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My Take
What I admire about Revathi is her refusal to stay in one lane. She built her name as a leading actress across Tamil, Malayalam and several other Indian film industries, then stepped behind the camera as a director, which takes real nerve for someone already established. A National Film Award and a trained Bharatanatyam background tell me she is an artist who values discipline as much as instinct. Add her philanthropy and you get a portrait of someone using a long career for more than herself. To me she reads as a quietly formidable figure who keeps reinventing what an Indian actress can be.
Overview
Asha Kelunni (born 8 July 1966), professionally known as Revathi, is an Indian actress, film director, voice actress, Bharatanatyam dancer and philanthropist known for her works predominantly in Tamil and Malayalam cinema - in addition to Telugu, Hindi and Kannada films.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Revathi
- Name (Japanese)
- レーヴァティー
- Reading
- れーゔぁてぃー
- Born
- July 8, 1966 (age 59)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Horse
- Origin
- Kochi, Ernakulam district, India
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film director / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Filmfare Awards South
- National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://www.revathy.com
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%20(%E5%A5%B3%E5%84%AA)
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.