Ramesh Khanna

Ramesh Khanna was born on 30 November 1955 in Chennai and the third child of his parents. He acted in R. S. Manohar's drama troupe from the age of 5 as child artist of more than 1000 dramas up to his age of 10 and was appreciated by Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, President of India at that time.^[2]

He became assistant to directors Karaikudi Narayanan, Pandiarajan, Kodi Ramakrishna, Vikraman and K. S. Ravikumar.^[3][4]

Ravikumar was meant to remake the Telugu film Maavichiguru (1996) starring Jagapati Babu and Aamani into Tamil for Sridevi Movie Makers, but his busy schedule meant that he recommended Ramesh Khanna to the producers.^[5] The remake was initially titled as Maa Vilakku and was supposed to star Jayaram and Meena, but went through cast changes.^[6] The film was revived under new title Thodarum with new cast involving Ajith Kumar, Heera and Devayani.^[7] He later started working on a film titled Genius in 2000, but the project eventually was shelved.^[8]

Only after, director Vikraman introduced him as a comedy friend to actor Karthik in Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen (1998). From that, he came to limelight with his comic timing.^[1]

Khanna has acted in notable comedy roles in films such as Padayappa (1999), Nee Varuvai Ena (1999), Friends (2001), Unnai Ninaithu (2002) and Villain (2002). He has also appeared in supporting roles in films such as Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002).

Ramesh has written dialogues for Muni (2007) and Nam Naadu (2007) and written story of the film Aadhavan (2009).^[9]

Ramesh Khanna is seen in a substantial role in the Ajith Kumar starrer Veeram (2014).^[10] He is also dialogue writer in Bhaskar Oru Rascal (2018).^[11]

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• Note: all films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.

As actor

Tamil films

1980s

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Year	Film	Role	Notes
1983	Mundhanai Mudichu
1985	Aan Paavam
1987	Yetikku Potti	Postman

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1990s

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Year	Film	Role	Notes
1992	Abhirami		guest appearance
1993	Gokulam	Ramesh
	Naan Pesa Ninaipathellam
	Athma
1995	Muthukulikka Vaariyala
	Muthu		Also assistant director; Uncredited appearance
1996	Avvai Shanmughi		Also assistant director
1997	Dharma Chakkaram	himself
	Pistha	Restaurant guest	Also assistant director; Uncredited appearance in the song "Kozhi Curry Konduvaratta"
	Suryavamsam	Kathiresan
1998	Kondattam	Pazhani
	Kaadhal Mannan	Black Dog security service Inspector
	Thulli Thirintha Kaalam	himself
	Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen	Selvam's friend
	Guru Paarvai	Lingam
1999	Chinna Raja
	Ullathai Killathe
	Padayappa	Padayappa's friend
	Rojavanam
	Nee Varuvai Ena	Ramesh
	Amarkkalam	Singampuli
	Jodi	Gayathri's brother-in-law

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2000s

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Year	Film	Role	Notes
2000	Vaanathaippola	Hotel Servant
	Annai
	Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven	Kannayiram
	Appu	Chidambaram
	Vetri Kodi Kattu	Sekar's friend
	Koodi Vazhnthal Kodi Nanmai	Ramesh
	Thenali	Panchabootham's assistant
2001	Friends	Krishnamoorthy
	Nageswari	Appaji
	Rishi	Cheenu
	Vinnukum Mannukum
	Asathal	Victor
	Krishna Krishna	Sivaramakrishnan
	Kunguma Pottu Gounder
	Star
	Kalakalappu	Sreenivasan
2002	Pammal K. Sambandam	Sammandham's friend
	Dhaya	Kappi Sekar
	Saptham	Jagir
	Gemini	Professor
	Junior Senior
	Unnai Ninaithu	Krishnamoorthy
	Thulluvadho Ilamai	Mani
	Panchathantiram	Sardarji
	Naina	Pichu
	Villain	Shiva's friend
	I Love You Da	Madhan
	Jaya
	Kadhal Virus	himself
2003	Aasai Aasaiyai	Vinod's brother
	Kadhaludan	Ramesh
	Military	Ganesan
	Saamy	Inspector Paramasivam
	Indru Mudhal
	Paarai	Barber
	Jayam	a drunkard
	Priyamaana Thozhi	'Kaka' Ramesh
	Anjaneya	Kolair
2004	Thendral	Sundarakanth
	Arivumani	Peon Thangasamy
	Gajendra	Pazhaniappan
	Attahasam	Surula
	Maha Nadigan
2005	Girivalam	Gowrishankar
	Priyasakhi	Sakhi's elder brother
	Varapogum Sooriyane	Karuppusamy
2006	Idhaya Thirudan	Mayilravanan's assistant
	Kodambakkam	Pulikumar
	Aran	a soldier
	Vattaram	Dilli
	Kedi	shop assistant
	Varalaru	Ramesh
2007	Thiru Ranga	Beeda
	Nam Naadu	Narayanan
2008	Thodakkam	Rapichai
	Sila Nerangalil	Photographer
	Vambu Sandai
	Ini Varum Kaalam	Saba
	Dasavathaaram	Doctor
2009	Mariyadhai	Mookaiya
	Aadhavan	Ilayaman

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2010s

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Year	Film	Role	Notes
2010	Yathumaagi
	Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam	Jada
	Gowravargal
2011	Venghai	Thangavelu
	Uyarthiru 420	Uthaman
2012	Paaraseega Mannan
2014	Veeram	Subbu collector
	Ninaithathu Yaaro	Uthaman
	Kochadaiiyaan	Nagesh
	Murugaatrupadai	Manda Kashayam
2016	Uchathula Shiva	Sundar
2017	Vaigai Express	Ramesh
2018	Bhaskar Oru Rascal	Devadas
	Saamy 2	Punctuality Paramasivam

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2020s

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Year	Film	Role	Notes
2021	Pei Mama
	Obama Ungalukkaaga
2022	D Block	Watchman Chokkalingam
2023	Aval Peyar Rajni
2024	Pambattam	Police officer
2025	9AM To 9PM Valentines Day
	Konjam Kadhal Konjam Modhal	Karthik's father
	Ambi
	Gandhi Kannadi	Kannamma's boss	Uncredited role

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Other language films

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Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
1994	Captain	Commando	Telugu
2004	Cheppave Chirugali	Room boy
2005	Sau Jhooth Ek Sach	Saloon customer	Hindi
2006	Keerthi Chakra	Soldier	Malayalam
	Manasu Palike Mouna Raagam		Telugu
2013	Policegiri	Wine shop owner	Hindi
2023	Rajni		Malayalam	Also shot in Tamil

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As writer and director

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Year	Film	Credited for	Notes
		Writer
1990	Aarathi Edungadi	Dialogues
1991	Rasathi Varum Naal	Dialogues
	Vaasalile Oru Vennila	Dialogues
1993	Mudhal Paadal	Dialogues
1995	Periya Kudumbam	Dialogues
1999	Thodarum	Screenplay	Also director
2006	Idhaya Thirudan	Screenplay assistant	Alongside Crazy Mohan and S. Guhan
2007	Muni	Dialogues
	Nam Naadu	Dialogues
2009	Aadhavan	Story
2018	Bhaskar Oru Rascal	Dialogues

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As dubbing artist

• Vaikunthapuram (2020) (Tamil dubbed) for Rajendra Prasad