Ravi Babu
ParentsChalapathi Rao (father)
Birth placeVijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
OccupationActor · director · producer · writer
Years active1998-present
Websiteravibabu.com

Ravi Babu is an Indian actor, director, writer, and producer in Telugu cinema.

Personal life and career

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

  • All films are in Telugu except otherwise noted.

As film director

Films directed
YearTitleNotesRef.
2002AllariAlso producer[3]
2003Ammayilu Abbayilu[4]
2005Soggadu[5]
2006Party[6]
2007AnasuyaAlso producer[7]
2008Nacchavule[8]
2009Amaravathi[9][10]
2010Manasara[11]
2011Nuvvila[12]
2012Avunu[13]
2014Laddu Babu[14]
2015Avunu 2Also producer[15]
2018Adhugo[16][17]
2019Aaviri[18][19]
2021Crrush[20]
2025Yenugu Thondam Ghatikachalam[21]
2026Razor

As writer and producer

Main article: Flying Frogs
Films written or produced
YearTitleWriterProducerRef.
2023Asalu
2024Rush

As actor

Telugu films

Films and roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
1998MaavidaakuluMuddu Krishna
Sivayya
Pellaadi Choopista
Love Story 1999
Tholi PremaVillain
1999SultanNoor
Neti Gandhi
Hello...Yama!Ravi
2000VamshoddharakuduAshok
Chala BagundiRapist
Jayam ManaderaRavindra Naidu
2001MurariBulabbayyi
2003Ammayilu Abbayilu
Neeku Nenu Naaku Nuvvu
Simhadri
2004Pallakilo PellikoothuruDubai Babu
NenunnanuWaltair Ravi
NaaniSatyam's son
Adavi Ramudu
2006PartyJames
AnnavaramPolice Inspector
2007Madhumasam
Aata
LakshyamPawan
Tulasi
Anasuya"Gulabi Puvvu" Govind
2008SwagatamPadmakar Mudumba
KalidasuPolice Officer
VictoryLaxman Rao
Brahmanandam Drama Company
2009Nachchav Alludu
AmaravathiVenkat
2010Prateeroju
Manasara...
2011Mayagadu
Anaganaga O DheeruduSudigundam
2012AvunuCaptain Raju
RachaBellary's assistant
2013Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle ChettuGoodu Raju
Mr. Pellikoduku
Gundello GodariDora Babu
Swamy Ra RaDurga Prasad
Anthaka Mundu Aa TarvathaSridhar
Prema Oka Maikam
2014Alludu SeenuPeda Prasad
Ee Varsham Sakshiga
Eduruleni Alexander
2015Avunu 2Captain Raju
DohchayCI Richard
Thanu Nenu
2016DictatorDirector
Savitri
Eedo Rakam Aado RakamAadi Narayana
Selfie RajaMams
TrivikramanTrivikraman
2021ThimmarusuVaraha Murthy
Raja Raja ChoraWilliam Reddy
2022Anukoni PrayanamSub-inspector
Khudiram Bose (film)[22]Lawer
2023AsaluRanjith Rao
Changure Bangaru RajaGateelu
2024The Family StarLoan shark
RushSivaAlso writer
SwagChinnayana
2025Coffee with a Killer

Other language films

Other language films and roles
YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
1998Mangalyam TantunanenaKannada
1999HabbaSeetha's second brother
2000Durgada Huli
Mahatma
2009Yavarum NalamInspector ShivaTamilBilingual film; Tamil version[a]

References

  1. ^ "Chalapathi Rao, Telugu Legend & Ravi Babu's Dad, Dies at 78; Pawan Kalyan, Allari Naresh Mourn Loss". News18
  2. ^ "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". The Hindu. 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 18 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine. 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 25 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  12. ^ "Telugu Movie review - Nuvvila". idlebrain.com. Archived 26 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  13. ^ "Avunu movie review". NDTV movies. 29 September 2012. Archived 29 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ^ "Laddu Babu movie review". The Times of India. Times of India. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  15. ^ "Avunu 2: Predictable old fare". The Hindu. 3 April 2015.
  16. ^ "Adhugo Movie Review". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  17. ^ Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (2018-11-09). "Adhugo: Neither funny nor cute" (in en-IN). The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  18. ^ Arikatla, Venkat (2019-11-01). "Aaviri Movie Review{1.5/5}: Thrills Gone in Thin Air". greatandhra.com. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  19. ^ Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (2019-11-02). "'Aaviri' review: not enough horror here" (in en-IN). The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
  20. ^ "Ravi Babu's Crrush will release on ZEE5 on THIS day". OTTPlay
  21. ^ "Yenugu Thondam Ghatikachalam OTT release date: When, where to stream Ravi Babu's new comedy caper". OTTPlay. Retrieved 2025-11-02.
  22. ^ "Khudiram Bose biopic title unveiled". NTV Telugu

Notes

  1. ^ His scenes in the Tamil version were partially reshot in the Telugu dubbed version titled 13-Padamoodu.