K.S. Ravi

K. S. Ravi (1959 - 6 September 2010) was a Tamil film director. His films included a mixture of genres from dramas to action thrillers. Ravi's first movie was a Telugu film named Aagraham, produced by Shyam Prasad Reddy and starring Rajasekhar and Amala, was released in 1993. The movie became a super hit, and Ravi received the Nandi Award for it. Later, it was dubbed as Evanayiruntha Enakkenna in Tamil and was also successful. Ravi's second movie, Honest Raj, was a Tamil film that was released on 14 April 1994. Produced by Sathya Jothi Films Thiagarajan, the film starred Vijayakanth, Gouthami, and Aamani with music by Ilaiyaraaja. The film released to positive reviews. It was renowned cinematographer Ravi K. Chandran's first Tamil movie. The film was remade in Hindi as Rakshak with Sunil Shetty. Ravi's third movie, Mr. Romeo, released on 10 November 1996. It was produced by R. B. Choudary and starred Prabhu Deva, Bollywood actresses Shilpa Shetty and Madhubala, and Tamil comedian Vadivelu. The film had music by A. R. Rahman. Ravi's fourth and final film was En Swasa Katre, which released on 26 February 1999. The film starred Arvind Swamy, Isha Koppikar, and Prakash Raj. The music was composed by A. R. Rahman in his second collaboration with Ravi. The film opened to average reviews. Also, Isha Koppikar debuted in the South Indian film industry with this film. Ravi's next planned film "Yekkam" to be released in 2001 starring ArvindSwamy And Diya Mirza was shelved due to unknown reasons. This film supposedly marks the collaboration of Ravi with popular new musician Harris Jayaraj at the time.