20 Facts About Ramesh Aravind

Ramesh Aravind has made his acting career with K Balachander's Sundara Swapnagalu in 1986.

Ramesh Aravind has so far received two Karnataka State Film Awards namely, for America America and Hoomale besides winning Best Story award for his writing; two Filmfare Awards South, two Udaya Film Awards and Suvarna Film Awards.

Later, Ramesh Aravind returned to act performance oriented roles in films such as Kurigalu Saar Kurigalu, Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu, Apthamitra, Varsha, Rama Shama Bhama, Pushpaka Vimana and Shivaji Surathkal.

Ramesh Aravind hosted Season 3 of Kannadada Kotyadhipati, the Kannada version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

Ramesh Aravind is the Brand Ambassador for 7 Wonders of Karnataka campaign jointly done by Suvarna News and Tourism Dept of Karnataka.

In 2025, Dr Ramesh Aravind was ranked as the 4th Top Motivational Speaker in India and 28th globally by Feedspot, a leading blog and information platform.

Ramesh Aravind then started his television career hosting a show on Kannada television before working on a Kannada-language film titled Mouna Geethe, in which he had a supporting role.

Aravind worked with the same director in the Tamil film Manathil Uruthi Vendum but Balachander later recommended to Aravind to opt out of the film and work with K Bhagyaraj instead to make his debut in a leading role.

The proposed film was later shelved and Ramesh Aravind returned to the cast of Manathil Uruthi Vendum, winning critical acclaim for his performance.

Ramesh Aravind made his breakthrough portraying a student union leader in Vasanth's romantic drama film Keladi Kanmani, whose commercial success.

Ramesh Aravind earned critical acclaim in Tamil cinema for his portrayal of a love-ridden musician in Balachander's Duet and for his performance alongside Kamal Haasan in Balu Mahendra's comedy film Sathi Leelavathi.

Ramesh Aravind scripted the film Hoomale in 1998, leading to his career in film directing.

Ramesh Aravind's Kannada book "Art of Success" which is a collection of his quotes, became a bestseller.

Ramesh Aravind is known for his work as a motivational speaker.

Ramesh Aravind has hosted the following shows: His show Weekend with Ramesh involves him inviting some of the prominent personalities from Karnataka to talk about their personal and professional lives.

Ramesh Aravind's show Weekend With Ramesh Season 5 is streaming on Zee Kannada.

Dr Ramesh Aravind turns as "Master-Mind" or Maha Guru for the show Mahanati telecasting every weekend in Zee Kannada channel.

Ramesh Aravind has won awards for his acting, directing and writing.

Ramesh Aravind was awarded an honorary doctorate degree by Rani Channamma University for his contribution to cinema.

Ramesh Aravind is married to Archana Aravind and they have two children.