Veteran Actor Raghuvaran : No matter how many super hit heroes appear in the history of tamil cinema, heroes are valued only when there is a villain to match them. In that way, raghuvaran is the greatest villain in the world of tamil cinema.


Despite being born in Kerala, the famous actor Raghuvaran, who acted in a large number of tamil films, made his debut in the tamil film industry in the year 1982 with the tamil film "Ezhavatu Mandin". Even today those who mimic Raghuvaran's voice do not mimic his voice without uttering the verse "I know I know".


"Puriyada Pujad" is the movie where raghuvaran intimidates everyone by saying that one line "I know". The film became a huge hit for Raghuvaran. It is noteworthy that the famous director ks ravikumar made his debut in the tamil film world by directing this film.



Similarly, raghuvaran played a very elegant villain in the role of Mallikarjuna, a bomb-setting terror villain in the movie "Kathalan" released in the year 1994 under the direction of famous director Shankar. The villain who chases the hero till the end is not easily forgotten.


Raghuvaran, who played the role of "Mark Antony", was as much responsible for the success of the 1995 film Badsha starring superstar Rajinikanth as "Manik Badsha". He has played a stylish villain with a cooling glass and a cigarette in his mouth.


In the same 1995 movie "Thotta Chinungi Enkinla" released under the direction of the famous director Athiyaman, raghuvaran acted almost as a psycho. The film earned him a huge reputation as a villain. In 1999, he played the role of the chief minister of tamil Nadu in the role of Aranganathan in the film "Multlavan" directed by Shankar.


If even today the villain character is talked about among the people, it is not an exaggeration if it is entirely due to the recognition of Raghuvaran's performance. raghuvaran has acted in more than 200 films in various languages including tamil, Telugu, kannada and Malayalam.


His artistic journey started in 1982 and ended in 2009. She finally made her debut in tamil in 2009 with a small role in the movie "Atada Enna Aagu". It was a posthumous film. He passed away in chennai on march 19, 2008, not even 50 years old.

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