Jayam Ravi

Ravi's parents are the veteran film editor Mohan and Varalakshmi Mohan; he was born in Tirumangalam, Madurai.[2] He has two siblings; his elder brother Mohan Raja is a film director, with most of his films featuring Ravi in the lead role, while his sister Roja is a dentist. He completed his schooling at Jawahar Vidyalaya in Ashok Nagar, Chennai. He studied dancing under the Bharatnatyam dancer Nalini Balakrishnan and performed his arangetram at the age of 12.

Ravi Mohan (born 10 September 1980), better known by his stage name Jayam Ravi, is an Indian Tamil actor who works in the Tamil film industry. The son of veteran film editor Mohan, Ravi made his debut as an actor in the romantic drama film Jayam (2003), directed by his elder brother Mohan Raja and produced by his father. The success of the film prompted the title to become a prefix to his stage name, and he continued to collaborate with his brother for other films including Jayam (2003), M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi (2004), Unakkum Enakkum(2006), Santhosh Subramaniam (2008), Thillalangadi (2010) and Thani Oruvan