Some of his short stories were made into TV serials and his play Revathikkoru Pavakkutty was remade into a movie in the same name.
[1] He was born as eldest among three children to T. N. Gopinathan Nair, a writer and drama artiste of All India Radio and Soudamini in Vallathol family of Tirur.
Ravi Vallathol made his debut as an actor on the small screen in 1986 with the serial 'Vaitharani' in Doordarshan, scripted by his father, the late T.N.
Gopinathan Nair and directed by noted Malayalam poet, song writer and director P. Bhaskaran[3][4][5] He also acted in more than 100 television serials including American Dreams in Asianet.
He entered Malayalam film industry by writing the song “Thazhvarayil manju poothu" in the 1976 movie Madhuram Thirumadhuram.
[10] He died in his own residence in Thiruvananthapuram on 25 April 2020, due to a massive heart attack, aged 67.