Initial career (1989–2001) He was working as a car cleaner for fight master
Super Subbarayan. Lawrence first appeared in a song in
Samsara Sangeetham a Tamil film in 1989 directed by T. Rajendran. Then he appeared in
Donga Police in 1991, also doing some dances with
Prabhu Deva. He was a background dancer in the song Chikku Bukku Chikku Bukku Railey in
Gentleman (1993). He subsequently directed and acted in
Style (2006) co-starring with
Prabhu Deva and featuring
Nagarjuna and
Chiranjeevi in guest roles.He got his breakthrough with
Muni (2007), a horror thriller film. Thereafter, he directed another film,
Don (2007). The film starring
Nagarjuna and
Anushka Shetty. Raghava acted in second roles and made the film depending only on style and technical aspects. The movie had an average response. Raghava continues to play in different categories films such as
Pandi (2008),
Rajadhi Raja (2009) and
Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam (2010).
Pandi was a moderate success, while
Rajadhi Raja was released to negative reviews, and
Irumbukkottai Murattu Singam was released to mixed reviews.
Later career (2011–present) He takes the series
Muni in
Kanchana (2011).
Sarath Kumar play in the main role. The movie was commercially successful. In 2012, he directed Telugu movie
Rebel starring
Prabhas and
Tamannaah. He acted in
Kanchana 2 (2015). In 2017, he starred in an action Masala film,
Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva.
Sify described the film as, "Crass, loud and brainless." Then another of genre horror
Shivalinga, remake a
Kannada language with the
same name directed by
P. Vasu.
Shakthi Vasudevan, son of director, also starred in the important role for two versions. The story is a cop investigating the suspicious death of a Muslim finds out that his own wife has become possessed by the young man's ghost. Raghava Lawrence is back with the fourth movie in the series –
Muni 4: Kanchana 3: Kaali (2019), with the new change being three heroines. The film has received a good collections at the box office. In 2020, he made his directorial debut in
Hindi cinema with film,
Laxmii, a remake of
Muni 2: Kanchana. On November 10, 2023, the movie
Jigarthanda DoubleX, featuring actors Raghava Lawrence and SJ Suryah in the lead roles, was released as a prequel to the original film,
Jigarthanda. On 14 April, 2024, it was announced that Lawrence will be starring in a film titled
Benz, directed by
Bakkiyaraj Kannan and written and produced by
Lokesh Kanagaraj,which was confirmed as a part of the
Lokesh Cinematic Universe in October 2024. ==Social work==