1. Raghuvaran Velayuthan Nair was an Indian actor who predominantly acted in films made in South India.
15 Facts About Raghuvaran
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Raghuvaran has acted in more than 200 Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi films.
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Raghuvaran played the protagonist of a Tamil soap opera, Oru Manithanin Kathai, about a well-to-do man who becomes an alcoholic.
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Raghuvaran received critical acclaim for his role as Father Alphonso in the Malayalam movie Daivathinte Vikruthikal, directed by Lenin Rajendran and based on M Mukundan's novel of the same name.
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Raghuvaran Velayuthan Nair was born on 11 December 1958 as the eldest among four children at Kollengode in Palakkad district in Kerala.
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Raghuvaran had his primary education from Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coimbatore.
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Raghuvaran discontinued his Bachelor of Arts in history from Coimbatore to pursue a career in acting.
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Raghuvaran landed a minor role in the Kannada film Swapna Thingalgal.
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Raghuvaran began acting in minor roles in Telugu and Kannada films.
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Raghuvaran was spotted and cast as the lead actor in Ezhavathu Manithan, which was his biggest role to date.
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Raghuvaran married Rohini in 1996 and their son Rishi Varan was born in 2000.
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Government Film and Television Training Institute in Chennai, Raghuvaran approached many Kollywood studios aiming for performance oriented roles and finally got selected as hero.
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Raghuvaran did many films as hero and most of them did good business as well.
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Raghuvaran featured as the bad guy in big-ticket Tamil films like Shankar's films Kadhalan and Mudhalvan.
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Raghuvaran's death occurred during the filming stages of several films, including Kanthaswamy, wherein Raghuvaran's portions were reshot with Ashish Vidyarthi, which resulted in the film's delayed release.