Unlike other heroes who portray themselves from poor backgrounds in films to get sentiments, Ravi acted in many films as wealthy youth and so he got fans among the wealthy in society. His roles in M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi and Santosh Subramaniam have made him the darling of this so called class audience.

Kollywood grapevine was abuzz with rumors about the marriage between Ravi and Aarthi that was said to be happened on Valentine’s Day. But director M. Raja, brother of Ravi made it clear that Ravi is shooting in Talakona forest near Tirupati and the marriage will be announced by the family soon.

Ravi was introduced as hero in film by his brother Raja in the movie Jayam released in 2002 produced by their father Mohan. It became a super hit and ultimately attached movie name as a prefix to his name. Ravi and Raja together made some super hit films like Jayam, M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi, Unakkum Enakkum and Santhosh Subramaniam. He has so far done 9 films and currently acting in his tenth film Peraanmai under S.P. Jana Nathan’s direction.

Ravi is a martial arts expert and a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. Prior to acting, Ravi had been an assistant director to Suresh Krishna in 2001 Kamalhaasan film Aalavandhan.

The most eligible bachelor, Ravi will tie knot on June 7th after two years of acquaintance with his sweetheart Aarthi. He had met Aarthi during many family occasions.

Aarthi, the elder daughter of Sujatha Vijayakumar, who is a noted Television producer and has produced Sundar C starring film Veerappu, is a successful personality in tinsel town. After finishing B.C.A. Aarthi has done Masters in International Management from Switzerland.
The marriage function will be held in Chennai Mayor Ramanadhan Chetteyar Kalyan Mandapam on grand note. There have been rumors that Ravi’s dad Editor Mohan was not in favor of the alliance.

Ravi has been spending 13 months in the jungles, for his role as a forest officer in film Peranmai. Even after being in the industry for so long, Ravi never got into any controversial gossips.

After his marriage he will act in director Ameer’s Kannabiran.