Actor Ravi Mohan’s contentious divorce with estranged spouse Aarti Ravi typically makes headlines, as did his relationship with healer-singer Keneeshaa Francis. Nearly three months after she seemingly broke up with Ravi, leaving Chennai and social media, Ravi has now introduced that Keneeshaa would be the music composer of his directorial debut, An Odd Man.
Keneeshaa as music composer
On Monday, Ravi Mohan Studios introduced Keneeshaa’s affiliation with the movie on Instagram. The official account shared a publish that includes the musician’s identify. The phrases learn, “Introducing… A Keneeshaa musical.” The manufacturing home wrote, “A brand new sound has entered the wild. A brand new chapter. The identical soul. An artist you realize in a method you have by no means heard earlier than. ‘An Odd Man’ – One New Sound. One Heaven of a debut. CINEMA welcomes @keneeshaa1.”
At an awards present in July, the actor introduced that he’s revoking his determination to give up cinema till his divorce is finalised. In Could this yr, Ravi had held a press convention at his residence the place he broke down whereas asserting his determination to take a break from movies until he kinds out his private life.
Nonetheless, on the just lately held JFW Achievers Awards, the actor spoke about his future in cinema on stage and mentioned, “I’m turning 46 this yr. 23 divided by 2, half of my life has been spent in cinema. It’s a pity {that a} small mistake of mine has harm you all a lot. Private life {and professional} life are each 50-50 for me, however the feelings in private life grew to become a bit extra.”
He then clarified about his introduced break and revealed why he’s coming again to cinema. “I used to be a bit emotional, however everybody within the trade got here as much as me and mentioned, we’ll settle for something you say. However you will need to by no means say you’re not a part of cinema once more. I apologise to all of them,” he mentioned, including, “I additionally gained’t betray my followers anymore. I’ll undoubtedly come again. Your happiness, your kindness, your generosity, I plan to return as Ponniyin Selvan or Karathey Babu. To all those that gave me this confidence, I bow my head in gratitude.”
When Ravi Mohan introduced break from movies
Ravi married Aarti, the daughter of producer Sujatha Vijayakumar, in 2009. He introduced his separation in 2024 after 15 years of marriage. Whereas singer-healer Keneeshaa’s identify was linked to him on the time, the 2 initially maintained they have been pals. In 2025, they attended a marriage collectively in matching gold outfits, making their relationship official.
In Could this yr, Keneeshaa was known as out for allegedly making an objectionable remark towards Aarti. She later give up social media and hinted at a breakup with Ravi. Put up that, the actor held a press meet and mentioned, “I entered into marriage towards my dad and mom’ will. I’m paying the value now for doing that,” asserting a break.
Ravi Mohan on turning director
In an interview with Hindustan Instances in September 2024, Ravi Mohan, who was earlier referred to as Jayam Ravi, had spoken about wanting to provide and direct movies, “I need to produce a movie with my son Aarav and introduce him to cinema on the proper time. That’s the dream I’ve. After I acted with him in Tik Tik Tik six years in the past, I had acknowledged on stage on the success meet that that had been the happiest day of my life. I’m ready for that day once more.”
