Ravi Vetrivel (born 28 Oct 1970 in Jaffna

Jaffna

Jaffna is the capital city of the Northern Province, Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna district located on a peninsula of the same name. Jaffna is approximately six miles away from Kandarodai which served as a famous emporium in the Jaffna peninsula from classical...

, Sri Lanka) is a Film Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer and Editor. Directed landmark films such as Sathi (2007) and Appaa (2008). Both are feature films produced in Toronto, Canada. Ravi moved to Canada in 1992
from Sri Lanka because of the civil war. Currently he is working on a feature film "En Kanmani Priya", starring popular Tamil actress Vadivukkarasi.
This film is expected to be September in July 2010.

Life

Ravi attended Union College in Tellippalai, Jaffna, Srilanka before immigrating to Canada in 1992. In Canada he went to Centennial College and graduated with the Diploma in Electro-Mechanical Engineering Technoloy. Ravi moved to Chennai, India in 2003, till 2005 with his wife Jeyalini to study 3D animation using Maya. He also learned drawing, painting and storyboarding techniques. His daughter Akshaya was born in Chennai in 2005. They came back to Canada in end of 2005.

Career

Ravi worked as a Mechanical Design Engineer for few years and he enjoyed working with 3D software’s such as Autodesk Inventor and SolidWorks. He learned 3D character modeling and animation from video tutorials and self-taught books. In 2003, he decided to change his career from Engineering to Animation Film. After learning 3D animation in India, he worked as 3D artist for Hollywood movies such as “Superman Returns” in 2006 and “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” in 2007. He made two feature films and one short films so far is currently working on “Nallathor Veenai Seithu” starring popular South Indian Tamil actress Vadivukkarasi.

Filmography

• • Sathi (2006) – Feature film: starring Imman, Surenuka, Rajanthan, Madona Alfonse, Bobby Shan and Jaso.
• • Kannaal Kaanpathellaam(2007) – Short film: starring Madona Alfonse, Ganga Suresh and Moorthy.
• • Appa (2008) - Feature film: starring Bobby Shan, Abisheka, Priya and Madona Alfonse.
• • En Kanmani Priya (2010) - Feature film: starring Vadivukkarasi, Ankitha Rao, Ansari, Ramesh, Praveen and Vishwa.

See also

• Tamil films of 2010
  Tamil films of 2010
  The following is an overview of Tamil cinema in 2010, with the list of films, notable events and awards from the year featured.-Highest grossers:*The list is produced by Sify.com, and is based on box office revenue figures, so films which films which may have been significant grossers are not...
  
  
• Cinema of Canada
• Sri Lankan Tamil cinema
• Tamil cinema
  Tamil cinema
  Tamil cinema is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered...
  
  
• List of Canadian Tamil films