Raghavan (actor)

Raghavan (born 12 December 1941)^[1] is an Indian actor who has acted in predominately Malayalam films. From early 2000s he is more active in television serials.^[2]

Raghavan
Raghavan in 2018
Born	(1941-12-12) 12 December 1941 (age 83) Taliparamba, Madras Presidency, British India
Alma mater	National School of Drama
Occupations	Actor director screenwriter
Years active	1968–present
Known for	Kilippaattu (1987) Evidence (1988) Kasthooriman (2017)
Spouse	Shobha ​ (m. 1974)​
Children	Jishnu Jyothsna
Relatives	Nyla Usha (niece)
Awards	Kerala State Television Awards Asianet Television Awards

He made his Direction debut in Kilippaattu (1987) which was selected for Indian Panorama^[3] and also he is the recipient of Kerala State Television Awards and Asianet Television Awards.^[4][5]

Early life and education

Raghavan was born in Taliparamba in Kannur district. He had attended his schooling Moothedath High School in Taliparamba.^[6] After completing higher secondary he worked in Tagore Drama Troupe.^[7]

He pursued bachelors in Rural Education from Gandhigram Rural Institute.^[8] He got his Diploma from Delhi National School of Drama. His first film was Kayalkarayil in 1968.^[9][10]

Personal life

He was married to Shobha since 1974, and they had a son, Jishnu Raghavan^[11] who was also an actor and a daughter, Jyothsna.^[12]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1968	Kaayalkkarayil	Premkumar	Debut film[13]
1969	Chowkada Deepa	Ashokan	Kannada debut
	Rest House	Raghavan	[14]
	Veettu Mrugam	Mohan Nair	[15]
1970	Kuttavaali	Keshavan
	Abhayam	Murali	[16]
	Ammayenna Sthree	Sasi	[17]
1971	C.I.D. Nazir	CID Chandran	[18]
	Thapaswini	Raghavan Nair	[19]
	Prathidhwani	Saikumar	[20]
	Aabhijathyam	Chandran	[21]
	Ummachu	Shankar	[22]
1972	Nrithasaala	Venu	[23]
	Chembarathi	Dinesh	[24]
1973	Chaayam	Jayan
	Darshanam	Devarajan	[25]
	Mazhakkaaru	Radhakrishnan	[26]
	Gayathri	Raghavan	[27]
	Periyar	Joy	[28]
	Aaraadhika	Hari	[29]
	Sasthram Jayichu Manushyan Thottu	Venugopal	[30]
	Nakhangal	Yesudas	[31]
	Prethangalude Thaazhvara	Vijay Menon	[32]
	Udayam	Mohandas	[33]
	Aashaachakram	Gopalan	[34]
	Swargaputhri	Doctor	[35]
	Urvashi Bharathi	Govindan	[36]
1974	Chanchala	Hari
	Kamini	Chandran	[37]
	Youvanam	Ravi	[38]
	Sapthaswarangal	Ajayan	[39]
	Rajahamsam	Janardhanan	[40]
	Moham	Arjunan	[41]
	Ayalathe Sundari	Venu	[42]
	Nagaram Saagaram	Sreekumar	[43]
	Bhoogolam Thiriyunnu	Sukumaran	[44]
	Swarnavigraham	Swami	[45]
	Pathiraavum Pakalvelichavum	Shivan	[46]
	Pattabhishekam	Gireesh
1975	Swami Ayappan	Prabhakaran	[47]
	Niramaala	Surya
	Madhurappathinezhu	Ramkumar	[48]
	Ulsavam	Gopi
	Bhaarya Illaatha Raathri	Hariharan	[49]
	Ayodhya	Madhavankutty
	Malsaram	Soman Kutty	[50]
1976	Aalinganam	Ramesh	[51]
	Hridayam Oru Kshethram	Hari	[52]
	Madhuram Thirumadhuram	Vijayan	[53]
	Light House	Raghu	[54]
	Maanasaveena	Suresh	[55]
	Amba Ambika Ambaalika	Salvarajakumaran	[56]
	Paalkkadal	Suresh	[57]
1977	Sreemurukan	Gopalan	[58]
	Manassoru Mayil	Raju	[59]
	Aadyapaadam	Ravi
	Sukradasa	Jayaprakash	[60]
	Raajaparampara	Raghavan	[61]
	Taxi Driver	Keshava Nair	[62]
	Oonjaal	Madhu
	Vidarunna Mottukal	Gopal	[63]
	Varadakshina	Gopi
1978	Priyadarshini	Ramu
	Vadakakku Oru Hridayam	Parameswara Pillai	[64]
	Kaithappoo	Raghavan Menon
	Hemantharaathri	Ravi's father	[65]
	Balapareekshanam	Sankarankutty	[66]
	Rowdy Ramu	Vasu	[67]
	Anumodhanam	Raghavan	[68]
	Raju Rahim	Suresh	[69]
	Manoradham	Devan	[70]
1979	Ajnaatha Theerangal	Ravi	[71]
	Ottapettavar	Rajan
	Jimmy	Joseph	[72]
	Ival Oru Naadodi	Sudheer
	Amrithachumbanam	Rahim
	Raajaveedhi	Kamal
	Lajjaavathi	Prem Kumar	[73]
	Kannukal	Sudhakaran
	Hridayathinte Nirangal	Madhusudhan	[74]
	Eeswara Jagadeeswara	Jagadeeswaran
1980	Angadi	SI Ravi
	Saraswatheeyamam	Gopi	[75]
	Ivar	Damu
	Adhikaaram	Raveendran	[76]
1981	Poocha Sanyasi	Vishnu Vasudevan	[77]
	Vaadaka Veettile Athidhi	Madhava Nair
	Panchapandavar	Arjunan
1982	Anguram	Madhavi's father	[78]
	Innalenkil Nale	Advocate
	Ponmudy	Gopi	[79]
	Lahari	Raghavan
1985	Rangam	Naanu	[80]
	Njaan Piranna Naattil	DYSP Raghava Menon	[81]
1986	Chekkeranoru Chilla	Ravi	[82]
1987	Ellaavarkkum Nanmakal	Priyan
1988	1921	Anandan	[83]
	Evidence	Father Dominic	[84]
1992	Adwaytham	Kizhakkedan Thirumeni	[85]
	Priyapetta Kukku	Ajayan's father
1993	O' Faby	PC Rajaram
1994	Avan Ananthapadmanaabhan	Manju's father
1995	Prayikkara Pappan	Kanaran	[86]
1997	Kulam	Bharathan
	Athyunnathangalil Koodaaram Panithavar	Rajiv
2000	Indriyam	Shankaranarayanan
2001	Meghamalhar	Mukundan's father
	Vakkalathu Narayanankutty	Judge	[87]
2004	Udayam	Judge
2009	My Big Father	Doctor	[88]
2010	Swantham Bharya Zindabad	Shivankutty's Father	[89]
	Ingenyum Oral	Pisharody Master
2012	Scene Onnu Nammude Veedu	Manju's uncle	[90]
	Banking Hours 10 to 4	Lakshmi's father	[91]
	Ordinary	Priest	[92]
2013	Aattakatha	Sreedharan Namboothiri	[93]
	The Power of Silence	Aravindan's father	[94]
2014	Apothecary	Dr. Shankar Vasudev	[95]
2015	Salt Mango Tree	Swami	[96]
2016	Aalroopangal	Panicker
2017	C/O Saira Banu	Judge Janardhana Kurup	[97]
2018	Pretham 2	Venu Vaidyar	[98]
	Ente Ummante Peru	Raghavan	[99]
	Dehantharam	Son	Short film[100]
2019	Luca	Doctor	[101]
2020	Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya	Manohar Rao	Telugu debut[102]
	Kilometers and Kilometers	Vicar	[103]
2022	Pathonpatham Noottandu	Eswaran Namboothiri	[104]
2023	The Hope	Fr Benedict	[105]
2024	Panchayath Jetty	Farmer Raghavan	[106]

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes
2001	Vaakacharthu	Chandran	Doordarshan	Debut series[107]
	Shamanathalam	Raghavan	Asianet	[108]
2002	Vasundara Medicals	Krishnan		[109]
2003	Sreeraman Sreedevi	Vijay		[110]
2004	Muhurtham	Shankaranarayanan		[111]
	Kadamattath Kathanar	Fr. Emmanuel		[112]
2004–2009	Minnukettu	Keshavan Nair	Surya TV	[113]
2005	Krishnakripasagaram	Lord Vasudeva	Amrita TV
2006	Sneham	Balachabdran	Surya TV	[114]
2007	St.Antony	Antony
2007–2009	Sreeguruvayoorappan	Vishnu Nair		[115]
	Rahasyam	Shravan Varma	Asianet	[116]
2008	Velankani Mathavu	Priest	Surya TV
2009	Swamiye Saranam Ayappa	Pandala Rajavu
2010	Indraneelam	Sasi	Surya TV
2012–2013	Akashadoothu	Krishna's father		[117]
2012	Snehakkoodu	Shivan
2014–2016	Bhagyalakshmi	Bhagya's father		[118]
2016	Amme Mahamaye	Lord Bramha
2017	Moonnumani	Gurudevan	Flowers
2017–2019	Vanambadi	Devan	Asianet	[119]
2017–2020	Kasthooriman	Kalamandalam Krishnankutty Ashan		[120]
2019	Mouna Ragam	Guruji	Star Vijay	Tamil debut[121]
2021–2024	Kaliveedu	Sabarmathi Vishwanathan	Surya TV	[122]

As director

Year	Title	Ref
1987	Kilippaattu	[123]
1988	Evidence	[124]

As screenwriter

Year	Title	Ref
1987	Kilippaattu	[125]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref
2009	Kerala Film Critics Association Awards	Chalachitra Prathibha	—	Won	[126]
2018	Asianet Television Awards	Lifetime Achievement	Kasthooriman	Won	[127]
	Tharangini Television Awards	Lifetime Achievement	Vanambadi	Won	[128]
	Janmabhoomi Awards	Best Character Actor	Kasthooriman	Won	[129]
2019	Kerala State Television Awards	Best Actor	Dehanthram	Won	[130]
	Thoppil Bhasi award	Lifetime Achievement	—	Won	[131]
2024	P Bhaskaran Birth Centenary Award	—	—	Won	[132]

See also

• List of Malayalam film actors
• List of Indian male film actors