Anil Ravipudi

Anil Ravipudi was born on 23 November 1982 in a Telugu family in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh. After completing B.Tech from Vignan college in 2005, Ravipudi joined as an assistant director to his uncle P. A. Arun Prasad. He then worked as a dialogue writer for films like Sankham (2009), Kandireega (2011) and co-wrote the script for films Masala (2013) and Aagadu (2014). Ravipudi worked with Santosh Srinivas in the latter's directorial debut Kandireega (2011) as a writer and wrote the script of Pataas.^[8]

Ravipudi later approached Nandamuri Kalyan Ram through a friend.^[9] After completing the writing, he again approached Kalyan Ram and both began working on the film.^[10] The film, which was also produced by Kalyan Ram, received positive reviews from critics and became successful at the box office.^[11] He continued to deliver hit films one after the other with Supreme (2016), Raja the Great (2017), F2 (2019), Sarileru Neekevvaru (2020), F3 (2022), and Bhagavanth Kesari (2023), with 4 of the films being produced by Dil Raju.

In 2025, he reunited with Raju and Venkatesh, after F2 and F3, on Sankranthiki Vasthunam, which released during Sankranthi 2025. Though it opened to mixed reviews, it went on to become a huge money spinner and became the highest-grossing comedy in Telugu cinema and the highest-grossing solo film for Venkatesh.