Ramu is a Malayalam film actor. He has acted in more than 100 films. He acts mainly in villain roles. His son Devdas is also an actor, who is notable for appearing in the lead role in 2007 Malayalam fantasy film Athishayan.

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2Ramu was born as the eldest among four children to Kochunni Nair and Devakiamma at Tavanur, Edappal. Malayalam actor Sukumaran was his elder cousin.^[1]

He married Reshmi in 1995. They have a daughter, Amritha and son Devadas, who was a child artist, acted in 2007 Malayalam movies Anandabhairavi and Athisayan. They live in Peramangalam near Thrissur. He had written screenplay for the movie Kalikkoottukar released in 2018.^[2]