# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/major-ravi
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:31:44.181Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/major-ravi"
name: "Major Ravi"
slug: "major-ravi"
description: "Major A. K. Raveendran SM, popularly known as Major Ravi  is a retired officer of the Indian Army, former National Security Guard commando, politician, former marathon athlete, film actor and film director predominantly works in Malayalam cinema and some films in Tamil and Hindi. He was awarded the President's gallantry medal in 1991 and 1992 for his contributions in fighting terrorism in Punjab and Kashmir. After retiring from the army, he began his career in Indian cinema as a consultant for military-based films. He made his independent directorial debut in 2006 with Keerthi Chakra for which he won the Kerala State Film Award for Best Screenplay."
tagline: "Indian actor, director and scriptwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Major_Ravi.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1953-04-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.33
  momentum:             12.20283533260632
  historical:           5.428234666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2081862/"
    handle:    "nm2081862"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Ravi"
    title: "Major Ravi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%B1_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A"
    title: "ميجر رافي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%B1_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%89"
    title: "ميجر رافى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AC%D8%B1_%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C"
    title: "میجر روی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Ravi"
    title: "Major Ravi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%9C%E0%B5%BC_%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF"
    title: "മേജർ രവി"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6738295"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump