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Sriram Raghavan Height, Age, Family, Biography

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Age: 62 Years
Religion: Hinduism
Hometown: Mumbai, Maharashtra

Sriram Raghavan

Bio/Wiki
Profession(s)Film Director, Screenwriter, Filmmaker
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)5' 7" (171 cm)
Eye ColourBlack
Hair ColourBlack
Career
AwardsBadlapur
2018: 24th Star Screen Awards for Best Director
2018: 24th Star Screen Awards for Best Screenplay
2019: 66th National Film Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
2019: 66th National Film Awards for Best Feature Film in Hindi
2019: 64th Filmfare Awards for Critics Best Film
2019: 64th Filmfare Awards for Best Screenplay

Andhadhun
2019: 20th IIFA Awards for Best Director
2019: 20th IIFA Awards for Best Story
2019: 20th IIFA Awards for Best Screenplay
2019: Bandung Film Festival Award for Honorable Imported Films
Personal Life
Date of Birth22 June 1963
Age (as of 2025) 62 Years
BirthplaceMumbai, Maharashtra
Zodiac signCancer
NationalityIndian
HometownMumbai, Maharashtra
SchoolSt. Vincent’s High School, Pune
College/University• Fergusson College, Pune
• Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune
ReligionHinduism
HobbiesReading, Travelling
Social MediaInstagram
Relationships & More
Marital StatusMarried
Family
SiblingsBrother- Shridhar Raghavan (Screenwriter)

Sriram Raghavan

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sriram Raghavan

  • Raghavan had stammering problem and was quite shy in his childhood days. He has spoken about how this made him reserved early on.
  • Before he started his career in film making, he tried journalism. Later because of his stammering problem and shy personality, he found it tough and later dropped from a journalism within a few months.
  • Before entering mainstream cinema, he worked as a writer for television soaps, writing many episodes of CID and Aahat, and also directed one episode of the television series Star Bestsellers (2000) called First Kill.
  • Some of his work in film making includes Ek Hasina Thi (2004), Johnny Gaddaar (2007), Agent Vinod (2012), Badlapur (2015).

    Ek Hasina Thi (2004) film poster

    Ek Hasina Thi (2004) film poster

  • For his popular Bollywood film Badlapur (2015), he initially thought of casting Irrfan Khan in the central role but eventually went with Varun Dhawan. He had reservations about doing so, but the producer persuaded him.

    Badlapur (2015) film poster

    Badlapur (2015) film poster

  • His popular film Andhadhun (2018), was turned down by many actors before Ayushmann Khurrana was finalized.
  • In 2024, his film Merry Christmas was released, which is a bilingual (Hindi and Tamil) film based on the French novel Le Monte-charge (Bird in a Cage), starring Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi, fulfilling his wish to make a film in his mother tongue.

    Sriram Raghavan with the cast of Merry Christmas (2024) film

    Sriram Raghavan with the cast of Merry Christmas (2024) film

  • Despite success in film making, he prefers to stay out of the limelight. He doesn’t enjoy the party or the social side of the industry much and prefers small circle.