 The
emergence of Ramesh Arvind as a
star with a difference has come as a whiff of fresh air to the
Kannada film industry and discerning Kannada cinegoers. As any
regular movie buff knows, a "Ramesh film" means
decent, wholesome family films with no vulgarities and crudities
but always-sensible entertainers.
Ramesh's histrionic talent found expression early in his
student days when he acted in many plays. The doyen of Tamil
film industry Sri K Balachander discovered Ramesh's
flair for acting and his immense potential as an artist. The
Kannada film 'Sundara Swapnagalu' by
the same director got Ramesh his debute.
After giving impressive performances in 'Panchamaveda',
'Srigandha' and 'Aragini', Ramesh had to spend quiet
a few years in wilderness. In Telugu, he did movies like 'Little
Soldiers', 'Rudraveena', 'Sathileelavathi',
etc. Ramesh's foray into Tamil as 'Ramesh Arvind' saw
him act in successful films like 'Keladi Kanmani', 'Duet'
and many others. Surprisingly, it was only after his success
in Tamil films that the Kannada film producers noticed him.
With his brilliant performance in films like 'Anuraga
Sangama', 'Ulta Palta', 'Tutta Mutta', 'Chandramukhi Pranasakhi',
'Gombe', 'Nammura Mandara Hoove', 'Hoomale', 'Deepavali' and
'Sneha Loka' he has been the favourite of Kannada
moviegoers. He had nine 100 days films in a row, which is
a record.
He is indeed one of the most natural actors on screen breathing
life into any character he plays. This Mechanical Engineer
turned actor has bagged the Best actor Karnataka State
award twice in 1997 for 'America! America!' and
in 1999 for 'Hoomale'. He got the prestigious
film fare award twice in 1997 for Amruthavarshini and in 1999
for Hoomale.
Apart from these, he has got the Andhra State Nandi award
for 'Little Soldiers'. Apart from these achievements,
this friendly actor has also written the story and screenplay
for the film for 'Hoomale', which got the National
award for best Kannada film of that year.
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