THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Poojapura Ravi mostly played Namboothiri and Swami roles in theater and cinema. Ravi made that look a symbol of prosperity in life as well. During his time as a regular actor in Kalanilayam of Putharikandam, Ravi used to wake up early in the morning even if he goes to bed after midnight. After a bath, he leaves for the Sripadmanabhaswamy temple and then the Pazhavangadi Mahaganapati temple. Chengalloor Sree Mahadeva Temple will also be visited if he is staying at his house in Poojapura. A long walk after darshan.

Poojapura Ravi became the favorite actor of the audience through the plays composed by Jagathy NK Achari and Cheri (Cheri Vishwanatha Pillai) for Kalanilayam. The sorcerer of Raktarakshas made Ravi famous. He shone in all the dramas like Kadamattathu Kathanar, Sree Guruvayoorappan, Allauddinum Albhutha Vilakkum, Mary Magdalen and Taj Mahal.

While everyone called Ravindran Nair as Ravi, it was Kalanilayam Krishnan Nair who made him Poojapura Ravi. Ravi once said about it -

"When I came to Kalanilayam, there were many Ravi's. "Mers Ravi, Clerk Ravi... When Sir asks to call that Ravi, to those standing by confused he will say, 'Call that Poojapura Ravi', so I became Poojapura Ravi."

Ravi came to cinema in 1976 with Hariharan's Ammini Ammavan. Before that, he did a small role in Veluthampi Dalawa. In ​​Ammini Ammaavan Ravi played a Swami who was strict in the office but scared of his wife at home. The movie starts with the scene of Poojapura Ravi. Swami is telling the words of the letter to be prepared in English, being a little flirtatious. He gets angry at Gopi, played by Prem Nazir, who walks in. Swami who brings sweets to the office will say that all of them are made by his wife. Actually, Swami was the cook of the house. The film became a super hit. The next role was in KS Sethumadhavan's 'Ormakal Marikkumo?'

Pujappura Ravi presents his dialogue in a special way with eye rolls. Phayalvaan Vasupilla in Odaruthammava Aalariayam, Minnal Paramashivam in Ayalvasi Oru Daridravasi, Kuruppai in Ayirapara, Chappunni Nair in Kilichundan Mambazham....

After Sathyan, Naseer, Madhu, Jayan, Kamal Haasan, Mammootty, Mohanlal, and later with Prithviraj and Tovino Thomas, Poojapura Ravi was active for five decades in Malayalam cinema.