vennila	Y	N
1993	Mudhal Paadal	Y	N
1995	Periya Kudumbam	Y	N
2007	Muni	Y	N
2007	Nam Naadu	Y	N
2009	Aadhavan	N	Y
2018	Bhaskar Oru Rascal	Y	N

As director

Top Tucker (1988) (TV serial) - Sun TV (Starring Vivek)
Thodarum (1999) (Starring Ajith Kumar)

As dubbing artist

Vaikunthapuram (2020) (Tamil dubbed) for Rajendra Prasad

Television


year	Name	Role	Channel	Note
2013	Asathal Arangam	Presenter	Captain TV
2021	Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal	Raghavan	Zee Tamil

References

^ ^a ^b "I take everything lightly: Ramesh Kanna". The Hindu. 3 August 2006. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
^ "My first break". The Hindu. 17 October 2008. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
^ "Cinema Plus / Columns : My first break". The Hindu. 17 October 2008. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
^ "The Indian Online Cinema Magazine". expressindia.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 1999. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ "Entertainment News: Latest Bollywood & Hollywood News, Today's Entertainment News Headlines". Archived from the original on 3 March 2008.
^ "Entertainment News: Latest Bollywood & Hollywood News, Today's Entertainment News Headlines". Archived from the original on 11 February 2009.
^ "Dinakaran". www.dinakaran.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 1999. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
^ "டோடோவின் ரஃப் நோட்டு — Tamil Kavithai -- தமிழ் கவிதைகள் - நூற்று கணக்கில்!". Archived from the original on 3 February 2004.
^ "Preview: Aadhavan".
^ "Thala Ajith's 'evergreen friend' talks about Veeram".
^ "Pambattam Trailer (Tamil) | Jeevan, Mallika Sherawat | V C Vadivudaiyan | Vaithiyanathan Film Gardenn" – via www.youtube.com.

External links

Ramesh Khanna at IMDb

[th-1] "I take everything lightly: Ramesh Kanna". The Hindu. 3 August 2006. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.

[2] "My first break". The Hindu. 17 October 2008. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

[3] "Cinema Plus / Columns : My first break". The Hindu. 17 October 2008. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2012.

[Remake-4] "The Indian Online Cinema Magazine". expressindia.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 1999. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[5] "Entertainment News: Latest Bollywood & Hollywood News, Today's Entertainment News Headlines". Archived from the original on 3 March 2008.

[6] "Entertainment News: Latest Bollywood & Hollywood News, Today's Entertainment News Headlines". Archived from the original on 11 February 2009.

[7] "Dinakaran". www.dinakaran.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 1999. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

[8] "டோடோவின் ரஃப் நோட்டு — Tamil Kavithai -- தமிழ் கவிதைகள் - நூற்று கணக்கில்!". Archived from the original on 3 February 2004.

[9] "Preview: Aadhavan".

[10] "Thala Ajith's 'evergreen friend' talks about Veeram".

[11] "Pambattam Trailer (Tamil) | Jeevan, Mallika Sherawat | V C Vadivudaiyan | Vaithiyanathan Film Gardenn" – via www.youtube.com.

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