Ravi Babu

Indian actor, director, producer, screenwriter

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Ravi Babu

Born|

Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India

Occupations|

* Actor
* director
* producer
* writer

Years active| 1998-present
Parent| Chalapathi Rao (father)
Website| ravibabu.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

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* 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.

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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

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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.

## External links

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* Ravi Babu at IMDb
* Ravi Babu on Instagram

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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)
* Adhugo (2018)
* Aaviri (2019)
* Crrush (2021)
* Asalu (2023)

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