Dushyanth Ramkumar is an Indian actor and producer working in Tamil language films, who made his debut in ''
Success
Success is the state or condition of meeting a defined range of expectations. It may be viewed as the opposite of failure. The criteria for success depend on context, and may be relative to a particular observer or belief system. One person mig ...
'' (2004). After appearing in a couple of films, he has worked as an executive producer for
Sivaji Productions. He is the son of
Ramkumar Ganesan
Ramkumar Ganesan (born 12 January 1955) is an Indian film producer and actor. He is the head of Sivaji Productions, a film productions company that has produced several films, particularly featuring his father Sivaji Ganesan or his younger brot ...
and grandson of the actor
Sivaji Ganesan
Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Gan ...
. 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
''Prabhu'' means master or the Prince in Sanskrit and many of the Indian languages; it is a name sometimes applied to God. The term is also used by devotees of the Hindu God Lord Krishna/Vishnu as a title and form of address. It is also appended ...
and cousin
Vikram Prabhu
Vikram Prabhu is an Indian actor working in Tamil language films who made his debut in Prabhu Solomon's '' Kumki'' (2012). He also played the protagonist in ''Ivan Veramathiri'' (2013) and '' Vellaikaara Durai'' (2014). He is the son of actor P ...
.
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).
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."
Another reviewer noted: "To sum up, ''Success'' is not the right film for Jr. Ganesan to be successful."
His second film was ''
Machi'' (2004), with a reviewer noting: "Dushyanth shows some improvement from his debut ''Success'', but not enough to mark him as a hero of promise." He has since not been seen in films as an actor.
He worked extensively on the sets of Sivaji Productions' ''
Aasal
''Aasal'' () () is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Saran. The film stars Ajith Kumar in the lead role, who is also credited for the story, dialogues, screenplay and co-direction of the film, while Sameera Reddy a ...
'' as a producer. 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.
Personal life
He is the son of actor-producer
Ramkumar Ganesan
Ramkumar Ganesan (born 12 January 1955) is an Indian film producer and actor. He is the head of Sivaji Productions, a film productions company that has produced several films, particularly featuring his father Sivaji Ganesan or his younger brot ...
and grandson of
Sivaji Ganesan
Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Gan ...
. His uncle
Prabhu
''Prabhu'' means master or the Prince in Sanskrit and many of the Indian languages; it is a name sometimes applied to God. The term is also used by devotees of the Hindu God Lord Krishna/Vishnu as a title and form of address. It is also appended ...
and cousin
Vikram Prabhu
Vikram Prabhu is an Indian actor working in Tamil language films who made his debut in Prabhu Solomon's '' Kumki'' (2012). He also played the protagonist in ''Ivan Veramathiri'' (2013) and '' Vellaikaara Durai'' (2014). He is the son of actor P ...
are leading actors in Tamil films. He married Abirami in a ceremony in November 2011. He has two brothers Dharshan and Rishyan.
Filmography
As actor
As producer
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ramkumar, Dushyanth
Living people
Tamil film producers
Film producers from Chennai
Male actors in Tamil cinema
Indian male film actors
21st-century Indian male actors
1983 births
Male actors from Chennai