Ravi Vettivel

Ravi Vettivel (Tamil: ரவி வெற்றிவேல் ) (born 28 Oct 1970 in Jaffna, 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 Srilanka because of civil war. Currently he is working on a feature film called "Nallathor Veenai Seithu", staring Tamil popular actress Vadivukkarasi. This film is expected to be released 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 and he 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.
  • • Nallathor Veenai Seithu (2010) - Feature film: starring Vadivukkarasi, Ankitha Rao, Ansari, Ramesh, Praveen and Vishwa.

See also

  • Cinema of Canada
  • Sri Lankan Tamil cinema
  • Tamil cinema
  • List of Canadian Tamil films