Jayam Ravi
Ravi Mohan , better known by his stage name Jayam Ravi, is an Indian film actor who has worked in the Tamil film industry. The son of film editor Mohan, Ravi made his debut as an actor in Jayam directed by his elder brother Mohan Raja. The success of the film prompted the title to become a prefix to his stagename, and he continued to collaborate with his brother consecutively for other successful films including M. Kumaran Son Of Mahalakshmi , Unakkum Enakkum and Santhosh Subramaniam .
Ravi was born to Mohan of Tirumangalam, Madurai, a leading film editor in South Indian cinema, and Varalakshmi. He has two siblings his elder brother Mohan Raja is a film director, with most of his films featuring Ravi in the lead role, while his sister Roja is a dentist. He completed his schooling at Jawahar Vidyalaya in Ashok Nagar, Chennai. He studied dancing under the Bharatnatyam dancer Nalini Balakrishnan and performed his arangetram at the age of 12. After completing his degree in Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai, he decided to get into the film industry. He also then trained in acting at the Kishore Namit Kapur Institute in Mumbai. Before debuting as an actor, Ravi had been an assistant director to Suresh Krishna for Aalavandhan starring Kamal Haasan.
Source: Wikipedia