P. C. Ramakrishna

P. C. Ramakrishna is a veteran theatre actor and voice artist based in Chennai, India.^[1] He has acted in several plays, such as Anna Weiss, Dance Like A Man, The Good Doctor^[2] and provided voice-overs to numerous advertisements, documentaries and corporate shows. He has been a member of the English theatre group The Madras Players since 1969.^[3]

P. C. Ramakrishna
Alma mater	Loyola College, Chennai
Occupation(s)	Voice artist, Theatre actor
Years active	1993-1998

Biography

Ramakrishna did his schooling in Kolkata, India, and completed his undergraduate education at the Loyola College, Chennai. Ramakrishna's early interests included learning the mridangam – an ancient Indian percussion instrument – and he trained under Palghat Mani Iyer in Chennai and Tanjavur. He played mridangam for 18 years since the age of 3 and was considering making it a profession, but was discouraged by low wages for musicians.^[1] Instead, he joined the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and after graduation worked in the corporate sector from 1967 until voluntary retirement in 1993.^[4]

Career

Most of the documentary narration work that I do is dull as ditch water. For example, tell me how many people are interested in the details of installing a boiler?

— P. C. Ramakrishna in interview to JobsByRef, ^[4]

Ramakrishna worked on his first play as a director in 1969, which was also the only play he directed. Subsequently, he auditioned for the play The Crucible by The Madras Players, a role which he eventually got.^[1] While working in the industry, he hosted programs on the All India Radio, and was later approached by the Doordarshan.^[4] Ramakrishna was one of the first English news readers in Indian television.^[5]

Ramakrishna's notable plays include Anna Weiss, where he plays the role of a man who is accused of sexual abuse by his daughter, Mercy, a monologue based on a novel by the Tamil author Sivasankari^[6] and Mahesh Dattani's Dance Like A Man.^[2]

Filmography

Year	Film	Role
1993	Thiruda Thiruda	Finance Minister
1994	May Madham	Sandhya's father
1995	Karuppu Nila	ShanmugaPandian's Father
1997	Poochudava	Nandhini's Father
1998	Ulavuthurai	Navy Chief