Dushyanth Ramkumar (born 1 January 1983) is an Indian actor and film producer working in

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films, who made his debut in ''

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'' (2003). After appearing in a couple of films, he has worked as an executive producer for

Sivaji Productions Sivaji Productions was an Indian film production and Film distribution company, distribution company based in Chennai. Established in 1956, it was involved mainly in Tamil language, Tamil and Hindi-language films until 2010. History Sivaji P ...

. He is the son of

Ramkumar Ganesan Ramkumar Ganesan (born 3 July 1955) is an Indian film producer and actor. He is the eldest son of veteran actor Sivaji Ganesan and the head of Sivaji Productions, a film production company that has produced several films, particularly featuring ...

and grandson of the actor

Sivaji Ganesan Villupuram. Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001), better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, was an Indian actor and film producer. He was mainly active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th centur ...

. 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

office and offered him the opportunity to make his acting debut. After initially rejecting the offer, he ultimately agreed after consulting with his uncle

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and cousin

Vikram Prabhu Vikram Prabhu is an Indian actor working in Tamil language films who made his debut in Prabhu Solomon's ''Kumki (film), Kumki'' (2012). He also played the protagonist in ''Ivan Veramathiri'' (2013) and ''Vellaikaara Durai'' (2014). He is the so ...

. 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 as the ‘hero' has improved leaps and bounds from Success, in dialogue delivery and expressions." 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, who co-wrote the script with Ajith Kumar and Yugi Sethu. The film stars Ajith in dual roles, alongside Sameera Reddy, Bhavana, Prabhu, Pradeep Rawat, S ...

'' as a producer. In 2015, he set up Eshan Productions and began his first film ''

Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum ''Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum'' () is a 2016 Indian Tamil language fantasy comedy movie filmed in parts of West Malaysia, Indonesia and Cambodia. It was written and directed by Amudheshwar and produced by Dushyanth Ramkumar. The film stars Pr ...

'' (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

and grandson of

. His uncle

and cousin

are leading actors in Tamil films. He married Abirami in a ceremony in November 2011. He has three brothers Shivakumar, 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