Multiple Passion Disorder | Mr. Rajeev Ravindranathan | TEDxGlobalAcademy

Inspiration comes in all shapes and sizes. Mr. Rajeev Ravindranathan, a very vibrant speaker, began his session with a question ‘So what do you do?? He talks about the connotations the word do has and conveys. According to him, it opens up a plethora of activities or rather passions an individual possesses. He says that he is a man of multiple passions and urges everyone of the audience to ‘just explore their passions’, ‘not to forget to express their ideas’, do all the things necessary to change lives of themselves and others only to leave behind a positive thought and a hearty smile. He concludes his session by asking a question ‘What If?’ and tells the audience that instead of being ‘Jack of All & Master of None, lets be the Master of Being Jack’.’

Mr. Rajeev Ravindranathan is an Indian actor, born and brought up in Nigeria. He started his career as the Creative Director at Saatchi & Saatchi. He was the founder Director, Full Meals Creative Studio. He is currently the Director of People Design & Communication (India) Pvt. Ltd. He takes pride in calling himself a Filmmaker. Creative director. Actor. Problem solver, Opportunity bloodhound. Barbeque wizard. Beer fiend. Occasionally sane. He has appeared on screen as the senior bully in the film 3 Idiots (2009). He has also acted in English Vinglish and in a host of other movies which includes regional languages like tamil as well
Rajeev Ravindranathan, an actor in spirit, ad agency owner, film maker, comedian, armchair activist, writer, father, husband and quite often, all of these on the same day. He’s the Co-Founder / Director of Fullmeals Creative Studio, and Director - People Design and Communcations.. He’s a Creative strategist, script writer, film director and actor. His movie roles include ‘Ragging senior in 3 Idiots’, ‘Idly-loving Ramamurthy in English Vinglish’, ‘ABCD Gautam in Vettai’, ‘Journalist Rajeev in Shamitabh’ Girish in Waiting’.
Theatre being his passion, on stage Rajeev has earned acclaim for performances in plays like The God of Carnage, Owl and the Pussy cat, Zoo Story and Irvine Welsh's Filth, where he played 30 characters in a riveting one-man show. Rajeev is an All-in-One - A Filmmaker. A Creative director. An Actor. A Problem solver. An Opportunity bloodhound. A Barbeque wizard. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx