1. Madras Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan Ravi mononymously called as Radha Ravi is an Indian actor and politician who played supporting roles throughout his career.
28 Facts About Radha Ravi
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Radha Ravi is a former chief member of the Tamil Nadu Film Artistes' Association.
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Radha Ravi is known for his roles as antagonists in Tamil films and a he acted in the serial Chellamae.
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Radha Ravi is known for his controversial criticism of other film personalities.
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Radha Ravi was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Saidapet in 2001 as a member of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.
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Radha Ravi is one of the current state executive members of Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Radha Ravi played the role of Julius Caesar in a Tamil drama when he was in the ninth standard.
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Radha Ravi later modified himself into one of the most versatile character-actors the Tamil industry has ever produced.
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Radha Ravi made notable performances in films such as Vaidehi Kathirunthal, Uyarndha Ullam, Guru Sishyan, Rajadhi Raja, Solaikuyil, Chinna Thambi, Annaamalai, Uzhaippali, Pooveli, Padayappa, Oru Murai Sollividu, Iraivi, Sarkar and Kadaisi Thotta.
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Radha Ravi tried his hand in production with films such as Thai Maasam Poo Vasam, Idhu Namma Bhoomi, Chinna Muthu and Ilaignar Ani.
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Radha Ravi became known for his vocal criticism of the actions of other film personalities.
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Radha Ravi has spoken out against larger organizations, such as the Film Employees Federation of South India.
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Radha Ravi's comments were widely reported in the media and became controversial.
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Radha Ravi has made misogynistic remarks on multiple occasions in public.
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Radha Ravi has faced multiple accusations at the Dubbing Union and he had been accused of falsely claiming Datukship by the Government of Malacca, Malaysia.
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The building of Tamil Nadu Film Dubbing Association, of which Mr Radha Ravi is the long time president, is named as "Dato Radha Ravi Complex".
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Radha Ravi criticised Asin Thottumkal on her visit to Sri Lanka, where the heavily opposed civil war took place, in 2010 for the filming of Ready.
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Radha Ravi was quoted as saying: "Sangam won't spare actress Asin's recent visit to Sri Lanka to take part in the shooting of her upcoming Hindi film Ready opposite Salman Khan".
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Radha Ravi was introduced by Kavithalaya Productions, a Tamil film production company.
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Between 1987 and 2015, Radha Ravi was heavily involved in the Nadigar Sangam.
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Radha Ravi served as president until 2002, when he was criticized for mismanagement and replaced by Vijayakanth.
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Radha Ravi was commonly accused of using unparliamentary language against actors.
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In March 2017, Radha Ravi got himself involved in a controversy when he mocked the DMK's political rivals MDMK's Vaiko and PMK's S Ramadoss and compared them to differently-abled children.
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Radha Ravi served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2006.
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Radha Ravi rejoined the AIADMK in 2010 in the presence of J Jayalalithaa at her residence and remained inactive in the party.
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Radha Ravi joined the AIADMK again in June 2019 in a meeting with Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami, after he was expelled out of the DMK.
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Radha Ravi left AIADMK and Joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in November 2019 on a meet with the party's president JP Nadda in Chennai.
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The singer was axed from the dubbing union, of which Radha Ravi is the president, for speaking up against him.