{{short description|Indian playback singer}} {{Other people|Ravi Shankar}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2021}} {{EngvarB|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Ravisankar | image = Ravisankar photo.jpg | caption = | background = solo_singer | origin = India | instrument = | genre = | occupation = Playback singer, Musician | years_active = 1999–present | label = | website = }}
'''Ravisankar''' is an Indian playback singer. He has recorded many number of songs both filmy, non filmy, devotional, drama and other categories.
==Early life== Ravisankar was born and raised in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, to S. Ramachandran Nair and S. Hamsini Thankam. He started learning music as a child from his mother, a teacher at Bharatiya Vidyabhavan, Trivandrum. He went on to study music formally under L. Vaikuntapaty, Perumbavoor G. Ravindranath and M. G. Radhakrishnan. While at school, he took part in singing competitions such as the Kerala University and inter-university competitions, winning several prizes.
After completing school 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. He started working as a lawyer, before switching to a career in music.
==Career== Ravisankar debuted in playback singing in 1999, with his first movie song, "Ponnolappanthalil Velippennayente Swayamvararajakumari Varumo...", recorded for the movie ''Saaphalyam'', directed by G.S. Vijayan. The song was written by Kaithapram and composed by Sri M.G. Radhakrishnan. He is currently appearing on the program ''Raindrops'' on Kairali TV.
Ravisankar performed two songs for the movie ''Love Birds'', and a song for the movie ''Devdaas'', written by Gireesh Puthenchery. A career breathrought came when he sang "Chembarattikkamalitu kuppivala konjalittu..", a composition by M. Jayachandran, in the movie ''Maanikyakallu'', a Pritviraj movie directed by M. Mohan. He continued with songs in a number of movies including ''Bombay Mittayi'', ''Mr Bean'', ''Garbhashreeman'' (music by Sri Ouseppanchan), and ''Innaana kalyanam''(A Rajasenan movie with music by Bijibal). In 2015 he started contributing his own songs to projects including serials and albums, and made his debut music direction for a Malayalam movie called ''Crayons''.
Apart from film music, Ravisankar has recorded several albums. He has also provided vocals to title songs for several television serials, including ''Uma'', ''Vikramadityan'', ''Dial 100'', ''Tenali Raman'', ''Abhirami'', ''Jeeva Jalakom'', and ''Kudumbam''. Ravisankar is currently{{when|date=December 2020}} anchoring ''Raindrops'', a live musical entertainment show on the Malayalam channel Kairali TV.
Ravishankar is married to Priyarenjini, a native of Kottayam and legal manager at Union bank [former Corporation Bank]. The couple has one daughter Bhadra.
==Discography== * "Ponnolappanthalil" – ''Saaphalyam''<ref>{{Citation|title=Saphalyam (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by M. G. Sreekumar, K.S. Chithra, Sujatha & Ravisankar|url=https://music.apple.com/ie/album/saphalyam-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1447729980|language=en-gb|access-date=2021-04-20}}</ref> * "Ormakalil Nee" – ''Spandanam'' (Music Album) (2010) * "Vanakokilaaravam" – ''Spandanam'' (Music Album) (2010) * "Chemparathi Kammalittu" – Duet with Shreya Ghoshal for the movie ''Manikyakkallu'' (2011)
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