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P. Ravi Shankar
Born
Ravi Shankar Pudipeddi

Andhra Pradesh
Other namesArmuga Ravi
Bommali Ravi Shankar
Sai Ravi
Kempegowda Ravi Shankar
Occupation(s)Actor, dubbing artist, writer, director
Years active1986–present
RelativesP. J. Sarma (father)
Sai Kumar (brother)
Aadi (nephew)

P. Ravi Shankar (born Pudipeddi Ravi Shankar Sarma) also known as Kempegowda Ravi or 'Armuga Ravishankar[2] or Bommali Ravi Shankar or Sai Ravi[3] is an Indian film actor, dubbing artist, director and writer. He is the most sought after and the busiest leading supporting actor in the Kannada Film Industry, who rose to fame from 2011 blockbuster Kempegowda starring super star Sudeep.[4][5][6] He has also acted in a few Telugu and Tamil films. He dubbed for over 2600 films with more than 1000 films each in Telugu and Tamil languages.[7] He dubbed for over 150 films each in Kannada and Malayalam films. He is the brother of popular Indian actor Sai Kumar (Kannada actor).[7] He won nine Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Awards for Best Male Dubbing Artist and one Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist. He made his directorial debut with the Kannada film Durgi in 2002. He also worked as a dialogue writer and penned dialogues for over 75 Telugu films and 150 Tamil films. He also worked as a playback singer for films such as Rakta Charitra and Bejawada.[8] He won his first Filmfare Award for his performance in the film Kempe Gowda that gave him a big break in his acting career.[9]

Personal life

Ravi grew up as a child in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Ravi's mother Krishna Jyothi is a Kannada actress who acted with Kannada thespian Dr.Rajkumar and others in films like Sri Krishna Garudi, Makkala Rajya and others. Ravi's father P.J. Sharma was also an actor and dubbing artist who worked in many Telugu, Kannada and Tamil films. His elder brother Sai Kumar entered in film industry as dubbing artist and became a very successful actor in Kannada later.[7] He is married to a Punjabi woman, Suchil Ravi Shankar and the couple has one son named Adhvey Shankar.[7] Ravishankar is all set to launch Adhvey as a hero in his own directorial film in Kannada.[10]

Career

Ravi Shankar made his film debut as a lead actor in 1986 with R. Narayana Murthy's film Aalochinchandi.[7] He later was seen in vital roles in films such as Madhura Nagarilo and Keechurallu. With no more offers, Ravi took hiatus from acting and re-entered as a villain in 2001 with Gopi Chand's debut film Tholi Valapu. His acting and dubbing were immensely praised by the critics but the film failed at the box office.[11] Lack of success in his acting career forced him to pursue dubbing as a profession similar to his father and brother. He started dubbing professionally with the Telugu film Rowdyism Zindabad, where he dubbed for Tamil actor Mohan Raj.[7] 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 and Pradeep Rawat etc.[12] He dubbed for over 4000 films with more than 1000 films each in Telugu and Tamil and over 150 films each in Kannada and Malayalam.[12] In 2002, 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.[13] The film was heavily criticised and bombed at the box office.[14]

His dubbing work in the 2009 film Arundhati, where he voiced for Sonu Sood was praised by the critics and became very popular with the audience.[15] He won a Nandi award for his performance and was referred to as 'Bommali Ravi Shankar' by the media there after.[16]

In a very recent Kannada Tv show called Weekend with Ramesh on Zee Kannada Channel, Ravishankar said that even after his very successful career in the dubbing field, Ravishankar was extremely frustrated in life to fulfill his and his mothers dream of becoming a successful actor and he had to wait for as long as 25 years for that to happen. The biggest break in his career was when he portrayed the character of a criminal named "Armuga" in the 2011 mega Blockbuster hit Kannada film Kempe Gowda with super star Sudeep. The film became so popular, that Ravishankar was hence called 'Kempegowda Ravishankar' or 'Arumugam Ravishankar' and he grew to become the household name in Karnataka. His performance was not only widely praised by the critics[17] but he also bagged his dream Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Kannada at the 59th Filmfare Awards South.[9] Ravi Shankar on the TV show continued by saying that his mother couldn't see his success since she expired in 2006 and his break happened in 2011.

Ravi Shankar, after Kempegowda, became the top most and the busiest supporting actor in the Kannada Film Industry and went on to become a house hold name in Karnataka.[4][5][6] He then acted in super hit films like Manikya, Dandupalya, Adhyaksha, Charulatha, Bachchan, Edegarike, Varadanayaka and others. He was also seen in Telugu films such as Kurradu and Happy Happy Gaa and in Tamil films such as Vettaikaaran and Kollaikaran.[18]

Popularity in Kannada and Fans

After the very successful Kempegowda that gave Ravishankar a huge break in his career, he went on to act in 60 Kannada films in just 4 years and became the busiest and the most sought after actors in Kannada. He has acted in a lot of super hit Kannada films since then. His popularity in Karnataka grew so much that he became a house hold name in the state. Ravishankar in every film is welcomed by whistles and claps by his Kannada fans[10]

It is very common for fans to build fans associations for film stars. Ravishankar's popularity as a supporting actor in Kannada grew to an extent where he has a lot of fans associations across Karnataka. Fans flong to his house in Bengaluru on his birthdays like it happens for a big hero.[10][10] One of his biggest fans associations in Bengaluru is called 'Akhila Karnataka Sakalakalavallabha Ravishankar Abhimanigala Sangha[19][20]

Ravishankar in the recent Zee Kannada show 'Weekend with Ramesh', said that it was his mothers all time dream and his 25 years of dream to become a successful actor one day and my mother is now not here to see my success. He went on to say that he was extermely frustrated even after 'Arundhati', of not being able to become a popular actor and he said that Karnataka was one state that fulfilled his dream and that he would always be indebted to the state and will always give the Kannada industry first preference. He also said, 'Telugu might be my mother tongue but Kannada is my language of life and I will proudly call myself a Kannadiga'.

Awards

He 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 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.

2015-SIIMA AWARD for best actor in a Negative Role -Maanikya

Partial filmography

As actor

Year Title Role(s) Language Notes
1979 Gorintaku Telugu Debut Child Artist
1981 Saptapadi Telugu
1986 Aalochinchandi Telugu Debut film
1991 Madhura Nagarilo Telugu
1991 Keechurallu Telugu
1993 Allari Priyudu Telugu
2001 Tholi Valapu Kailash Telugu
2009 Kurradu Satya Telugu
2009 Vettaikaaran Chella Vedanayagam Tamil Dubbed in Telugu as Puli Veta
2010 Happy Happy Gaa Suri Telugu
2011 Kote Katari Kannada
2011 Kempe Gowda Armugam Kannada Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Kannada
2011 Udhayan Appu Tamil
2011 Bodinayakanur Ganesan Thiruvaachi Tamil credited as Sai Ravi
2011 Dandam Dashagunam Tamate Shiva Kannada
2012 Kollaikaran Nagendran Tamil
2012 Shakti Kannada Dubbed in Telugu as Bommali
Nominated, SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role
2012 Chaarulatha Samiyar Tamil/Kannada Dubbed in Malayalam and Telugu
2012 Dandupalya Chalapathi Kannada
2012 Dhamarukam Andhakasura Telugu
2012 Edegarike Police Inspector J. Nayak Kannada
2012 Yaare Koogadali Kannada
2011 Aadhi Bhagavan Tamil
2013 Varadanayaka Section Shankar Kannada Nominated, SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role
2013 Myna Kannada
2013 Topiwala Sarkaar Kannada
2013 Dilwala Devaraj Kannada
2013 Bachchan Jayaraj Kannada
2013 Ramayya Vasthavayya Main Villain Telugu
2013 Victory Mafia Kannada
2014 Gharshane Kannada
2014 Huchudugaru Maari Gowda Kannada
2014 Maanikya Beera Kannada SIIMA Award for Best Actor in a Negative Role
2014 Adyaksha Shivarudre Gowda Kannada
2015 Shivam Amanulla Khan Kannada
2015 Abhinetri Betageri Gangaraju Kannada
2015 Raja Rajendra Bottle Mani Kannada
2015 Rudra Tandava Narasimha Reddy Kannada
2015 Indru Netru Naalai Kuzhandaivelu Tamil
2015 Aatagara Inspector Ravi Gowda Kannada
2015 RX Soori Kannada
2015 Luv U Alia Zulfi Kannada
2015 Plus Rankasura Kannada
2015 Mana Mechida Bangaru Kannada
2015 Rathavara Manikantha Kannada
2015 Masterpiece Boss (Drug Mafia Don) Kannada
2016 Kathe Chitrakathe Nirdeshana Puttanna Kannada
2016 Viraat Surender Singh Kannada
2016 Bhale Jodi Gejje Kesari Kannada
2016 Doddmane Hudga Kannada Filming
2016 Mungaru Male 2 Kannada Filming
2016 Jigarthanda Kannada Filming

As dubbing artist

Year Title Dubbed for Language Notes
1992 Antham Salim Ghouse Telugu
1997 Hitler Prakash Raj Telugu
1999 Prema Katha Manoj Bajpai Telugu Nandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist
1999 Oke Okkadu Raghuvaran Telugu
2000 Azad Raghuvaran Telugu
2002 Indra Mukesh Rishi Telugu Nandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist
2002 Dhill Ashish Vidyarthi Tamil Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist
2003 Simhadri Nassar
Mukesh Rishi		 Telugu
2003 Veede Sayaji Shinde Telugu
2004 Shankar Dada MBBS Paresh Rawal Telugu
2004 Venky Ashutosh Rana Telugu
2004 Sye Pradeep Rawat Telugu Nandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist
2005 Athadu Sonu Sood
Charan Raj
Rahul Dev		 Telugu
2006 Pokiri Nassar
Ashish Vidyarthi		 Telugu Nandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist
2006 Vikramarkudu Vineet Kumar
Ajay		 Telugu
2007 Athidhi Murali Sharma
Ashish Vidyarthi		 Telugu Nandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist
2008 Jalsa Mukesh Rishi Telugu
2009 Arundhati Sonu Sood Telugu Nandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist
2009 Anjaneyulu Sonu Sood
Nasser		 Telugu Nandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist
2012 Only Vishnuvardhana Sonu Sood Kannada
2012 Julayi Sonu Sood Telugu Nandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist
2013 Mirchi Sathyaraj Telugu Nandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist
2014 Race Gurram Shaam, Ravi Kishan and Mukesh Rishi Telugu
2015 Baahubali: The Beginning Sathyaraj Telugu

As director

Year Title Actor(s) Language Notes
2004 Durgi Malashri, Avinash Kannada

As singer

Year Album Song Language Notes
2003 Santhosha Vaanile "Enuyire Enuyire" Tamil
2006 Mohini 9886788888 "Just Say Hai" Kannada
2010 Rakta Charitra – I "Thudilenidhi" Telugu
2010 Rakta Charitra – II "Kondani Dee" Telugu
2010 Raththa Sarithiram "Manidham Yendra" Tamil
2011 Kempe Gowda "Shankara" Kannada
2012 Varadanayaka "Rudram Pralaya" Kannada
2012 Bejawada "Aigiri Nandini" Telugu

References

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  2. ^ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mx8HMQtOELY
  3. ^ "His Master's Voice". The Hindu. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  4. ^ a b http://www.chitraloka.com/profiles/2325-ravishankar-tough-specimen-of-non-hero-cult.html
  5. ^ a b http://www.ytalkies.com/sandalwood-film-news/its-fifty-for-ravi-shankar
  6. ^ a b http://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/Sudeep-is-demanding-says-P-Ravi-Shankar/articleshow/34355752.cms
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  12. ^ a b "Ravi Shankar Profile". Chithr. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  13. ^ "Narasimhudu Telugu Movie Review". Idlebrain. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  14. ^ B, Anuradha. "Narasimhudu is a dud!". Rediff. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
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  18. ^ "Vettaikkaran's villain speaks out". Indiaglitz. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
  19. ^ http://www.cinecircle.in/cinema_news/Ravishankar_241114.html
  20. ^ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hpdtJ4kAu2c
  21. ^ "Ravishankar won the Best Actor in a Negative Role". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 October 2012.

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