Ravi Agrawal (film producer)
Ravi Agrawal is a Hindi film producer, entrepreneur, and a book publisher. He has produced the Bollywood films like Fever, Radio – Love on Air, Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante and Handover.
Apart from producing Hindi films, he has also produced few films in Marathi, web-series, etc. His productions in Marathi include Akalpit, Salaam – The Salute and Mahasatta. Salaam – The Salute and Mahasatta have won many awards.
Background
Born on 20 August 1962, Ravi Agrawal had a deep interest in theatre since his college days. He directed several plays and dramas while studying. After completing his education he chose cinema as his career. He soon realised that a producer is a key person in the making of a quality film. Since 2004, he has been involved in the production of films, with his own share of success.
He also runs a publishing division 'Plus Ink', to encourage film literature; whose 1st published book 'I, Romantic', has received good reviews.
Career
Ravi Agrawal is a well-known producer in the Bollywood Industry. Bollywood is an India film industry where Indian movies are produced. Ravi Agrawal was born on 20 August 1962 in Mumbai. From childhood, he was having a great interest in Films. He use to watch lots of movies so, he decided to make a career in Film Industries.
He has completed his education in Lala Lajpatrai College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai. During his college days, he was always participating in lots of plays and dramas. He was also working as a Director in those plays and dramas. His passion and hardworking ability helped him to produce short films.
Lots of his short film was up to the mark letting him enter into Bollywood. Producing the short films has helped him to explore his calibre and increase his contacts. This makes Ravi Agrawal enter into Bollywood Industry.
He produced his first film in the year 2006. The first film was Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante which was a hit movie in the box office. The another movie was Radio: Love On Air was released in 2009. In this movie, Himesh Reshammiya was the leading superstar.
The another movie was Handover and Fever both were released in 2011 and 2016 respectively.
Career As Book Publisher: –
Ravi Agrawal is also known to be the Entrepreneur and Book Publisher. The name of his publishing firm is "Ravi Agrawal, Plus Ink". He has started his publishing division to help improve the film literature. He helped Rajeev Jhaveri who was the director of Fever(One of the movie produced by Ravi Agrawal) and writer to publish his first book called 'I, Romantic'. This book was related to a love story beyond romance and love. T
his book was first published on 28 April 2010. It was one of the best selling book in India. Today I, Romantic novel is been published all over the world.
Filmography
Since 2004, Mr. Agrawal's production banner Plus Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. has produced 9 films in Hindi and Marathi.
Marathi Movies
3 Marathi films, Akalpit,[1] Salaam – The Salute and Mahasatta,[2] all directed by award-winning director, Ramesh Laxman More[3][4] have been appreciated.
Akalpit, released in 2004, starring Avinash Narkar, Aishwarya Narkar, Pushkar Shrotri, Aditi Sarangdhar and Arun Nalawade, dealt with a bold theme about wife-swapping and extra-marital affairs.
Salaam – The Salute, released in 2005, featuring Meghan Jadhav in his debut child artist role, was the first to receive numerous awards and nominations.
| Year | Award | Category | Results |
| 2005 | Star Screen Awards | Best Film (Marathi) | Nominated |
| Best Actor (Male) | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor (Female) | Nominated | ||
| Best Director | Nominated | ||
| Zee Gaurav Puraskar | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | |
| Best Supporting Child Artist | Nominated | ||
| Sanskruti Kala Darpan Puraskar | Best Film | Won | |
| Best Director | Won | ||
| Best Child Artist | Won | ||
| Mata Samman | Best Child Artist | Won | |
| Govt of Maharashtra (State Award) | Best Child Artist | Won |
Mahasatta, a political drama revolving around worker unions, released in 2008, starring Arun Nalavade, Avinash Narkar, Milind Shinde, Ashwini Ekbote, Jyoti Subhash was a critically acclaimed film and was the official Indian entry at the following film festivals:
- International Film Festival of India (2008) in the Indian Panorama competition section
- Bengaluru International Film Festival (2009)
- International Film Festival of Kerala (2009)
Awards & Nominations:
| Year | Award | Category | Results |
| 2009 | V. Shantaram Awards | Best Story | Nominated |
| Sanskruti Kala Darpan Puraskar | Best Social Film | Won | |
| Jury Award – Best Actor | Won | ||
| Zee Gaurav Puraskar | Best Editing | Nominated | |
| Best Screenplay | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor | Nominated | ||
| Best Director | Nominated | ||
| Best Film | Nominated |
Hindi Movies
Mr. Agrawal's venture into Hindi cinema, Deadline: Sirf 24 Ghante, was a thriller film, starring Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rajit Kapur, Sandhya Mridul and Zakir Hussain, released in November 2006. This was followed by:
- Radio: Love on Air (2009) – Starring Himesh Reshammiya, Shenaz Treasury, Sonal Sehgal, Paresh Rawal, Zakir Hussain and Rajesh Khattar. It won the "Best Lyrics" category at Stardust Awards 2010
- Sale Upto 50% – Starring Vinod Sehrawat, Gita Soto, Urvashi Yadav, Zakir Hussain and Lekh Tandon.
- Handover (2011) – Starring Vikas Kumar, Prabhat Raghunandan and Nutan Sinha, It won critical appreciation.
- Benaras 1918: A love story (2013)[5][6] – Starring Om Puri, Yashpal Sharma, Virendra Saxena, Reshmi Ghosh, Upasana Singh
- Fever (2016) – Starring Rajeev Khandelwal, Ayesha Takia, Caterina Mourino, Gemma Atkinson and Victor Banerjee.
Short Films
Ravi Agrawal has also produced the short films which offer social message to the society. Ravi Agrawal is one of the finest in this work. He has produce two Short Films which is given below.
| Sr.No | Name of Short Films | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1) | SMS – A Short Films | 2011 |
| 2) | Aaj Mera Birthday Hai | 2014 |
References
- "Film on wife-swapping set for stormy debut". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- "Mahasatta Movie on Mi Marathi: Mahasatta Movie Schedule, Songs and Trailer Videos". in.com/. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- http://piffindia.com/CATLOUGE-PDF/MARATHI-CINEMA-TODAY.pdf
- Capture 101 TSAP (10 December 2015), National Award winning Film Maker Ramesh More inspires Capture101 Participants, retrieved 3 June 2017
- "Benaras 1918 – A Love Story Cast and Crew". Cochin Talkies. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
- "Benaras 1918 – A Love Story Movie 2013, Release Date, Benaras 1918 – A Love Story Rating, Cast, Review". altiusdirectory.com. Retrieved 3 June 2017.