Director K.S Ravi Kumar turns 56 today. He is a noted director in the south and he is well known for his mainstream films. The filmmaker specialized in action and comedy genres and has worked with the Tamil industry's most famous celebrities including Kamal Hassan, Rajinikanth, Suriya, Ajith and Sarathkumar.

He began his career in the film industry by working as an assistant to director Bharathiraja. His first film as a filmmaker was Puriyaadha Pudhir, which released in 1990.

He is currently busy working on his next project Police Giri starring Sanjay Dutt which is the Hindi remake of Saamy. He is also supervising the direction for Kochadaiyaan.