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P. Ravi Shankar | |
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.jpg) P. Ravishankar in 2023 Kannada filmGaradi | |
| Born | Pudipeddi Ravi Shankar (1966-11-28)28 November 1966 (age 59) |
| 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) Ayyappa P. Sharma(brother) Aadi(nephew) |
Pudipeddi Ravi Shankar (born 28 November 1966), also known asSai Ravi,[2] is an Indianactor,dubbing artist, director and a writer. As an actor, he predominantly appears inKannada films, in addition toTelugu andTamil 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]
Son of the actorP. J. Sarma and the younger brother of actorSai Kumar,[1] Ravi Shankar made his directorial debut with the Kannada filmDurgi in 2004. Shankar worked as a dialogue writer, writing dialogues for over 75 Telugu films and its Tamil counterparts. He also worked as a playback singer for Telugu films, such asRakta Charitra andBejawada.[4] He gained recognition for his role in the 2011 Kannada filmKempe Gowda,[5][6] for which he won theFilmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Kannada.[7]
P. Ravi Shankar was born toTelugu parents inChennai,Tamil Nadu. Ravi Shankar's mother, Krishna Jyothy Pudipeddi, was a Telugu actress, who acted withKannada thespianDr. Rajkumar and others in films such asSri Krishna Garudi,Makkala Rajya and others. Ravi Shankar's father,Pudipeddi Jogeswara Sharma, was also an actor and dubbing artist who worked in manyTelugu,Kannada andTamil films. His elder brother,Pudipeddi Sai Kumar entered the film industry as a dubbing artist and later became an actor in theKannada Film Industry.[1]
Shankar is married to Suchil, aPunjabi 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]
P. Ravi Shankar made his film debut as a lead actor in 1986 withR. Narayana Murthy's Telugu filmAalochinchandi.[1] He was later seen in supporting roles in films such asMadhura Nagarilo andKeechurallu. With no more offers, Ravi took a hiatus from acting and re-entered as a villain in 2001 withGopi Chand's debut filmTholi 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 filmRowdyism Nasinchali, where he dubbed for Tamil actorMohan Raj.[1] He continued to dub for many character artists from other languages such asRaghuvaran, Mohan Raj,Devaraj,Charan Raj,Captain Raju,Nassar,Ashish Vidyarthi,Prakash Raj,Ashutosh Rana,Sonu Sood,Mukesh Rishi,Upendra andPradeep 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 titledDurgi, starringMalashri. The film was later remade in Telugu asNarasimhudu, starringN. T. Rama Rao Jr.,Ameesha Patel andSameera Reddy. Ravi provided the story for the film which was directed byB. Gopal.[11] The film was heavily criticized and bombed at the box office.[12]
His dubbing work in the 2009 filmArundhati, where he voiced forSonu Sood, was praised in a review ofIdlebrain.[13] He won theNandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist for his performance in the film and was referred to as "Bommali Ravi Shankar" by the Telugu media.[14]
His breakthrough role was from the 2011 Kannada filmKempe 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.[15]
Ravi Shankar, afterKempe Gowda, became a busy supporting actor in theKannada cinema.[16] He then acted in films such asManikya,Dandupalya,Adhyaksha,Charulatha,Bachchan,Edegarike,Varadanayaka and others. He was also seen in Telugu films such asKurradu andHappy Happy Ga and in Tamil films such asVettaikaaran andKollaikaran.[17]
He won his firstNandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist in 1999 forRam Gopal Varma'sPrema Katha. He dubbed forManoj Bajpai in the film. He won his second Nandi Award in 2002 forChiranjeevi'sIndra, in which he dubbed forMukesh Rishi. His next Nandi Award was in 2004 for his dubbing inS. S. Rajamouli'sSye. He dubbed forPradeep Rawat in the film. He won four consecutive Nandi Awards from 2006 to 2009 for the filmsPokiri,Athidhi,Arundhati andAnjaneyulu respectively. He also wonTamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist for his dubbing forAshish Vidyarthi in 2001 filmDhill.
