Ramana (actor)

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{{Infobox person

| name = Ramana

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| birth_name = Amar Ramana

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1978|01|04}}

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| yearsactive = 1999–present

| spouse =

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| occupation = Actor, Producer

| parents = Vijay Babu (father)

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Ramana is an Indian actor and producer who has appeared in Tamil and Telugu films in leading and supporting roles. He is the son of Tamil actor Vijay Babu who is known for the role of Rajinikanth's younger brother in Padikkadavan.{{cite web | title=Tamil Cinema News - Tamil Movie Reviews - Tamil Movie Trailers | website=IndiaGlitz.com | date=2018-06-20 | url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/tamil | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813033148/http://www.indiaglitz.com/tamil | url-status=dead | archive-date=13 August 2014 | access-date=2020-04-07}} He is the wicket keeper for the team Chennai Rhinos in Celebrity Cricket League.{{Cite web |title=Profile of Actor Ramana - Tamil Movie Data Base of Tamilstar.com |url=https://profile.tamilstar.com/actor/ramana/biography-full/1855 |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=profile.tamilstar.com |archive-date=9 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109210648/https://profile.tamilstar.com/actor/ramana/biography-full/1855 |url-status=dead }} He was credited as Srinath in Telugu films until 2010.{{Cite web |title=Kollywood Movie Actor Ramana Biography, News, Photos, Videos |url=https://nettv4u.com/celebrity/tamil/movie-actor/ramana |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=nettv4u |language=en}}

Career

Ramana was initially meant to make his acting debut through the film Kurunji by debutant Pari, which he shot for alongside actress Uma. However, the film eventually did not complete production.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chennaionline.com/entertainment/filmplus/newlaunches.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030805132956/http://www.chennaionline.com/entertainment/filmplus/newlaunches.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 August 2003|title=New Launches|date=5 August 2003}} Ramana made his debut in the films with the Tamil film Style released in the year 2002; though he is active in the industry since 1999. Ramana's first Telugu film was Utsaham released in the year 2003. He was credited as Srinath. Followed by the romantic comedy film Fools directed by Dasari Narayana Rao.{{Cite web |title=Fools Review |url=https://movies.fullhyderabad.com/fools/telugu/fools-movie-reviews-863-2.html |access-date=2023-07-20}} Later, he collaborates in the movies Sankharavam with Anant Nag and Sarath Babu followed by Puttintiki Ra Chelli (2004) starring Arjun Sarja.{{Cite web |title=Telugu cinema Review - Sankharavam - Srinadh, Rajiv Kanakala, Anant Nag, Sarath Kumar - Mohan Gandhi |url=https://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-sankharavam.html |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=www.idlebrain.com}}{{Cite web |title=Telugu cinema Review - Puttintiki Raa Chelli - Arjun, Meena, Swati & Srinadh |url=https://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-puttintikiraachelli.html |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=www.idlebrain.com}} He is also in the cast with the together both Sathyaraj and Sibiraj in the movie Jore (2004).{{Cite web |title=Jore review. Jore Tamil movie review, story, rating |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/jore-review-tamil-movie-7152 |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=IndiaGlitz.com}} Ramana (who played the villain in (Jore) along with Kutty Radhika (she debuted in Iyarkai) play the lead in Meesai Madhavan (2004), remake of successful Malayalam film Kabooliwala.{{Cite web |title=Mesai Madhavan Tamil Movie Preview cinema review stills gallery trailer video clips showtimes |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/mesai-madhavan-preview-tamil-movie-7210.html |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=IndiaGlitz.com}} In 2005, he acted in the main roles as Ayodhya, Rightaa Thappaa and Andha Naal Nyabagam.

Ramana debuting into Mollywood in the comedy movie Gopalapuranam appearing with Mukesh.{{Cite web |title=Gopalapuranam review. Gopalapuranam Malayalam movie review, story, rating |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/gopalapuranam-review-malayalam-movie-9244 |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=IndiaGlitz.com}} He is a young hero with lots of potential. Unfortunately both his films have bombed at the box office.{{Cite web |last= |date=2006-05-12 |title=Ramana's fresh thoughts |url=https://mymazaa.com/tamil/news/ramanas-fresh-thoughts.amp.html |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=MyMazaa.com |language=en}} SSS Good luck films produces Ezhuthiyatharadi (2008) with Ramana the hero playing a lead role.{{Cite web |title=Tamil movies : Ramana's love with a difference |url=https://www.behindwoods.com/features/News/News30/23-9-05/tamil-movies-news-ramana.html |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=www.behindwoods.com}} The action movie Nayagan (2008) was inspired from the English thriller Cellular based on which a Hindi movie Speed had released about this time last year. Later, Ramana impresses with his cold villainy in Thunichal (2010) starring Arun Vijay.{{Cite web |title=Thunichal - Tamil Movie Reviews - Thunichal Arun Vijay Ramana Shiva Manjal Malai Malai Majeed Premji Amaran - Behindwoods.com |url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-reviews/reviews-2/thunichal.html |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=www.behindwoods.com}} He appeared in the lead role in the latest release of 2011 Mahaan Kanakku which is considered to be impressive.{{Cite web |title=MAHAAN KANAKKU REVIEW - MAHAAN KANAKKU MOVIE REVIEW |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-reviews/reviews-2/jan-12-01/mahaan-kanakku-review.html |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=www.behindwoods.com}} His next films was Karu Palaniappan’s Jannal Oram (2013) and Magizh Thirumeni’s Meaghamann (2014).{{Cite web |title=Jannal Oram (aka) Jannal Oram review |url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/jannal-oram/jannal-oram-review.html |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=www.behindwoods.com}}{{Cite web |title=Meaghamann (aka) Meagaamann review |url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/meaghamann/meaghamann-review.html |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=www.behindwoods.com}} He starred in the supporting cast in the Lokesh Kanagaraj’s Kaithi (2019).{{Cite news |date=2019-10-25 |title=Kaithi Preview: A solid performance from Karthi expected in Kaithi |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/kaithi-movie-review-a-solid-performance-from-karthi-expected-in-kaithi-kaithi-review/articleshow/71751087.cms |access-date=2023-07-20 |issn=0971-8257}}

Ramana and Nandha, close friends of the actors, have started a film company called Rana Productions, which produced the hit show Sun Naam Oruvar starring Vishal on Sun TV.{{Cite web | url=https://jsnewstimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-news/vishal-vishal-32-image-pooja-shooting-begins-actor-vishal-32-movie-shooting-started-today | title=Vishal: ‘Vishal 32’ Image Pooja: Shooting begins! – actor vishal 32 movie shooting started today | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110000927/https://jsnewstimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-news/vishal-vishal-32-image-pooja-shooting-begins-actor-vishal-32-movie-shooting-started-today |archive-date=10 January 2023 }} Then, he acted in the bilingual horror film Mane Number 13 (2020) who was shot in Kannada and Tamil released on Amazon Prime Video.{{Cite news |title=Mane Number 13 Movie Review : A fright fest with some predictable twists |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movie-reviews/mane-number-13/movie-review/79424287.cms |access-date=2023-07-20 |issn=0971-8257}}{{Cite web |date=2020-11-26 |title='Mane Number 13' review: The horror lies in the fact that this film was made |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/mane-number-13-review-horror-lies-fact-film-was-made-138457 |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=The News Minute |language=en}} He produced his first movie and performs as a negative role in the action thriller Laththi (2022) starring Vishal.{{Cite web |title=Laththi review. Laththi Bollywood movie review, story, rating |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/laththi-review-hindi-movie-27447 |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=IndiaGlitz.com}}

Filmography

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Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes and {{Abbr\|Ref.\|Reference(s)}}
class="wikitable sortable"
2002	Style	Vetrivel	Tamil	credited as Amar
rowspan="2"\|2003	Utsaham	Venu	Telugu
Fools	Narasimha Rao	rowspan="3"\|Telugu
rowspan="5"\|2004	Sankharavam
Puttintiki Ra Chelli	Ajay
Jore	Vijay	Tamil
Suryam	Amar	Telugu
Meesai Madhavan	Madhavan	rowspan="4"\|Tamil
rowspan="5"\|2005	Ayodhya	Shankar
Rightaa Thappaa	Sathya
Andha Naal Nyabagam	Gurumoorthy
Thanks	Amar	rowspan="2"\|Telugu
Andari Kosam	Ravi
rowspan="3"\|2008	Gopalapuranam	Gopalakrishnan Nair	Malayalam
Ezhuthiyatharadi	Bharathi	rowspan="3"\|Tamil
Nayagan	Sakthi
rowspan="4"\|2010	Thunichal	Vinod
Eedu Jodu		Telugu
Thambi Arjuna	Arjuna	rowspan="4"\|Tamil
Thottupaar	Lingam
2011	Mahaan Kanakku	Jeeva
rowspan="2"\|2012	Ajantha	Anand	{{Cite web\|url=https://cinema.dinamalar.com/movie-review/891/Ajantha/\|title=அஜந்தா\|date=15 November 2012\|work=Dinamalar\|language=ta}}
Swaranjali	Jeeva	Kannada
2013	Jannal Oram	Justin	rowspan="2"\|Tamil
2014	Meaghamann	DSP Karthik Vishwanath IPS (Maalik)
2017	Smuggler		Kannada
rowspan="2"\|2019	Simba	Deepak	rowspan="2"\|Tamil
Kaithi	Tips
rowspan="2"\|2020	Mane Number 13	rowspan="2"\| Nishok	Kannada
13aam Number Veedu	rowspan="2"\|Tamil
2022	Laththi	Vellai
2023 \|Salaar: Part 1 – Ceasefire \|Rinda \|Telugu \|