Ravisankar is an Indian playback singer. He has about 100 recorded songs to his credit in Malayalam.

Biography[edit]

Ravisankar was born and raised in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, to S. Ramachandran Nair and S. Hamsini Thankam. He started learning music during his school days from his mother, who is a teacher at Bharatiya Vidyabhavan, Trivandrum. Later, he formally studied music under such renowned musicians as L. Vaikuntapaty, Perumbavoor G. Ravindranath and M. G. Radhakrishnan. Beginning in his school days, he took part in light music singing competitions such as the Kerala University and inter-university competitions, and won many prestigious prizes.

After completing schooling in Trivandrum, Ravisankar took a degree in Law from the Kerala Law Academy in Trivandrum, and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management from Annamalai University. Though he started working as a lawyer, he soon realised that his long-term career revolved around his passion – music.

He debuted in playback singing in 1999, when he recorded his first movie song, ‘Ponnolappanthalil Velippennayente Swayamvararajakumari Varumo…’ It was recorded for the move Saaphalyam, which was directed by G.S. Vijayan, and starred Suresh Gopi and Praveena. The song was written by Kaithapram and was composed by Sri M.G. Radhakrishnan.