Raaghavan, also credited as Master Raghavan, is an Indian child actor who works in Tamil and Telugu language films. His debut was in the 2016 movie, Sethupathi, with Vijay Sethupathi. His performances have received positive reviews in several of his films[1][2]

Raaghavan
Born
Raaghavan Murugan

(2007-05-28) 28 May 2007 (age 17)
OccupationActor
Years active2016–present

Career

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Raaghavan made his acting debut through the cop drama Sethupathi (2016) portraying the son of the character played by Vijay Sethupathi. The film won positive reviews, as did Raaghavan's performance, with a critic from Behindwoods.com noting that "the kids brim with pleasant innocence, and energetic performances".[3] Further reviews from Sify.com and Indiaglitz.com noted that the "two kids who played as Vijay Sethupathi’s children are too good" and that Raghavan "has his own mass scene in the climax".[4][5] His next film, Rekka (2016), saw Raaghavan play the younger version of Vijay Sethupathi's character. He garnered attention for his acting in the video for the song "Kannamma" for the film.[6]

Raaghavan continued to play pivotal roles as a child artist in Tamil films in the late 2010s, often portraying the child of the film's lead character such as in Bhaskar Oru Rascal (2018) and Maari 2 (2018); or the younger version of the lead actor such as in Hero (2019), Vaanam Kottattum (2020) and Enemy (2021). He also appeared in the Telugu film, Uppena (2021), as the younger version of the protagonist.

In 2022, he appeared as the young version of Vikram's character in Mahaan, and shot for his scenes in Kanchipuram.[7] Raaghavan will next be seen in Mani Ratnam's Ponniyin Selvan: I (2022), Ponniyin Selvan: II (2023) portraying the Pandya prince.[8][9]

Filmography

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Films

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  • All films are Tamil unless otherwise noted.
List of Raaghavan film credits
Year Film Role Notes
2016 Sethupathi Maara Sethupathi
Rekka young Shiva
2017 Pa Paandi Dhruv Raghavan
7 Naatkal Anush
2018 Bhaskar Oru Rascal Aakash Bhaskar
Maari 2 Kaali Maariyappan
2019 Hero young Sakthi
2020 Vaanam Kottattum young Selva
2021 Uppena young Aasi Telugu film
Endraavathu Oru Naal Murugan
Enemy young Chozhan
2022 Mahaan young Gandhi
The Warriorr tea boy for the police station Simultaneously shot in Telugu
Ponniyin Selvan: I Amarabhujanga Pandian
2023 Ponniyin Selvan: II
Fight Club young Selva
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Other roles

References

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  1. ^ காயத்ரி, வெ வித்யா (16 May 2018). "சேதுபதி மாமாவுக்கு செல்லம், தனுஷ் மாமாவுக்கு ஃப்ரெண்டு! - மாஸ்டர் ராகவன் கலகல". vikatan.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  2. ^ ""I dubbed for Dhanush's Hollywood movie"- Master Raghavan | Bhaskar oru Raskal". www.behindwoods.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Sethupathi (aka) Sethupathy review". Behindwoods.com. 19 February 2016. Archived from the original on 13 May 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Sethupathi review. Sethupathi Tamil movie review, story, rating". IndiaGlitz.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Sethupathi review". Webcache.googleusercontent.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  6. ^ "I don't like KANNAMMA song : Raghavan Interview on Power Pandi Movie | Sija Rose". YouTube. 6 April 2017. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Master Raghavan on board for Karthik Subbaraj's next with Vikram". Ottplay.com. 8 August 2021. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  8. ^ K Janani (28 July 2021). "Master Raaghavan reveals Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's Ponniyin Selvan character details - Movies News". Indiatoday.in. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Ponniyin Selvan actor reveals the character name of Aishwarya Rai and shares exclusive selfies! - Tamil News". IndiaGlitz.com. 27 July 2021. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
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