Pudipeddi Ravi Shankar (born 28 November 1966), also known as Sai Ravi,[2] is an Indian actor, dubbing artist, director and a writer. As an actor, he predominantly appears in Kannada films, in addition to Telugu and Tamil films. As a dubbing artist, he has dubbed for over 3500 films, with more than 1000 of those each in Telugu and Tamil, and over 150 in Kannada.[1][3]
P. Ravi Shankar | |
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.jpg) P. Ravishankar in 2023 Kannada film Garadi | |
| Born | Pudipeddi Ravi Shankar 28 November 1966 |
| Other names | Armuga Ravi Bommali Ravi Shankar Sai Ravi Kempegowda Ravi Shankar |
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| Years active | 1978–1981 (child artist) 1986–present |
| Works | Partial list |
| Spouse | Suchil |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent | P. J. Sarma (father) |
| Relatives | Sai Kumar (brother) Aadi (nephew) |
Son of the actor P. J. Sarma and the younger brother of actor Sai Kumar,[1] Ravi Shankar made his directorial debut with the Kannada film Durgi in 2004. Shankar worked as a dialogue writer, writing dialogues for over 75 Telugu films and its 150 Tamil counterparts. He also worked as a playback singer for Telugu films, such as Rakta Charitra and Bejawada.[4] He gained recognition for his role in the 2011 Kannada film Kempe Gowda,[5][6] for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Kannada.[7]
Early and personal life
editP. Ravi Shankar was born to Telugu parents in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Ravi Shankar's mother, Krishna Jyothy Pudipeddi, was a Telugu actress, who acted with Kannada thespian Dr. Rajkumar and others in films such as Sri Krishna Gadi, Makkala Rajya and others. Ravi Shankar's father, Pudipeddi Jogeswara Sharma, was also an actor and dubbing artist who worked in many Telugu, Kannada and Tamil films. His elder brother, Pudipeddi Sai Kumar entered the film industry as a dubbing artist and later became an actor in the Kannada Film Industry.[1]
Shankar is married to Suchil, a Punjabi woman, and the couple has a son, Adhvey.[1] In 2018, Ravi Shankar announced that he would launch Adhvey as an actor in his own directorial film in Kannada.[8]
Career
editP. Ravi Shankar made his film debut as a lead actor in 1986 with R. Narayana Murthy's Telugu film Aalochinchandi.[1] He was later seen in supporting roles in films such as Madhura Nagarilo and Keechurallu. With no more offers, Ravi took a hiatus from acting and re-entered as a villain in 2001 with Gopi Chand's debut film Tholi Valapu.[9] Lack of success in his acting career forced him to pursue dubbing as a profession like his father and brother. His first professional dub was the Telugu film Rowdyism Nasinchali, where he dubbed for Tamil actor Mohan Raj.[1] He continued to dub for many character artists from other languages such as Raghuvaran, Mohan Raj, Devaraj, Charan Raj, Captain Raju, Nassar, Ashish Vidyarthi, Prakash Raj, Ashutosh Rana, Sonu Sood, Mukesh Rishi, Upendra and Pradeep Rawat etc.[10] He dubbed for over 4000 films with more than 1000 films each in Telugu and Tamil and over 150 films in Kannada.[10] In 2004, he directed a Kannada film titled Durgi, starring Malashri. The film was later remade in Telugu as Narasimhudu, starring N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Ameesha Patel and Sameera Reddy. Ravi provided the story for the film which was directed by B. Gopal.[11] The film was heavily criticized and bombed at the box office.[12]
His dubbing work in the 2009 film Arundhati, where he voiced for Sonu Sood, was praised in a review of Idlebrain.[13] He won the Nandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist for his performance in the film and was referred to as "Bommali Ravi Shankar" by the Telugu media.[citation needed]
His breakthrough role was from the 2011 Kannada film Kempe Gowda. The film's popularity led to Ravishankar being called "Kempegowda Ravishankar" or "Arumugam Ravishankar" and he grew to become a household name in Karnataka. His performance was not only widely praised by the critics.[14]
Ravi Shankar, after Kempe Gowda, became a busy supporting actor in the Kannada cinema.[15] He then acted in films such as Manikya, Dandupalya, Adhyaksha, Charulatha, Bachchan, Edegarike, Varadanayaka and others. He was also seen in Telugu films such as Kurradu and Happy Happy Ga and in Tamil films such as Vettaikaaran and Kollaikaran.[16]
Partial filmography
editAwards and nominations
editHe won his first Nandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist in 1999 for Ram Gopal Varma's Prema Katha. He dubbed for Manoj Bajpai in the film. He won his second Nandi Award in 2002 for Chiranjeevi's Indra, in which he dubbed for Mukesh Rishi. His next Nandi Award was in 2004 for his dubbing in S. S. Rajamouli's Sye. He dubbed for Pradeep Rawat in the film. He won four consecutive Nandi Awards from 2006 to 2009 for the films Pokiri, Athidhi, Arundhati and Anjaneyulu respectively. He also won Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist for his dubbing for Ashish Vidyarthi in 2001 film Dhill.
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Interview with P Ravi Shankar". Idlebrain. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ "His Master's Voice". The Hindu. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ "Alitho Saradaga | 2nd March 2020 | Ravi Shankar | ETV Telugu" – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "Bommali Ravi Shankar – profile". Raaga. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ Ravishankar - Tough Specimen of Non-Hero Cult - chitraloka.com | Kannada Movie News, Reviews | Image. chitraloka.com (31 December 2012). Retrieved on 2017-10-03.
- ^ It's fifty for Ravi Shankar | Kannada Actor | Jigarthanda. Ytalkies.com (8 September 2015). Retrieved on 2017-10-03.
- ^ "Ravi Shankar receives the 'Best Supporting Actor-Male'". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ "I will be launching my son's career this year: Ravi Shankar". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ Bhashyam, Ajay. "Tholi Valapu Review". Full Hyderabad. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ a b "Ravi Shankar Profile". Chithr. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ "Narasimhudu Telugu Movie Review". Idlebrain. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ B, Anuradha. "Narasimhudu is a dud!". Rediff. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ "Telugu Movie review – Arundhati". Idlebrain. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
- ^ "Kempegowda Movie Review". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ Sudeep: Sudeep is demanding, says P Ravi Shankar. M.timesofindia.com (29 April 2014). Retrieved on 2017-10-03.
- ^ "Vettaikkaran's villain speaks out". IndiaGlitz. Archived from the original on 14 January 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ "Nandi Awards 1999". Retrieved 6 July 2020.
- ^ "Nandi Awards of year 2002". greenmangos.net. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ^ "Tamil Nadu announces film awards for three years". IndiaGlitz.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2004. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
- ^ "Nandi Awards of year 2006". greenmangos.net. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ^ "Nandi awards 2008 announced". idlebrain.com. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- ^ "Nandi Awards of Year 2009". greenmangos.net. Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- ^ "TN Govt. announces Tamil Film Awards for six years". The Hindu. 14 July 2017.
- ^ "Filmfare awards on July 7". The Times of India. 7 June 2012. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
- ^ "Ravishankar won the Best Actor in a Negative Role". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
- ^ "Nandi Awards: Here's the complete list of winners for 2012 and 2013". Hindustan Times. 1 March 2017.
- ^ "SIIMA Awards 2015 Tamil winners list". The Times of India. 16 January 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "63rd Filmfare Awards (Tamil): And The Nominees Are..." Filmibeat. 8 June 2016.
- ^ India, The Hans (14 November 2017). "AP Government announces Nandi Awards". www.thehansindia.com.
- ^ "Winners of the 65th Jio Filmfare Awards (South) 2018". Filmfare. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ "Nominations for the 66th Filmfare Awards (South) 2019". Filmfare. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.