Veera Raghavan

Birth : 1927-01-01, Tamilnadu, India

Death : 1999-04-23

History

Veera Raghavan was a Tamil film actor who began appearing in movies since 1960s. He was known for Villain and Character roles.

Movies

Abhimanyu
Maasilamani, a dreaded don, spreads terror around him: triggering riots, smuggling illicit liquor and drugs. The police are exasperated by Maasilamani and send Abhimanyu to cope with Maasilamani. Abhimanyu is an incorruptible and strict Assistant Commissioner of Police who has been suspended seven times for challenging his superiors. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Karuppu Roja
Vinodh manipulates Thulasi into marrying him. Later, he takes away their firstborn child to please Satan by sacrificing it, however, Vijay, a kind man, saves the baby.
Anthimanthaarai
A wartime freedom fighter seeks refuge in a young woman's home after being pursued. A platonic relationship forms between them which they will not forget for the rest of their lives.
Pass Mark
Murali, a playful youngster, makes quick money by challenging others. But when one of his challenges goes haywire, it ruins a girl's wedding, and he decides to make it up to her.
Thanga Pappa
Judge
A group of sumgglers being hunted by the ghost of an unborn baby girl , whom they kiilled along with her father and beaten her mother to get aborted and mentally ill. The ghost possesses another girl and hunts the killers of her family. After realising the ghost possession, the killers are urged to kill the little girl. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.
Sugamana Sumaigal
Sugamana Sumaigal is a 1992 Tamil film directed by R. Parthiepan. The film stars R. Parthiepan, Shali, Radha Ravi and Vijayakumar in lead roles.
Vaa Arugil Vaa
After being murdered by her in-laws, a young girl's spirit possesses her favorite doll and seeks revenge.
Inaindha Kaigal
Dr. Chandralekha, a grieving mother, asks an ex-army man David Kumar to rescue her son Gunasekaran who is locked-up in a military prison. But at the same time, the hideous criminal P. K. Roy appoints the fugitive Pratap to kidnap Gunasekharan from the prison. Both leave for their missions respectively, not knowing what surrender holds in his past and the fugitive takes this personal.
Maruthu Pandi
In the village Ammapatti, Maruthu Pandi is a coracle operator in day and the village protector at night. The villagers give him food in exchange of his work. Maruthu Pandi has a mentally ill sister Lakshmi who is pregnant and he takes care of Lakshmi like a mother. Kanagavalli, a dancer, slowly falls in love with Maruthu Pandi. Kanagavalli is in fact a police officer who wants to arrest Maruthu Pandi. Maruthu Pandi's real name is Manickam, and after a revealed flashback, police team come to Ammapatti to arrest Manickam. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Pudhu Vasantham
Gowri, a woman in search of her lover Suresh, joins a group of struggling roadside singers. Friendship grows between them as they achieve success, but things change when Suresh returns.
Chinnappadass
Chinnappadass is forced to leave his job and join a gang after he beats up thugs who are politically connected. However, when his sister commits suicide after a rape attempt, he tries to get revenge.
Jallikkattu
The story begins with Arjun being arrest for multiples crimes. In the past, Arjun was an happy-go-lucky young man. His brother , a factory's union leader, clashed with his superiors for bonus. In the meantime, Arjun fell in love with Radha. To help the labourer, Arjun cheated the factory's owners as a fake income tax officer, he managed to take all their black money and he gave it to the labourers. Later, Arjun's brother, sister-in-law and his niece was killed. In angry, he tried to kill the culprit and failed. Siva Prasad , r, advised him to surrender but, as an innocent, he refused. However, Siva Prasad arrested him by surprise. Arjun was tortured and his head was shaved. Therefore, a bald Arjun comes at the court. Despite everything was against Arjun, the judge Ram Prakash feels that he is innocent. So Ram Prakash sentences that Arjun will be under house arrest in his isolated island.
Velaikkaran
Ragupathy leaves his village for the city and finds a job at a 5-star hotel owned by a man in a relationship with his mother. When his life is threatened, Ragupathy decides to ensure his safety.
Naanum Oru Thozhilali
The film was launched by C. V. Sridhar in 1980 as a Cinemascope venture and was then titled as Sakthi. Sridhar collaborated with Kamal Haasan after the success of the 1978 film Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu, which had also featured Rajinikanth. The film was meant to be the first film which featured Kamal Haasan and Ambika as a lead pair and stills were released featuring Ambika in a swimsuit. The film got delayed and was put on the back burner, before it re-emerged in 1986 under the title of Meendum Suryodayam and shooting progressed. It was planned for an April 1986 release, which got postponed to May 1 of 1986. There was a local authority election in March 1986 and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won seats. Sridhar felt that if the film released with the title Meendum Suryodayam (Rising Sun),
Sri Raghavendrar
Sri Raghavendra, a Hindu saint, denounces worldly things and devotes his life to perform miracles and spread the message of God before taking samadhi to unite with the divine.
Andha Oru Nimidam
Rajasaker will kill anyone who stands in his way and ends up killing Kumar's beloved's grandfather. Thus, Kumar sets out to investigate and punish Rajasaker.
Thendrale Ennai Thodu
Ramanathan, Malathi's Paternal Uncle
In the middle of the 80s, in Madras. While her car, (one Volkswagen Beetle, typify like Walt Disney's "Herbie") breaks down (frequently), Mâlu (Jayashree), a beautiful young graduate, very independent, stemming from the Tamil bourgeoisie, attends, dumbfounded enough, not far from it, in the terrible correction that Raghunath (alias Raghu) (Mogan) to a pickpocket administers. The young man who went to an interview, misses his bus. Having got acquainted with Mâlu and having repaired his vehicle, this one leads him to its meeting. She informs him on the spot, that post, is already taken, what puts Raghu, beside himself. During his interview, he lets burst his anger, he becomes enraged in the face of his future employers, among which one, Rajasekhar (A. R. S.), who is other than the father of Mâlu, who finally, appreciates the frankness of Raghu and commits it on fields.
Naan Sigappu Manithan
Justice Veeraraghavan
A young man turns into a vigilante to fight injustice after his loved ones are killed.
Udhaya Geetham
Arun, a popular singer and a death convict, helps raise money for the poor through his concert. However, his wife Shanthi has other plans and tries to kill him.
Adutha Varisu
Dr. Gowtham
When the sole person to inherit the family wealth is missing, her grandmother desperately searches for her. A conniving relative, who also killed the girl's parents, finds a look-alike to help him gain the wealth.
Moondram Pirai
Vedachalam
A young woman suffers a major head injury in a car accident after which she begins behaving like a child. Trapped at a brothel, she finds hope in a lonely school teacher who decides to rescue her.
Anandha Ragam
Anandharaagam is a 1982 Indian Tamil film, directed by Bharani, starring Sivakumar and Radha in lead roles. The film had musical score by Ilayaraja and was released on 1982
Sattam Oru Iruttarai
The film is about a man who wishes to avenge the killers of his parents.
Dharma Yuddam
Vijay's Father
Rajini's parents are killed by Thengai Srinivasan. He is adopted and brought up by a rich man. After many years Rajini finds out that Thengai Srinivasan has been stealing body parts, especially eyes. How Rajini takes revenge on him forms the crux of the story.
Mogam Muppadhu Varusham
A young man, Ramesh (Kamal Haasan), returns from overseas. He arranges a marriage with Kasthuri (Sumithra), and marries her. In a sub-plot, Ramesh's secretary Menaka (Fatafat Jayalakshmi) marries Ravisankar (Vijayakumar), an artist, at nearly the same time. The spouses in each pairing are very different from each other, and have great problems understanding each other. This movie explores whether either pair can make a good marriage together.
Avalukkendru Oru Manam
The film deals with a triangular love with a good measure of values of the high society and those of liberal culture of the 60s.
Uttharavindri Ulle Vaa
Ravi's Father
The movie deals with four friends. Ravichandran, the hero, is the son of a rich man (Veera Raghavan), and he along with his three friends Nagesh, Mali and Murthy, lives in a mansion owned by his father. While they plan to go on a holiday, a young woman (Kanchana) sneaks into the bungalow, fleeing from danger, and begs the hero to offer her solace for two days. He agrees and the trip is cancelled. Kanchanca and Ravichandran fall in love. Another woman (Vijaya Chandrika) suddenly appears one night and leaves her child, Baby Shanthi, with a note claiming that she is Mali’s daughter. Mali asserts that he has never seen the baby before and asserts that he doesn’t know the woman in the letter. But he falls for the child and brings her up with love and affection.