Venkataraghavan Ranganathan (born 9 April 1974), better known as Raaghav on screen, is an Indian actor and television personality in
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...
. Before his break into films, he appeared in
season 1 Season One may refer to:
Albums
* ''Season One'' (Suburban Legends album), 2004
* ''Season One'' (All Sons & Daughters album), 2012
* ''Season One'' (Saukrates album), 2012
See also
*
*
* Season 2 (disambiguation) Season 2 may refer to:
...
of ''
Jodi Number One''.
Career
Beginning his career with supporting roles in various films, he debuted as a lead actor in ''
Nanjupuram
''Nanjupuram'' is a 2011 Tamil horror film directed by Charles, starring Raaghav and Monica in the lead roles, while Thambi Ramaiah and Naren Narayanan play supporting roles. The film, which features music scored by Raaghav himself, was produ ...
''. A gold medalist from
College of Engineering, Guindy
The College of Engineering, Guindy (CEG) is a public engineering college situated in Chennai, India. It is Asia's oldest technical institution, founded in 1794. It is also the oldest technical institution to be established outside Europe.
Histo ...
, Chennai (class of 1995), he pursued further studies at the
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois, or University of Illinois) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, Illinois, United ...
before returning to Chennai to work as a software engineer. Driven by his passion for media, he later transitioned to a career in acting.
He married his TV co-star
Preetha
Preetha is an Indian television personality and film producer. She also hosted Cinema Karam Coffee on STAR Vijay and the popular cookery show Sunday Samayal on Sun TV. While still in college she received an offer for acting in an advertisement. ...
. He and his wife appeared together in Jodi Number 1 in
STAR Vijay
Star Vijay is an Indian Tamil language general entertainment pay television channel owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disney India. The channel telecasts programmes such as serials, reality shows & Tamil films.
History
T ...
and Maanada Mayilada in
Kalaignar TV
Kalaignar TV is a Tamil-language general entertainment pay television channel based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The channel was launched on 15 September 2007 as Kalaignar, and is named after former Chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. Karunanidh ...
. In both the reality shows they were the 1st runner up.
Filmography
Television
;Serials
;Shows
References
External links
*
Raaghavon Facebook
BBC World TV Live Interview with 'TICKET' Team- director/actor Raaghav Ranganathan and producer
Preetha S - June 20, 2017
Perception of Tamil Cinema is eclipsed by Bollywood- Raaghav Ranganathan's interview in 'The Statesman' Newspaper, 22 July 2017
Indian male film actors
21st-century Tamil male actors
University of California, Berkeley alumni
Living people
1981 births
21st-century Indian male actors
Tamil male television actors
Tamil television presenters
Tamil Reality dancing competition contestants
Male actors in Tamil cinema
Tamil film score composers
Tamil film directors
University of Illinois alumni
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