Rajeev Ravindranathan was born in Lagos, Nigeria and now lives in Bangalore, India.He's always been interested in acting and was on stage from a very young age. In the more recent past, Rajeev has earned acclaim for performances in plays like Owl and the Pussy cat, Zoo Story and Irvine Welsh's Filth, where he played 30 characters in a riveting one-man show.Apart from several ads for Aegon Religare insurance, Saffola Oats, Bru Coffee and Hamam soaps, Rajeev has also acted in a few films with 3 Idiots being his most noticed work. As the ragging senior who gets 'shocked' by Aamir Khan's Rancho, Rajeev won a lot of notoriety for his portrayal of an overbearing bully.Rajeev runs an advertising agency called People (www.peopleindia.biz) while acting is a passionate hobby that 'he'll never let go of'.The first half of 2012 sees him in N. Lingusamy's Vettai and Gauri Shinde's English Vinglish.