Ramesh Khanna

Early life

Ramesh Khanna was born on 30 November 1955 in Chennai and the third child of his parents. He acted in R. S. Manohar's drama troupe from the age of 5 as child artist of more than 1000 dramas up to his age of 10 and was appreciated by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, President of India at that time.

Career

He became assistant to directors Karaikudi Narayanan, Pandiarajan, Kodi Ramakrishna, Vikraman and K. S. Ravikumar.

Ravikumar was meant to remake the Telugu film Maavichiguru (1996) starring Jagapati Babu and Aamani into Tamil for Sridevi Movie Makers, but his busy schedule meant that he recommended Ramesh Khanna to the producers. The remake was initially titled as Maa Vilakku and was supposed to star Jayaram and Meena, but went through cast changes. The film was revived under new title Thodarum with new cast involving Ajith Kumar, Heera and Devayani. He later started working on a film titled Genius in 2000, but the project eventually was shelved.

Only after, director Vikraman introduced him as a comedy friend to actor Karthik in Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen (1998). From that, he came to limelight with his comic timing.

Khanna has acted in notable comedy roles in films such as Padayappa (1999), Nee Varuvai Ena (1999), Friends (2001), Unnai Ninaithu (2002) and Villain (2002). He has also appeared in supporting roles in films such as Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002).

Ramesh has written dialogues for Muni (2007) and Nam Naadu (2007) and written story of the film Aadhavan (2009).

Ramesh Khanna is seen in a substantial role in the Ajith Kumar starrer Veeram (2014). He is also dialogue writer in Bhaskar Oru Rascal (2018).

Filmography

• Note: all films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.

As actor

Tamil films

;1980s

;1990s

;2000s

;2010s

;2020s

Other language films

As writer

As director

• Top Tucker (1994) (TV serial) - Sun TV (Starring Vivek)
• Thodarum (1999) (Starring Ajith Kumar)

As dubbing artist

• Vaikunthapuram (2020) (Tamil dubbed) for Rajendra Prasad

Television

References

References

1. (17 October 2008). "My first break". The Hindu.
2. (2008-10-17). "Cinema Plus / Columns : My first break". [[The Hindu]].
3. "The Indian Online Cinema Magazine".
4. "Entertainment News: Latest Bollywood & Hollywood News, Today's Entertainment News Headlines".
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6. "Dinakaran".
7. "டோடோவின் ரஃப் நோட்டு — Tamil Kavithai -- தமிழ் கவிதைகள் - நூற்று கணக்கில்!".
8. (3 August 2006). "I take everything lightly: Ramesh Kanna".
9. "Preview: Aadhavan".
10. "Thala Ajith's 'evergreen friend' talks about Veeram".
11. "Baskar Oru Rascal (2018)".