Ravi Shankar Raju Bhupathiraju: This full name is your favorite Ravi Teja. Telugu cinema actor and producer Ravi Teja celebrates his birthday on a very special day. He was born on 26 January 1968 in Jagampetta, Andhra Pradesh. The actor’s father was a pharmacist and his mother was a housekeeper. The actor had also left his studies for acting. Let us listen to Ravi Teja’s story on the actor’s birthday.
Ravi Teja left his graduation studies and moved to Madras to pursue a career in films. This was the year 1988. At that time, Telugu film directors and writers Gunasekhar and YVS Choudhary were his roommates. After facing a lot of pressure, he got small roles in films like ‘Kartavyam’, ‘Abhimanyu’ and ‘Chaitanya’. Later, he also worked as an assistant director.
That small role brought me luck
In 1996, Ravi Teja’s fortunes rose, that too with a small role. Actually he met Krishna Vamsi. First he hired Ravi Teja as an assistant director and then also gave him a small role. Through that little character, Krishna Vamsi understood that there was definitely something about this boy.
Then what, the very next year he made a film called ‘Sindhuram’ and the film and its hero became Ravi Teja. The actor’s fortunes turned around so much that this time he not only became a hit, not only got work but also got the National Award. Yes, this film by Ravi Teja not only did good business at the box office but also won the National Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu.
Later also won Nandi Award
Ravi Teja did Srinu Vaitya’s film ‘Nee Kosam’ which won the Silver Nandi Award for Best Film. Apart from this, Ravi Teja also won the Best Actor Award for the film ‘Naandi’.
His contribution from Kick to Rowdy Rathore
You gave a lot of love to Salman Khan’s ‘Kick’ and Akshay Kumar’s ‘Rowdy Rathod’. But the real credit for these films goes to Ravi Teja and director Ravi Jagannadh. He was the one who made the original film. Apart from this, Ravi Teja’s film Italu starring Shravani Subramaniam was remade as Priyanka Chopra and Ranbir Kapoor’s film ‘Anjaana Anjaani’. These films achieved huge success in the South. Even today, watching Hindi dubbed movies of Ravi Teja is a popular trend. Movies ranging from ‘Jeene Nahi Dunga’ to ‘Khiladi‘ have been liked a lot.