Ramu Kariat wurde am 1 Februar 1928 in Indien geboren. Er war Regisseur und Autor, bekannt für Chemmeen (1965), Minnaminungu (1957) und Nellu (1974). Er starb am 10 Februar 1979 in Indien.
He debuted in films by co-directing Thiramala (1953) with Vimal Kumar/P.R.S. Pillai, and the path-breaking film Neelakkuyil in 1954 along with P. Bhaskaran. Neelakuyil was written by Uroob and starred Sathyan and Miss Kumari was a major commercial success. This film is considered as the first mature film in Malayalam due to the professional approach it had in direction, script, performances and music.
