Veeraswamy Ravichandran, known mononymously as Ravichandran, is an Indian actor, director, producer, music director, lyricist and editor working predominantly in Kannada cinema. The son of film producer N. Veeraswamy, he continues to produce and distribute films under his father's production house, Sri Eswari Productions. He is popularly referred to as "Crazy Star" by the media and his fans. Starting his acting career as a child artist in Dhoomakethu and Kula Gowrava, Ravichandran started early as a co-producer for films such as Khadeema Kallaru and Chakravyuha besides acting in supporting roles. His lead role films started with Premigala Saval, Pralayanthaka and Swabhimana. He got his career best breakthrough with the film Premaloka in 1987 for which he directed, produced and acted in the lead role. Since then, Ravichandran films are considered to be technically savvy and lavish in production. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravicha...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)