Raghava Lawrence is a South Indian actor, and director, also known as a dancer and playback singer. He was born on 29 October 1976 in Royapuram, Chennai, India. He is known for Laxmii (2020), Style (2006), and Kanchana 2 (2015).

Raghava acted in the film Parthale Paravasam in 2001. In 2002, he made his Tamil debut as a lead actor in the movie Arpudham. In 2003, he made a guest appearance with Vijay in the movie Thirumalai.

In 2004, he made his directorial debut with the Telugu film Mass which starred Akkineni Nagarjuna, and this film’s commercial success. Later, in 2007 he directed another movie Don which starred Akkineni Nagarjuna and Anushka Shetty.

Raghava Lawrence directed Telugu movie Rebel in 2012 starring Prabhas. In 2015, he got his breakthrough with the film Kanchana 2. In 2019, he is back with Kanchana 3 with three heroines and the film received good collections at the box office.

In 2020, he directed a Bollywood film Laxmi Bomb and also his play a leading role in the new upcoming movie Rudhran which will be released on April 2023.