Ravi Babu
Indian actor, director, producer, screenwriter
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Ravi Babu is an Indian actor, director, writer, and producer in Telugu cinema.
- Actor
- director
- producer
- writer
Ravi Babu | |
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| Born | Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India |
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| Years active | 1998-present |
| Parent | Chalapathi Rao (father) |
| Website | ravibabu |
Personal life and career
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
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
- All films are in Telugu except otherwise noted.
As film director
| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Allari | Also producer | [3] |
| 2003 | Ammayilu Abbayilu | [4] | |
| 2005 | Soggadu | [5] | |
| 2006 | Party | [6] | |
| 2007 | Anasuya | Also producer | [7] |
| 2008 | Nacchavule | [8] | |
| 2009 | Amaravathi | [9][10] | |
| 2010 | Manasara | [11] | |
| 2011 | Nuvvila | [12] | |
| 2012 | Avunu | [13] | |
| 2014 | Laddu Babu | [14] | |
| 2015 | Avunu 2 | Also producer | [15] |
| 2018 | Adhugo | [16][17] | |
| 2019 | Aaviri | [18][19] | |
| 2021 | Crrush | [20] | |
| 2025 | Yenugu Thondam Ghatikachalam | [21] | |
| 2026 | Razor |
As writer and producer
As actor
Telugu films
Other language films
| Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Mangalyam Tantunanena | Kannada | ||
| 1999 | Habba | Seetha's second brother | ||
| 2000 | Durgada Huli | |||
| Mahatma | ||||
| 2009 | Yavarum Nalam | Inspector Shiva | Tamil | Bilingual film; Tamil version[a] |