Ravi Babu

Ravi Babu Tammareddy

Born	Ravi Babu Tammareddy
Occupation	Actor, director, producer & writer
Years active	2000-present
Spouse(s)	Tanuja
Parent(s)	Chalapathi Rao
Website	http://ravibabu.com/

Ravi Babu (Telugu రవి బాబు) is an 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, comi-villain and garnered wide acclaim for his unique method of acting.

Early life

He is the son of veteran Telugu film actor Chalapathi Rao who is one of the most well-known actors in Telugu films and has acted in over 1200 films in a career span of 48 years. As a versatile actor, he has essayed many roles as a villain, comic villain, character actor.

Ravi Babu 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, also in Chennai. He graduated with an MBA from the Symbiosis International University, Pune. Ravi could have chosen a high-flying corporate job that would have given him all the perks a fresh MBA from a top university would get, but he gave that up to pursue his dream of film-making. So, he took an off-beat offer of working as a production assistant to ace advertising film-maker Rajiv Menon.

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 he started handling shoots independently and within a year he quit Rajiv Menon Productions to get more academic training in the United States.

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.

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 production house Autmncart. In 1999 he started his own production house, Flying Frogs, initially to produce television commercials but would later become a feature film production house.

Actor

Babu's first films were Chala Bagundi 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 (film), 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 fail was Allari which was shot in 45 days on a bootstrapping 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 was released on 10 May 2002, and it was distributed by Suresh Films who distributed it.

Babu started work on Ammayilu Abbayilu with more mature actors like Sonu Sood, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, and technicians like Chakri, 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 andAarthi 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 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 (Junior Asin).

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 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.

Personal life

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
1	2002	Allari	Allari Naresh, Swetha Agrawal, Nilambari	Telugu
2	2003	Ammayilu Abbayilu	Vijay, Mohit, Sonu Sood, Devina	Telugu
3	2005	Soggadu	Tarun , Arti Agarwal	Telugu
4	2006	Party	Allari Naresh, Shashank, Madhu Sharma, Brahmanandam	Telugu
5	2007	Anasuya	Abbas, Bhoomika Chawla, Nikitha, Ravi Babu	Telugu
6	2008	Nachavule	Tanish, Maadhavi Latha, Kasi Vishwanath	Telugu	Nandi Award for Best Supporting Actress - Raksha, Nandi Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Geetha Madhuri, Nandi Award for Best Female Dubbing Artist - R Haritha
7	2009	Amaravathi	Sneha, Bhumika Chawla, Sindhura Gadde, Taraka Ratna	Telugu	2009 - Nandi Award for Best Villain - Taraka Ratna, Nandi Award for Best Cinematographer - Sudhakar Reddy
8	2010	Manasara	Sri Divya, Bhanu Chander, George Vincent, Ramaraju	Telugu
9	2011	Nuvvila	Havish, Ajay, Yami Gautam, Vijay Sai, Prasad Barve	Telugu
10	2012	Avunu	Harshvardhan Rane, Poorna, Ravi Babu	Telugu
11	2014	Laddu Babu	Allari Naresh, Bhumika Chawla, Poorna, Kota Srinivasa Rao	Telugu
12	2015	Avunu 2	Harshvardhan Rane, Poorna, Ravi Babu, Sanjana	Telugu

As actor

Eedo Rakam Aado Rakam (2016)
Savitri (2016)
Dictator (2016)
Tanu Nenu (2015)
Ra Ra... Krishnayya (2015)
Dohchay (2015)
Avunu 2 (2015)
Alludu Seenu (2014)
Nagna Satyam (2014)
Rowdy (2014)
Prema Oka Maikam (2013)
Anthaka Mundu Aa Tarvatha (2013)
Swamy Ra Ra (2013)
Gundello Godari (2013)
Mr. Pellikoduku (2013)
Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu (2013)
Avunu (2012)
Racha (2012)
Eduru Leni Alexander (2012)
Mayagaadu (2011)
Anaganaga O Dheerudu (2011)
Manasara... (2010)
Prateeroju (2010)
Amaravathi (2009)
Nachchav Alludu (2009)
Brahmanandam Drama Company (2008)
Victory (2008)
Kalidasu (2008)
Swagatam (2008)
Anasuya (2007)
Tulasi (2007)
Lakshyam (2007)
Aata (2007)
Madhumasam (2007)
Party (2006)
Adavi Ramudu (2004)
Naani (2004)
Nenunnanu (2004)
Pallakilo Pelli Kooturu (2004)
Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu (2003)
Ammayilu Abbayilu (2003)
Murari (2001)
Jayam Manadera (2000)
Chala Bagundi (2000)
Vamshoddharakudu (2000)
Neti Gandhi (1999)
Sultan (1999)
Tholi Prema (1998)
Love Story 1999 (1998)
Pellaadi Choopista (1998)
Maavidaakulu (1998)

Tamil

Yavarum Nalam (2009)

Kannada

Durgada Huli (2000)
Habba (1999)

Box-Office

No	Year	Film	Distribution	Budget (In Rupees)	Box Office (In Rupees)
1	2002	Allari	Suresh Productions	8.4 Million	50 Million
2	2003	Ammayilu Abbayilu		2.25 Million	3 Million
3	2005	Soggadu	Suresh Productions	3 Million	5.1 Million
4	2006	Party		12.5 Million	10 Million
5	2007	Anasuya	Suresh Productions	19 Million	60 Million
6	2008	Nachavule	Mayuri	27.5 Million	75 Million
7	2009	Amaravathi		20 Million	25 Million
8	2010	Manasaara		7.5 Million	50 Million
9	2011	Nuvvila	Mayuri	30 Million	60 Million
10	2012	Avunu	Suresh Productions	10 Million	50 Million
11	2014	Laddu Babu		90 Million	75 Million
12	2015	Avunu Part 2	Suresh Productions	12.5 Million	60 Million

References

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External links

Ravi Babu at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Ravi Babu

Allari (2002) Ammayilu Abbayilu (2003) Soggadu (2005) Party (2006) Anasuya (2007) Nachavule (2008) Amaravathi (2009) Manasara... (2010) Nuvvila (2011) Avunu (2012) Laddu Babu (2014) Avunu 2 (2015)

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