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Ravi Babu

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Ravi Babu
Born
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupations
  • Actor
  • director
  • producer
  • writer
Years active1998-present
ParentChalapathi Rao (father)
Websiteravibabu.com

Ravi Babu is an Indian actor, director, writer, and producer in Telugu cinema. He has written 13 films and directed 16. He has acted in roughly 67 films in his career.

Personal life and career

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His father is actor Chalapathi Rao.[1] Babu was invited to participate in a course at the Sony Institute in San Jose, California. After the course, he did a short stint at TV Asia as an ENG producer and also worked as a cameraman and editor.[2]

In 1999, he started his own production house, Flying Frogs, initially to produce television commercials, but it later became a feature film production house.[2]

Babu wrote and directed an advertising campaign with actress Tamannaah for Celkon phones. He also created an advertising campaign for N. Chandrababu Naidu, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, for the 2014 elections. Over the years, Ravi Babu, through his film production company, Flying Frogs, has closely collaborated and worked with the late Ramoji Rao's ETV network, and Daggubati Suresh's Suresh Productions.

Filmography

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Key
† Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released
  • All films are in Telugu except otherwise noted.

As director, writer and producer

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Main article: Flying Frogs
Films directed
Year Title Director Producer Writer Actor Ref.
2002 Allari Yes Yes Screenplay No [3]
2003 Ammayilu Abbayilu Yes No Screenplay Yes [4]
2005 Soggadu Yes No Screenplay No [5]
2006 Party Yes No Story Yes [6]
2007 Anasuya Yes Yes Story Yes [7]
2008 Nachavule Yes No Story, dialogues No [8]
2009 Amaravathi Yes No Story Yes [9][10]
2010 Manasara Yes No Story No [11]
2011 Nuvvila Yes No Story Yes [12]
2012 Avunu Yes Yes Yes Yes [13]
2014 Laddu Babu Yes No Story No [14]
2015 Avunu 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes [15]
2018 Adhugo Yes Yes Yes Yes [16][17]
2019 Aaviri Yes Yes Yes Yes [18][19]
2021 Crrush Yes Yes Yes No [20]
2023 Asalu No Yes Yes Yes
2024 Rush No No Yes Yes

As actor

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Films and roles
Year Title Role Notes
1998 Maavidaakulu Muddu Krishna
Sivayya
Pellaadi Choopista
Mangalyam Tantunanena Kannada film
Love Story 1999
Tholi Prema Villain
1999 Habba Seetha's second brother Kannada film
Sultan Noor
Neti Gandhi
2000 Vamshoddharakudu Ashok
Chala Bagundi Rapist
Durgada Huli Kannada film
Mahatma Kannada film
Jayam Manadera Ravindra Naidu
2001 Murari Bulabbayyi
2003 Ammayilu Abbayilu
Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu
Simhadri
2004 Pallakilo Pellikoothuru Dubai Babu
Nenunnanu Waltair Ravi
Naani Satyam's son
Adavi Ramudu
2006 Party James
Annavaram Police Inspector
2007 Madhumasam
Aata
Lakshyam Pawan
Tulasi
Anasuya "Gulabi Puvvu" Govind
2008 Swagatam Padmakar Mudumba
Kalidasu Police Officer
Victory Laxman Rao
Brahmanandam Drama Company
2009 Yavarum Nalam Inspector Shiva Bilingual film; Tamil version
Nachchav Alludu
Amaravathi Venkat
2010 Prateeroju
Manasara...
2011 Mayagadu
Anaganaga O Dheerudu Sudigundam
2012 Avunu Captain Raju
Racha Bellary's assistant
2013 Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu Goodu Raju
Mr. Pellikoduku
Gundello Godari Dora Babu
Swamy Ra Ra Durga Prasad
Anthaka Mundu Aa Tarvatha Sridhar
Prema Oka Maikam
2014 Alludu Seenu Peda Prasad
Eduruleni Alexander
2015 Avunu 2 Captain Raju
Dohchay CI Richard
Thanu Nenu
2016 Dictator Director
Savitri
Eedo Rakam Aado Rakam Aadi Narayana
Selfie Raja Mams
Trivikraman Trivikraman
2021 Thimmarusu Varaha Murthy
Raja Raja Chora William Reddy
2022 Anukoni Prayanam Sub-inspector
2023 Asalu Ranjith Rao
Changure Bangaru Raja Gateelu
2024 The Family Star Loan shark
Rush Siva Also writer
Swag Chinnayana
2025 Coffee with a Killer

References

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  1. ^ "Chalapathi Rao, Telugu Legend & Ravi Babu's Dad, Dies at 78; Pawan Kalyan, Allari Naresh Mourn Loss". News18.
  2. ^ a b "Interview with Ravi Babu by Jeevi". idlebrain. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Interview with Ravi Babu by Jeevi". idlebrain.com. 26 April 2002. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Guys and gals sans spice". Thehindu.com. 3 February 2003. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Soggadu". Sify. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Reviews : Movie Reviews". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  7. ^ Rajamani, Radhika (21 December 2007). "Bhoomika shines in Anasuya". Rediff.com.
  8. ^ "Telugu Movie review - Nachavule!". idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
  9. ^ G. V, Ramana. "Amaravathi film review". idlebrain.com. Idlebrain. Archived from the original on 7 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Nandi Awards of Year 2009". greenmangos.net. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
  11. ^ "Telugu Movie review - Manasara". idlebrain. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  12. ^ "Telugu Movie review - Nuvvila". idlebrain.com. Archived from the original on 26 December 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  13. ^ "Avunu movie review". NDTV movies. 29 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012.
  14. ^ "Laddu Babu movie review". The Times of India. Times of India. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  15. ^ "Avunu 2: Predictable old fare". 3 April 2015 – via www.thehindu.com.
  16. ^ "Adhugo Movie Review". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  17. ^ Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (9 November 2018). "Adhugo: Neither funny nor cute". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  18. ^ Arikatla, Venkat (1 November 2019). "Aaviri Movie Review{1.5/5}: Thrills Gone in Thin Air". greatandhra.com. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  19. ^ Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (2 November 2019). "'Aaviri' review: not enough horror here". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  20. ^ "Ravi Babu's Crrush will release on ZEE5 on THIS day". OTTPlay.
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