Raghavan ( born 12 December 1941) is an Indian actor who has acted in predominately Malayalam films. He had received his wider popularity through the films C.I.D. Nazir (1971), Chembarathi (1972), Udayam (1973) and Angadi (1980). Since early 2000s he has been more active in television serials.
Raghavan appeared in several popular television serials, including Minnukettu (2004), Akashadoothu (2011), Vanambadi (2017) and Kasthooriman (2017). He made his directorial debut with Kilippaattu (1987), which was selected for the Indian Panorama section.
He was also a recipient of the Kerala State Television Awards and Asianet Television Awards.
Early life and education Raghavan was born in Taliparamba in Kannur district, and attended Moothedath High School there. After completing his higher secondary education, he joined the Tagore Drama Troupe. Raghavan earned a bachelor's degree in Rural Education from the Gandhigram Rural Institute and later obtained a diploma from the National School of Drama.
He made his film debut in 1968, in the film Kayalkkarayil.
Personal life He married Shobha in 1974, and they had two children: a son, actor Jishnu Raghavan, and a daughter, Jyothsna.
His son, actor Jishnu Raghavan, was diagnosed with throat and lung cancer and underwent treatment following a recurrence of the disease in 2015. He died at Amrita Hospital in Kochi on 25 March 2016, aged 36.
Filmography Films YearTitleRoleRefNotes 1968KayalkkarayilPremkumarDebut film1969Chowkada DeepaAshokanKannada debutRest House RaghavanVeettumrugamMohan Nair1970KuttavaaliKeshavanAbhayam MuraliAmmayenna SthreeSasi1971C.I.D. NazirCID ChandranThapaswiniRaghavan NairPrathidhwaniSaikumarAabhijathyamChandranUmmachuShankar1972NrithasaalaVenuChembarathiDinesh1973ChaayamJayanDarshanamDevarajanMazhakkaaruRadhakrishnanGayathriRaghavanPeriyarJoyAaraadhikaHariSasthram Jayichu Manushyan ThottuVenugopalNakhangalYesudasPrethangalude ThaazhvaraVijay MenonUdayamMohandasAashaachakramGopalanSwargaputhriDoctorUrvashi BharathiGovindan1974ChanchalaHariKaminiChandranYouvanamRaviSapthaswarangal AjayanRajahamsamJanardhananMohamArjunanAyalathe SundariVenuNagaram SaagaramSreekumarBhoogolam ThiriyunnuSukumaranSwarnavigrahamSwamiPathiraavum PakalvelichavumShivanPattabhishekamGireesh1975Swami AyappanPrabhakaranNiramaalaSuryaMadhurappathinezhuRamkumarUtsavamGopiBhaarya Illaatha RaathriHariharanAyodhyaMadhavankuttyMalsaramSoman Kutty1976AalinganamRameshHridayam Oru KshethramHariMadhuram ThirumadhuramVijayanLight HouseRaghuMaanasaveenaSureshAmba Ambika AmbaalikaSalvarajakumaranPaalkkadalSuresh1977SreemurukanGopalanManassoru MayilRajuAadhya PaadamRaviSukradasaJayaprakashRaajaparamparaRaghavanTaxi DriverKeshava NairOonjaalMadhuVidarunna MottukalGopalVaradakshinaGopi1978PriyadarshiniRamuVadakakku Oru HridayamParameswara PillaiKaithappooRaghavan MenonHemantharaathriRavi's fatherBalapareekshanamSankarankuttyRowdy RamuVasuAnumodhanamRaghavanRaju RahimSureshManoradhamDevan1979Ajnaatha TheerangalRaviOttapettavarRajanJimmyJosephIval Oru NaadodiSudheerAmrithachumbanamRahimRaajaveedhiKamalLajjaavathiPrem KumarKannukalSudhakaranHridayathinte NirangalMadhusudhanEeswara JagadeeswaraJagadeeswaran1980AngadiSI RaviSaraswatheeyamamGopiIvarDamuAdhikaaramRaveendran1981Poocha SanyasiVishnu VasudevanVaadaka Veettile AthidhiMadhava NairPanchapandavarArjunan1982AnguramMadhavi's fatherInnalenkil Nale AdvocatePonmudyGopiLahariRaghavan1985RangamNaanuNjaan Piranna NaattilDYSP Raghava Menon1986Chekkeranoru ChillaRavi1987Ellaavarkkum NanmakalPriyan19881921AnandanEvidenceFather Dominic1992AdwaythamKizhakkedan ThirumeniPriyapetta KukkuAjayan's father1993O' FabyPC Rajaram1994Avan AnanthapadmanaabhanManju's father1995Prayikkara Pappan Kanaran1997KulamBharathanAthyunnathangalil Koodaaram PanithavarRajiv1999VarnachirakukalSiddharth2000IndriyamShankaranarayanan2001MeghamalharMukundan's fatherVakkalathu NarayanankuttyJudge2004UdayamJudge2009My Big FatherDoctor2010Swantham Bharya ZindabadShivankutty's FatherIngenyum OralPisharody Master2012Scene Onnu Nammude VeeduManju's uncleBanking Hours 10 to 4Lakshmi's fatherOrdinaryPriest2013AattakathaSreedharan NamboothiriThe Power of SilenceAravindan's father2014ApothecaryDr. Shankar Vasudev2015Salt Mango TreeSwami2016AalroopangalPanicker2017C/O Saira BanuJudge Janardhana Kurup2018Pretham 2Venu VaidyarEnte Ummante PeruRaghavanDehantharamSonShort film2019LucaDoctor2020Uma Maheswara Ugra RoopasyaManohar RaoTelugu debutKilometers and KilometersVicar2022Pathonpatham NoottanduEswaran Namboothiri2023The HopeFr Benedict2024Panchayath JettyFarmer Raghavan
TV series YearTitleRoleNetworkRefNotes2001VaakacharthuChandranDoordarshanDebut series ShamanathalamRaghavanAsianet2002 Vasundara MedicalsKrishnan2003Sreeraman SreedeviVijay2004MuhurthamShankaranarayananKadamattath KathanarFr. Emmanuel2004–2009MinnukettuKeshavan NairSurya TV2005KrishnakripasagaramLord VasudevaAmrita TV2006SnehamBalachabdranSurya TV2007St.AntonyAntony2007–2009SreeguruvayoorappanVishnu NairRahasyamShravan VarmaAsianet2008Velankani MathavuPriestSurya TV2009 Swamiye Saranam AyappaPandala Rajavu2010IndraneelamSasiSurya TV2012–2013AkashadoothuKrishna's father2012SnehakkooduShivan2014–2016BhagyalakshmiBhagya's father2016Amme MahamayeLord Bramha2017MoonnumaniGurudevanFlowers2017–2019VanambadiDevanAsianet2017–2020KasthoorimanKalamandalam Krishnankutty Ashan2019Mouna RagamGurujiStar VijayTamil debut2021–2024KaliveeduSabarmathi VishwanathanSurya TV
As director YearTitleRef1987Kilippaattu1988Evidence
As screenwriter YearTitleRef1987Kilippaattu
Accolades +YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef2009Kerala Film Critics Association AwardsChalachitra Prathibha"CHALACHITRA PRATHIBHA AWARDS ചലച്ചിത്ര പ്രതിഭാ അവാര്ഡ് ഇതുവരെ". Kerala Film Critics Association. Retrieved 25 January 2023.2018Asianet Television AwardsLifetime AchievementKasthoorimanTharangini Television AwardsLifetime AchievementVanambadiJanmabhoomi AwardsBest Character ActorKasthooriman2019Kerala State Television AwardsBest ActorDehanthramThoppil Bhasi awardLifetime Achievement2024P Bhaskaran Birth Centenary Award
See also List of Malayalam film actors List of Indian male film actors
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