Ravi Babu

Ravi Babu is an Indian actor, director and producer in the Telugu film industry. He has directed 12 films, produced five, acted in some of them and written all of them. As an actor, he has starred in over 75 films in varied roles as villain, comedian, and comedic villain.[1]

Ravi Babu
Born
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
OccupationActor, director, producer, writer
Years active2000-present
Spouse(s)Tanuja
Parent(s)Chalapathi Rao
Websiteravibabu.com

Early life

He is the son of veteran Telugu film actor Chalapathi Rao and is the eldest of three siblings. His primary schooling was at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan in Chennai and he later studied English Literature at the Presidency College, Chennai. He graduated with an MBA from the Symbiosis International University, Pune. He later took an off-beat offer of working as a production assistant to an ace advertising film-maker.

Career

Early career

As an assistant to Rajiv Menon Babu had to carry lenses, cameras and boxes. Within a few months, he was promoted as an assistant director and an assistant cameraman. Six months later, Babu enrolled in an advanced cinematography course at the Film and Television Workshops in Rockport, Maine, but quit shortly. He was offered a job as a cameraman by the India Broadcasting Network in New York. On the job he picked up editing as a skill. His work caught the attention of some executives at Sony and they invited him to do a course at the Sony Institute in San Jose, California. After the course, Babu did a short stint at TV Asia as ENG producer and also doubled up as cameraman and editor.[2]

Babu's return to India saw producer D. Ramanaidu and director E. V. V. Satyanarayana offer him films, for acting. Acting in movies out of Hyderabad and Bangalore, he kept in touch with his primary passion of film making through advertising. He was directing television commercials for the production house Autumncart. In 1999, he started his own production house, Flying Frogs, initially to produce television commercials, but would later become a feature film production house.[3]

Actor

Babu's first films were Maavidakulu, directed by E. V. V. Satyanarayana and Sivayya, produced by D. Ramanaidu, where he played a main villain in both the movies, these were major blockbusters at the box office and offers started pouring in for Ravi Babu as the bad guy. He went on to act in more than 75 films with films like Murari, Anasuya, Yavarum Nalam, Dochay Swamy Ra Ra and Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu, fetching critical acclaim.

Director, writer and producer

In 2002, Babu launched himself as a film-director. His first Tollywood film was Allari, which was shot in 45 days on a shoestring budget. The film had a coming-of-age theme and a host of new faces for the cast, Babu created funny urban imagery with colourful visuals and commendable performances by many first-timers set to foot-tapping music by Paul J. Allari, it was released on 10 May 2002, and it was distributed by Suresh Films.

Babu started work on Ammayilu Abbayilu with more mature actors like Sonu Sood, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, and technicians like Chakri and Marthand K. Venkatesh. The film turned out to be a musical success at the box office. Ammayilu Abbayilu was released on 30 January 2003. Soggadu is Babu's third film starring the romantic pair Tarun and Aarthi Agarwal. Suresh Babu produced the film, which brought in bigger budgets. The film got good reviews in Tollywood, but received mixed success at the box office. Soggadu was later re-made into Hindi by Rajkumar Santoshi as Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani.

In 2006, Babu made Party, a film that revolved around ambitious corporate executives who are dreaming up billion-dollar silicon valley ventures that will become the next Microsoft and Google. The film's release coincided with the rise of India as the new IT hub and was well received at the multiplexes. In 2007, he made Anasuya, a suspense-crime thriller with a story line of a lady journalist who is following the trail of a macabre serial killer who is stealing body organs of his victims. The film was remade in Kannada and Malayalam.

In 2009, Babu found producer Ramoji Rao of Ushakiran Movies, who backed him in a family-based romantic entertainer – Nachavule. The film picked up three Nandi Awards. also 2009 saw the release of another thriller Amaravathi, in which Babu returned to the genre of crime and suspense with Bhumika Chawla, Sneha and Taraka Ratna.

In 2010, Babu directed Manasara, a love story set against the backdrop of Kerala with action based on the ancient martial art of Kalaripayattu. The film had writers Parachuri brothers pen dialogues and a screenplay by Satyanand. Prakash Babu Kadiyala produced the film set in the sylvan surroundings of Kerala.

In 2011, Babu made another college-oriented entertainer – Nuvvila, produced again by Ramoji Rao, which released on 3 November 2011. The film introduced Yami Gowtham, a Bollywood model and a number of youngsters in roles that largely reflected the dilemmas of modern-age youth.

In 2012, Babu made another out of the box film with Avunu (Yes!). It was a spooky thriller where an unseen ghostly presence loomed large over the heroine, Poorna (Shamna Kasim).

In 2014, Babu teamed up with Allari Naresh to create a comic story Laddu Babu. It shows Naresh as a morbidly obese youth with a tender heart. The film won critical acclaim, but got a mixed response at the box office. In 2015, Ravi Babu returned with a sequel to Avunu, titled Avunu 2.

Advertising career

Babu wrote and directed an advertising campaign with actress Tamannah for Celkon phones. He also created an advertising campaign for Chandrababu Naidu, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for the last election.[4][5]

Personal life

Ravi Babu is married to Tanuja, a school teacher. They have two children and live in Hyderabad.

Filmography

As director
No Year Film Actors Language Awards ref
12002AllariAllari Naresh, Swetha Agrawal, NilambariTelugu[6]
22003Ammayilu AbbayiluVijay, Mohit, Sonu Sood, DevinaTelugu[7]
32005SoggaduTarun , Arti AgarwalTelugu[8]
42006PartyAllari Naresh, Shashank, Madhu Sharma, BrahmanandamTelugu[9]
52007AnasuyaAbbas, Bhoomika Chawla, Nikitha, Ravi BabuTelugu[10]
62008NachavuleTanish, Maadhavi LathaTeluguNandi Award for Best Supporting Actress - Raksha
Nandi Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Geetha Madhuri
Nandi Award for Best Female Dubbing Artist - R Haritha		[11][12][13][14][15]
72009AmaravathiSneha, Bhumika Chawla, Sindhura Gadde, Taraka RatnaTeluguNandi Award for Best Villain - Taraka Ratna
Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer - Sudhakar Reddy		[16][17]
82010ManasaraSri Divya, Bhanu Chander, George Vincent, RamarajuTelugu[18]
92011NuvvilaHavish, Ajay, Yami Gautam, Vijay Deverakonda, Prasad BarveTelugu[19]
102012AvunuHarshvardhan Rane, Poorna, Ravi BabuTelugu[20]
112014Laddu BabuAllari Naresh, Bhumika Chawla, Poorna, Kota Srinivasa RaoTelugu[21]
122015Avunu 2Harshvardhan Rane, Poorna, Ravi Babu, SanjjanaaTelugu
132018AdhugoRavi BabuTelugu
142019AaviriRavi BabuTelugu

As actor
YearTitleRoleNotes
1998MaavidaakuluMuddu Krishna
Pellaadi Choopista
Love Story 1999
Tholi PremaVillain
1999SultanNoor
Neti Gandhi
2000VamshoddharakuduAshok
Chala Bagundi
Jayam ManaderaRavindra Naidu
2001MurariBulabbayyi
2003Ammayilu Abbayilu
Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu
Simhadri
2004Pallakilo Pelli Kooturu
NenunnanuWaltair Ravi
NaaniSatyam's son
Adavi Ramudu
2006PartyJames
2007Madhumasam
Aata
LakshyamPawan
Tulasi
Anasuya"Gulabi Puvvu" Govind
2008SwagatamPadmakar Mudumba
KalidasuPolice Officer
VictoryLaxman Rao
Brahmanandam Drama Company
2009Nachchav Alludu
AmaravathiVenkat
2010Prateeroju
Manasara...
2011Mayagaadu
Anaganaga O DheeruduSudigundam
2012AvunuCaptain Raju
Racha
2013Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle ChettuGoodu Raju
Mr. Pellikoduku
Gundello GodariDora Babu
Swamy Ra RaDurga Prasad
Anthaka Mundu Aa TarvathaSridhar
Prema Oka Maikam
2015Avunu 2Captain Raju
DohchayCI Richard
Thanu Nenu
2016DictatorDirector
SavitriDora Babu
Eedo Rakam Aado RakamAadi Narayana
TrivikramanTrivikraman

Tamil

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