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Ramesh Khanna (also spelt as Ramesh Kanna) is an Indian actor and film director who has worked in Tamil cinema. He has acted in a number of supporting and comedian roles.

Early life

Ramesh Khanna was born on 30 November 1955 in Chennai and third child to the family. 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 (Aan Paavam), Kodi Ramakrishna, Vikraman (Poove Unakkaga, Suryavamsam, Unnai Ninaithu and Priyamana Thozhi) 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 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 starrer Veeram (2014).

Filmography

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

As actor

Tamil films

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Other language films

As writer

Year	Film	Credited for		Notes
		Dialogues	Story
1990	Aarathi Edungadi	Y	N
1991	Rasathi Varum Naal	Y	N
	Vaasalile Oru Vennila	Y	N
1993	Mudhal Paadal	Y	N
1995	Periya Kudumbam	Y	N
2007	Muni	Y	N
	Nam Naadu	Y	N
2009	Aadhavan	N	Y
2018	Bhaskar Oru Rascal	Y	N

As director

• Top Tucker (1988) (TV serial) - Sun TV (Starring Vivek)
• Thodarum (1999) (Starring Ajith Kumar)

As dubbing artist

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

Television

References

1. ^ "I take everything lightly: Ramesh Kanna". The Hindu. 3 August 2006. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
2. "My first break". The Hindu. 17 October 2008. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
3. "Cinema Plus / Columns : My first break". The Hindu. 17 October 2008. Archived from the original on 20 October 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
4. "The Indian Online Cinema Magazine". expressindia.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 1999. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
5. "Entertainment News: Latest Bollywood & Hollywood News, Today's Entertainment News Headlines". Archived from the original on 3 March 2008.
6. "Entertainment News: Latest Bollywood & Hollywood News, Today's Entertainment News Headlines". Archived from the original on 11 February 2009.
7. "Dinakaran". www.dinakaran.com. Archived from the original on 20 February 1999. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
8. "டோடோவின் ரஃப் நோட்டு — Tamil Kavithai -- தமிழ் கவிதைகள் - நூற்று கணக்கில்!". Archived from the original on 3 February 2004.
9. "Preview: Aadhavan".
10. "Thala Ajith's 'evergreen friend' talks about Veeram".
11. "Pambattam Trailer (Tamil) | Jeevan, Mallika Sherawat | V C Vadivudaiyan | Vaithiyanathan Film Gardenn" – via www.youtube.com.

External links

• Ramesh Khanna at IMDb

• Biography

• Media from Commons
• Data from Wikidata

• Indian male comedians
• Living people
• Tamil film directors
• Indian comedians
• Male actors in Tamil cinema
• Indian male film actors
• 20th-century Indian male actors
• 21st-century Indian male actors
• Indian screenwriters
• 1954 births