P. C. Ramakrishna

P. C. Ramakrishna is a veteran theatre actor and voice artist based in Chennai, India.[1] He has acted in several plays, such as Anna Weiss, Dance Like A Man, The Good Doctor[2] and provided voice-overs to numerous advertisements, documentaries and corporate shows. He has been a member of the English theatre group The Madras Players since 1969.[3]

P. C. Ramakrishna
Alma materLoyola College, Chennai
OccupationVoice artist, Theatre actor
Years active1964 – present

Biography

Ramakrishna did his schooling in Kolkata, India, and completed his undergraduate education at the Loyola College, Chennai. Ramakrishna's early interests included learning the mridangam – an ancient Indian percussion instrument – and he trained under Palghat Mani Iyer in Chennai and Tanjavur. He played mridangam for 18 years since the age of 3 and was considering making it a profession, but was discouraged by low wages for musicians.[1] Instead, he joined the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and after graduation worked in the corporate sector from 1967 until voluntary retirement in 1993.[4]

Career

Most of the documentary narration work that I do is dull as ditch water. For example, tell me how many people are interested in the details of installing a boiler?

— P. C. Ramakrishna in interview to JobsByRef, [4]

Ramakrishna worked on his first play as a director in 1969, which was also the only play he directed. Subsequently, he auditioned for the play The Crucible by The Madras Players, a role which he eventually got.[1] While working in the industry, he hosted programs on the All India Radio, and was later approached by the Doordarshan.[4] Ramakrishna was one of the first English news readers in Indian television.[5]

Ramakrishna's notable plays include Anna Weiss, where he plays the role of a man who is accused of sexual abuse by his daughter, Mercy, a monologue based on a novel by the Tamil author Sivasankari[6] and Mahesh Dattani's Dance Like A Man.[2]

Filmography
Year Film Role
1993Thiruda Thiruda
1994May MadhamSandhya's father
1995Karuppu NilaShanmugaPandian's Father
1997PoochudavaNandhini's Father
1998UlavuthuraiNavy Chief

References
  1. Muthalaly, Shonali (27 February 2010). "Active voice". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  2. Varma, Shreekumar (25 January 2004). "Theatre of Passion". The Hindu Sunday Magazine. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  3. Lehry, Batool Aliakbar (4 January 2008). "High on drama". Business Line. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  4. Dattatri, Sanjay. "Interview with PC Ramakrishna – Documentary Narration and Voice-overs". Jobs By Ref. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  5. "Age of Innocence". The Hindu Sunday Magazine. 25 October 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
  6. Sankaranarayanan, Vasanti. "Review". Narthaki. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
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