Nikesh Ram

Nikesh Ram is an Indian businessman and actor, who has appeared in Tamil and Malayalam language films.^[1][2] During August 2021, Ram was honored by the UAE government with the UAE Golden Visa for 10 years.^[3][4][5] Ram appeared in Khaleej Times BTR Magazine Cover Page as a successful businessman in UAE in Facility Management Industry.^[6][7] He made his acting debut with Athithi a Tamil thriller movie.^[8]

Nikesh Ram
Born	August 8, Kannur, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Actor, Businessman
Years active	2014 – present
Spouse	Sitara ​ (m. 2005)​
Children	3

Early and personal life

Ram graduated MBA from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai after completing his B.Com from Calicut University, Kerala. His father is a businessman in the Gulf region, and Ram has three younger sisters. After completing his MBA, he went to Kuwait to join his father's business. But, he preferred to work for few years, before joining the business. He was working for Le Meridien Kuwait, Yusuf Ahmed Al Ghanim, The White Stores, Ali Al Ghanim, Streamlink Communications Ltd (sub of Ali Alghanim) etc. for his six years of professional life in Finance. While working, he completed the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from USA. Later, he started Facilities Management business in Dubai in the year 2006. He is married to Sitara in 2005 and they have four children.

Acting career

Ram made his acting debut through his home production, Athithi directed by Bharathan. The film received mixed reviews and performed poorly at the box office, with his performance garnering mixed reviews. Deccan Chronicle noted "Debutant Nikesh Ram with his unkempt looks fits the bill and is convincing in a negative role".^[9] A reviewer from Behindwoods.com noted "Although the cause of his part is well served, spotting expressions in Ram's face seems to be a hard task".^[10] Silverscreen.com's reviewers wrote that Ram "looks the part in dark shirts, chinos and thick-rimmed glasses, but is unconvincing otherwise. His lines sound contrived and forced and don't sound like someone trying to scare the daylights out of you".^[11]

Ram appeared in a cameo role in Vishnu's Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran (2016) . His first Malayalam movie released on 25 May 2018 titled Mazhayathu directed by National Award winning director Suveeran. Ram is acting as hero in this movie along with actress Aparna Gopinath. The Times of India mentioned his acting as "Nikesh Ram puts on a decent performance as a stubborn husband and a doting dad".^[12][13] Mangalam News Paper said "Nikesh Ram did a good job and he could easily satisfy the role of Venugopal in the way it is required^[14][15]

Ram starred in Michaelpatty Raja (2021) ^[16][17][18] directed by Francis S, who was an associate for director S Shankar.

Filmography

• All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
2014	Athithi	Saravanan	Tamil	Debut film
2016	Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran	Doctor	Tamil	Cameo appearance
2018	Mazhayathu	Venugopal	Malayalam
2021	Michaelpatty Raja	Raja	Tamil

Awards and nominations

Year	Film	Award	Category	Result	Ref.
2018	Mazhayathu	Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival TINFF Toronto Canada	Best Actor	Won	[19]
		Overcome Film Festival California USA	Best Actor	Won	[20]
		Asiavision Awards Dubai	Best Actor	Won	[21]