Jayam Ravi

Ravi was born to Tamil parents editor Mohan and Varalakshmi Mohan He has two siblings his elder brother M Raja is a noted film director with most of his films featuring Ravi in the lead role while his sister Roja Mohan 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 After completing his degree in Visual communication from Loyola College Chennai he decided to get into the film industry He has also undergone training in acting at the Kishore Namit Kapur Institute in Mumbai