Major Ravi

Major Ravi
Major AK Raveendran
Born Pattambi, Palakkad, Kerala
Allegiance India
Rank Major

Major A.K. Ravindran,[1] better known by his screen name Major Ravi is a former Indian Army Officer and a Malayali Indian filmmaker.

He is a recipient of the President's medal, joined the Indian army as a jawan in 1975 and graduated from the Army Cadet College to become a commando in the year 1988. He led the mission codenamed Operation One-eyed Jack to capture suspects of the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, the experiences of which inspired him to direct Mission 90 Days (2007).[2] After working for around two decades for the Indian Army, he became a military consultant for Indian films. He has worked with Priyadarshan, Rajkumar Santhoshi, Kamal Haasan, and Mani Ratnam.[3] He has earlier made a children's film but his first feature film is Keertichakra, a film on Kashmir militancy and is multilingual.

His second movie mission 90 days was his own experience of the Rajiv Gandhi Assassination case. His third project Kurukshetra based on the Kargil war starring Mohanlal was a sequel to Keerthichakra.[4]

The 2010 film Kandahar did poorly at the box office, with the climax being cited as one of the reasons. The climax also bears remarkable similarity to the Hollywood action movie "Executive Decision"[5]

Awards

Kerala State Film Awards

  • 2006: Best Screen Play - Keerthichakra

Asianet Film Awards

Filmography

Year Film Role(s) Cast
2011 Mumbai 26/11 Director Mohan Lal
2011 Madan Kolli Director Prithviraj Sukumaran, Parvathy Omanakuttan
2010 Kandahar Director, Writer Mohan Lal, Amitab Bachan, Ganesh Venkatraman
2008 Kurukshetra Director, Writer Mohan Lal, Siddeeq, Biju Menon, Sania Singh
2007 Mission 90 Days Director, Writer Mammootty, Tulip Joshi, Lalu Alex
2006 Keertichakra Director, Writer Mohan Lal, Jeeva, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy, Gopika
2003 Pattalam Special Appearance Mammootty
2002 Punarjani. Director, Writer Pranav Mohanlal
2002 Onnaman Special Appearance Mohanlal, Jaya Prada
2002 Aalavandhan Special Appearance Kamal Haasan, Manisha Koirala, Raveena Tandon
2005 Ananthabhadram Special Appearance Prithviraj Sukumaran
2000 Snegithiye Special Appearance Jyothika, Sharbani Mukherjee, Tabu
1999 Megham Special Appearance Mammootty

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