Nikesh Ram
Nikesh Ram is an Indian businessman and actor, who has appeared in Tamil language films. During August 2021, Nikesh Ram was honored by the UAE Government by giving him the UAE Golden Visa for 10years, which is a big time achievement. A limited number of business personalities and celebrities are being awarded the UAE Golden Visa. He made his acting debut with "Athithi" a Tamil thriller movie. Early and personal life. Nikesh Ram graduated MBA from Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai after completing his B.Com from Calicut University, Kerala. His father is a businessman in the Gulf region, and  Ram has three younger sisters. After completing his MBA, he went to Kuwait to join his father's business. But, he preferred to work for few years, before joining the business. He was working for Le Meridien Kuwait, Yusuf Ahmed Al Ghanim, The White Stores, Ali Al Ghanim, Streamlink Communicatons Ltd ( sub of Ali Alghanim) etc for his six years of professional life in Finance. While working, he completed the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from USA. Later, he started Facilities Management business in Dubai in the year 2006. Currently, his company is proud of having a large number of big  contracts with a team of 1300 employees of his own in the glamorous hospitality business in Dubai. His company is one of the leading facilities management company in Dubai in the hospitality sector. He is married to Sitara in 2005 and they have three children. Acting career. Nikesh Ram made his acting debut through his home production, "Athithi" directed by Bharathan. The film received mixed reviews and performed poorly at the box office, with his performance garnering mixed reviews. Deccan Chronicle noted "Debutant Nikesh Ram with his unkempt looks fits the bill and is convincing in a negative role". A  reviewer from Behindwoods.com noted "Although the cause of his part is well served, spotting expressions in Ram's face seems to be a hard task". Silverscreen.com's reviewers wrote that Ram "looks the part in dark shirts, chinos and thick-rimmed glasses, but is unconvincing otherwise. His lines sound contrived and forced and don’t sound like someone trying to scare the daylights out of you". Nikesh Ram has since appeared in a cameo role in Vishnu's "Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran" (2016) . His first Malayalam movie released on 25 May 2018 titled Mazhayathu directed by National Award winning director Suveeran . Nikesh Ram is acting as hero in this movie along with actress Aparna Gopinath. The movie is rated by IMDB as 7.2 stars. Times of India mentioned his acting as "Nikesh Ram puts on a decent performance as a stubborn husband and a doting dad" and "Nikesh Ram puts on a decent performance as a stubborn husband and a loving dad". Mangalam News Paper said "Nikesh Ram did a good job and he could easily satisfy the role of Venugopal in the way it is required Gulf News reported of its NRI participation. Nikesh Ram is simultaneously working as hero  in an upcoming Tamil movie titled Michaelpatty Raja directed by Francis S, who was an associate for Director S Shankar.