Raghuvaran Biography

Personal Life & Career
Raghuvaran (Dec 11, 1958 March 19, 2008) was an Indian actor who predominantly acted in films made in South Indian languages .

He went famous for his portrayal of scoundrel roles and character roles in Tamil films. He has acted in more than 150 movies in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films . The actor had carved a niche for himself with his special style and voice modulation and was reckoned a natural actor He was noted for his character as the protagonist of a Tamil soap opera, "Oru Manidhanin Kadhai" (One Man's Story), about a comfortable man who becomes an alcoholic and faces the consequences. He got critical acclaims for his character as Father Alphonse in Malayalam movie 'Daivathinte Vikruthikal', directed by Lenin Rajendran and based on a book by M Mukundan with the same title .

He was Born in Kollengode as part of the Chakkungal Tharavad in Palakkad district, Kerala. He was the Grand Son of Mr. N. Radha Krishna Menon and Late. Smt. Satyavathy Amma and boy of Mr Velayudhan and Mrs. Kasturi. He was wed to Malayalam actress Rohini and has a son with her, Sai Rishivaran. The couple divorced later.

Raghuvarans success as an actor was setback by his addiction to alcohol and drugs. He was in and out of rehabilitation clinics.

Raghuvaran set out as a stage actor and debuted in the 1982 Tamil movie Elavathu Manithan (Seventh Man). He bagged several state and Filmfare Awards for his spectacular performances in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu film industries. His role as a father of an Autistic child in Mani Ratnam's Anjali conveyed him critical acclaim . Another one of his most admired parts came in the film Basha, in which he played the character of an of an underground don, Marc Antony who opposes Rajnikanth. This veteran actor died abruptly in 2008 June.

Raghuvaran died on Marching 19th ,2008 in Chennai due what is expressed to be a cardiac arrest. It is also expressed that he had a history of liver disease due to excessive use liquor over a very long period of time. He died in sleep. A irony is few days before his death he acted in a similar scene in right away released film Yaaradi Nee Mohini staring dhanush & Nayantara in which he is shown dying in sleep . A number of popular actors including Joseph Vijay, Vikram, Ajith, Vijayakanth, Surya Sivakumar, Manorama, Sarathkumar, Radhika, Kushboo, Manirathnam, Suhasini, Oorvashi, Sathyaraj and Vivek went to his home, and paid homage . His ex wife Rohini and his boy Rishi were besides present.