Dushyanth Ramkumar

{{Infobox person

| name = Dushyanth Ramkumar

| birth_place = Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

| othername = Junior Sivaji

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1983|1|1}}

| yearsactive = 2003–present

| occupation = Actor, film producer

| spouse = {{marraige|Abiramidevi|2011|}}

| children = 2

| parents = Ramkumar Ganesan Kannammal

| relatives = Sivaji Ganesan (grandfather)
Prabhu (uncle)
Vikram Prabhu (cousin)

| nationality = Indian

}}

Dushyanth Ramkumar (born 1 January 1983) is an Indian actor and film producer working in Tamil language films, who made his debut in Success (2003). After appearing in a couple of films, he has worked as an executive producer for Sivaji Productions. He is the son of Ramkumar Ganesan and grandson of the actor Sivaji Ganesan. He is now acting in South Indian Tamil TV soaps such as Devathai, of for which he is one of the producers.

Career

Producer Issaki Sundar saw Dushyanth at the Sivaji Productions office and offered him the opportunity to make his acting debut. After initially rejecting the offer, he ultimately agreed after consulting with his uncle Prabhu and cousin Vikram Prabhu.{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2003/sep/02junior.htm|title='They can call me Junior, not Sivaji'|work=rediff.com|accessdate=2014-03-01}} Dushyanth was also credited as Junior Sivaji during the production of the film. The film was named Success, after the first on-screen dialogue of Sivaji from the film Parasakthi (1952).{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/tamil/interview.php?id=13248392&cid=2408|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040428011821/http://sify.com/movies/tamil/interview.php?id=13248392&cid=2408|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-04-28|title=Welcome to Sify.com|website=Sify|accessdate=2014-03-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/01/27/stories/2003012700180204.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031104040121/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/01/27/stories/2003012700180204.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2003-11-04|work=The Hindu|title=Enter junior Sivaji|date=2003-01-27|accessdate=2014-03-01}} The film opened to mixed reviews, with a critic noting: "the movie surprises us with a nice turn of events. It definitely energizes the movie and gets us interested again. Looking back on the first half after this, we realize that the movie has actually been quite clever in setting up stock characters, but in a slightly different way that makes the twist surprising."{{cite web|url=http://www.reocities.com/bbreviews/2003/success.html|title=bbreviews/2003/success|publisher=reocities.com|accessdate=2014-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301234110/http://www.reocities.com/bbreviews/2003/success.html|archive-date=1 March 2014|url-status=dead}} Another reviewer noted: "To sum up, Success is not the right film for Jr. Ganesan to be successful."{{cite web|url=http://kollywood.allindiansite.com/success.html|title=AllIndianSite.com - Success - It's All About movie|publisher=kollywood.allindiansite.com|accessdate=2014-03-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301233506/http://kollywood.allindiansite.com/success.html|archive-date=1 March 2014|url-status=dead}} His second film was Machi (2004), with a reviewer noting: "Dushyanth as the ‘hero' has improved leaps and bounds from Success, in dialogue delivery and expressions."{{cite web |title=Machie |url=http://movies.bizhat.com/review_machie.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011012218/http://movies.bizhat.com/review_machie.php |archive-date=11 October 2014 |access-date=2017-12-17 |website=BizHat.com}} He has since not been seen in films as an actor.

He worked extensively on the sets of Sivaji Productions' Aasal as a producer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-interview-with-ramkumar/20100115.htm#3|title = Meet the Boss of Sivaji productions}} In 2015, he set up Eshan Productions and began his first film Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum (2016), as an individual producer.

In May 2022, Dushyanth announced plans of making an acting comeback, and signed on to appear in a film titled Shooting Star by M. J. Ramanan.{{cite web | url=https://www.dtnext.in/cinema/2022/05/13/dushyanth-vivek-prasannas-shooting-star-to-have-surprise-elements | title=Dushyanth, Vivek Prasanna's Shooting Star to have surprise elements }}

Personal life

He is the son of actor-producer Ramkumar Ganesan and grandson of Sivaji Ganesan. His uncle Prabhu and cousin Vikram Prabhu are leading actors in Tamil films. He married Abirami in a ceremony in November 2011. He has three brothers Shivakumar, Dharshan and Rishyan.{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/events/30456.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111109021056/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/Events/30456.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 November 2011|title = Tamil Cinema News | Tamil Movie Reviews | Tamil Movie Trailers - IndiaGlitz Tamil}}