Raghavan (actor)

**Raghavan** (; born 12 December 1941) is an Indian actor who has acted in Malayalam more than 100 films including Telugu and Kannada films. From early 2000s he is more active on Malayalam and Tamil television serials. He made his Direction debut in _Kilippaattu_ (1987) and also he is the recipient of Kerala State Television Awards and Asianet Television Awards.

## Early life and Education

Raghavan was born in Taliparamba in Kannur district. He had attended his schooling Moothedath High School in Kozhikode.After completing higher secondary he worked in Tagore Drama Troupe. He pursued bachelors in Rural Education from Gandhigram Rural Institute. He got his Diploma from Delhi National School of Drama. His first film was _Kayalkarayil_ in 1968.

### Films

|Year|Movie Name|Role|Notes||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1968|_Kaayalkkarayil_||||
|rowspan="3"|1969|_Chowkada Deepa_||_Kannada film_|
|_Rest House_|Raghavan||||
|_Veettu Mrugam_|||||
|rowspan="3"|1970|_Kuttavaali_|||
|_Abhayam_|Murali||||
|_Ammayenna Sthree_|||||
|rowspan="5"|1971|_C.I.D. Nazir_|CID Chandran||
|_Thapaswini_|||||
|_Prathidhwani_|||||
|_Aabhijathyam_|Chandran||||
|_Ummachu_|||||
|rowspan="2"|1972|_Nrithasaala_|Venu||
|_Chembarathi_|Dinesh||||
|rowspan="13"|1973|_Chaayam_|||
|_Darshanam_|||||
|_Mazhakkaaru_|Radhakrishnan||||
|_Gaayathri_|||||
|_Periyar_|Joy||||
|_Aaraadhika_|Hari||||
|_Sasthram Jayichu Manushyan Thottu_|Venugopal||||
|_Nakhangal_|Yesudas||||
|_Prethangalude Thaazhvara_|||||
|_Udayam_|Mohandas||||
|_Aashaachakram_|||||
|_Swarga Puthri_|Doctor||||
|_Urvashi Bharathi_|||||
|rowspan="12"|1974|_Chanchala_|||
|_Kaamini_|||||
|_Youvanam_|Ravi||||
|_Sapthaswarangal_|Ajayan||||
|_Rajahamsam_|||||
|_Moham_|||||
|_Ayalathe Sundari_|Venu||||
|_Nagaram Saagaram_|||||
|_Bhoogolam Thiriyunnu_|Sukumaran||||
|_Swarnnavigraham_|||||
|_Pathiraavum Pakalvelichavum_|||||
|_Pattabhishekam_|Gireesh||||
|rowspan="7"|1975|_Swami Ayappan_|||
|_Niramala_|||||
|_Madhurappathinezhu_|||||
|_Ulsavam_|Gopi||||
|_Bhaarya Illaatha Raathri_|||||
|_Ayodhya_|Madhavankutty||||
|_Malsaram_|||||
|rowspan="7"|1976|_Aalinganam_|Ramesh||
|_Hridayam Oru Kshethram_|||||
|_Madhuram Thirumadhuram_|||||
|_Light House_|Raghu||||
|_Maanasaveena_|||||
|_Amba Ambika Ambaalika_|Salvarajakumaran||||
|_Paalkkadal_|||||
|rowspan="9"|1977|_Sreemurukan_|||
|_Manassoru Mayil_|||||
|_Aadyapaadam_|||||
|_Sukradasa_|||||
|_Raajaparampara_|||||
|_Taxi Driver_|||||
|_Oonjaal_|Madhu||||
|_Vidarunna Mottukal_|Gopal||||
|_Varadakshina_|||||
|rowspan="9"|1978|_Priyadarshini_|||
|_Vadakakku Oru Hridayam_|Parameswara Pillai||||
|_Kaithappoo_|||||
|_Hemantharaathri_|||||
|_Balapareekshanam_|||||
|_Rowdy Ramu_|Vasu||||
|_Anumodanam_|||||
|_Raju Rahim_|Suresh||||
|_Manoradham_|||||
|rowspan="11"|1979|_Ajnaatha Theerangal_|||
|_Indradhanussu_|||||
|_Ottapettavar_|||||
|_Jimmy_|Joseph||||
|_Ival Oru Naadodi_|||||
|_Amrithachumbanam_|||||
|_Raajaveedhi_|||||
|_Lajjaavathi_|||||
|_Kannukal_|Sudhakaran||||
|_Hridayathinte Nirangal_|||||
|_Eeswara Jagadeeswara_|||||
|rowspan="5"|1980|_Angadi_|Inspector||
|_Ammayum Makalum_|||||
|_Saraswatheeyamam_|||||
|_Ivar_|||||
|_Adhikaaram_|Raveendran||||
|rowspan="3"|1981|_Poochasanyasi_|||
|_Vaadaka Veettile Athidhi_|||||
|_Panchapandavar_|||||
|rowspan="4"|1982|_Anguram_|||
|_Innalengil Nale_|||||
|_Ponmudy_|Gopi||||
|_Lahari_|||||
|rowspan="3"|1985|_Ezhu Muthal Onpathu Vare_|||
|_Rangam_|Nanu||||
|_Njaan Piranna Naattil_|DYSP Raghava Menon||||
|1986|_Chekkeranoru Chilla_||||
|1987|_Ellaavarkkum Nanmakal_||||
|rowspan="2"|1988|_1921_|||
|_Evidence_|||||
|rowspan="2"|1992|_Adwaytham_|Kizhakkedan Thirumeni||
|_Priyapetta Kukku_|||||
|1993|_O' Faby_|PC Rajaram|||
|1994|_Avan Ananthapadmanaabhan_||||
|1995|_Prayikkara Pappan_|Kanaran|||
|rowspan="2"|1997|_Kulam_|||
|_Athyunnathangalil Koodaaram Panithavar_|||||
|1999|_Varnachirakukal_||||
|2000|_Indriyam_|Shankaranarayanan|||
|rowspan="2"|2001|_Meghamalhar_|Mukundan's father||
|_Vakkalathu Narayanankutty_|Judge||||
|2004|_Udayam_|Judge|||
|2009|_My Big Father_|Doctor|||
|rowspan="2"|2010|_Swantham Bharya Zindabad_|||
|_Ingenyum Oral_|Pisharody Master||||
|rowspan="3"|2012|_Scene Onnu Nammude Veedu_|||
|_Banking Hours 10 to 4_|Lakshmi's father||||
|_Ordinary_|Priest||||
|rowspan="2"|2013|_Aattakatha_|Sreedharan Namboothiri||
|_The Power of Silence_|Aravindan's father||||
|2014|_Apothecary_|Dr. Shankar Vasudev|||
|2015|_Salt Mango Tree_|Swami|||
|2016|_Aalroopangal_|Panicker|||
|2017|_C/O Saira Banu_|Court Judge|||
|rowspan="3"|2018|_Pretham 2_|Venu Vaidyar||
|_Ente Ummante Peru_|Raghavan||||
|_Dehantharam_||_Short film_|||
|2019|_Luca_|Doctor|||
|rowspan="2"|2020|_Uma Maheswara Ugra Roopasya_||_Telugu film_|
|_Kilometers & Kilometers_|||||
|2022|_Pathonpatham Noottandu_|Eswaran Namboothiri|||
|TBA|_The Hope_||||

### Televison serials

|Year|Title|Channel|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2001|_Vaakacharthu_|Doordarshan|Debut serial|
|2001|_Shamanathalam_|Asianet||
|2002|_Vasundara Medicals_|Asianet||
|2003|_Sreeraman Sridevi_|Asianet||
|2004|_Muhurtham_|Asianet||
|2004|_Kadamattath Kathanar_|Asianet||
|2004-2009|_Minnukettu_|Surya TV||
|2005|_Krishnakripasagaram_|Amrita TV||
|2006|_Sneham_|Surya TV||
|2007|_St.Antony_|Surya TV||
|2008|_Sreeguruvayoorappan_|Surya TV||
|2008|_Velankani Mathavu_|Surya TV||
|2009|_Swamiye Saranam Ayappa_|Surya TV||
|2010|_Rahasyam_|Asianet||
|2010|_Indraneelam_|Surya TV||
|2012-2013|_Akashadoothu_|Surya TV||
|2012|_Snehakkoodu_|Surya TV||
|2014-2016|_Bhagyalakshmi_|Surya TV||
|2016|_Amme Mahamaye_|Surya TV||
|2017|_Moonnumani_|Flowers||
|2017-2019|_Vanambadi_|Asianet||
|2017–2020|_Kasthooriman_|Asianet||
|2019|_Mouna Ragam_|Star Vijay|_Tamil serial_|
|2021–present|_Kaliveedu_|Surya TV||

### As a director

|Year|Movie Name|Ref|
| --- | --- | --- |
|1987|_Kilippaattu_||
|1988|_Evidence_||

### As a screenwriter

|Year|Movie Name|Ref|
| --- | --- | --- |
|1987|_Kilippaattu_||

## Awards and nominations

|Year|Award|Title|Work|Result|Ref|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2018|_Asianet Television Awards_|Lifetime Achievement|_Kasthooriman_|||
|2018|_Tharangini Television Awards_|Lifetime Achievement|_Vanambadi_|||
|2018|_Janmabhoomi Awards_|Best Character Actor|_Kasthooriman_|||
|2019|_Kerala State Television Awards_|Best Actor|_Dehanthram_|||
|2019|_Thoppil Bhasi award_|Lifetime Achievement|—|||
|2024|_P Bhaskaran Birth Centenary Award_|—|—|||

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Raghavan
- **image**: RAGHAVAN.jpg
- **caption**: Raghavan in 2018
- **birth place**: Taliparamba, Madras Presidency, British Raj, British India
- **alma mater**: National School of Drama
- **years active**: 1968present
- **known for**: _Kilippaattu_ (1987)
 _Evidence_ (1988)
 _Kasthooriman_ (2017)
- **children**: Jishnu (actor), Jishnu
 Jyothsna
- **relatives**: Malayalam, Nyla Usha (niece)