Rajeev Ravi

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Rajeev Ravi
Alma mater Film and Television Institute of India, Pune
Occupations
Years active1998–present
Spouse
(m. 2009)
Awards National Film Award for Best Cinematography (2013)

Rajeev Ravi is an Indian cinematographer, director, and producer from Kochi, Kerala. He's best known for his work in Hindi and Malayalam films. [1] After graduating from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune in 1997, he started his career by assisting in the Malayalam film, Pranayavarnangal (1998) shot by Santosh Thundiyil. He debuted as a cinematographer with the film Chandni Bar (2001), when he was launched by producer R. Mohan (GoodKnight Mohan) when the original cinematographer Venu had date clashes. The film was directed by Madhur Bhandarkar.[ citation needed ]

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Ravi is known for his collaboration with director Anurag Kashyap. They have collaborated in several commercial and art films in Hindi cinema. [2] In 2012, he co-produced the Hindi feature film ID. The film premiered in the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea. [3] Ravi won the 2010 Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography for Anurag Kashyap's Dev.D . [4] In 2013, he received the National Film Award for Best Cinematography for Liar's Dice directed by his wife Geetu Mohandas. [5] [6]

Rajeev made his debut as a director with the Malayalam film Annayum Rasoolum (2013). [7] Rajeev Ravi's second feature film, Njan Steve Lopez was released in 2014. In March 2016, Ravi completed filming of Kammatipaadam , starring Dulquer Salman, which was released on 20 May 2016. [8] [9]

Personal life

He married Malayalam film actress and director Geetu Mohandas. The couple has a daughter named Aradhana. He holds a diploma in cinematography from Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. Rajeev has vitiligo, an autoimmune disease which causes white patches on the skin through pigmentation loss.

Awards

YearAward CategoryWork
2014 National Film Award for Best Cinematography Liar's Dice
2010 Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography Dev D [10]

Filmography

As cinematographer

YearFilmLanguageNotes
2001 Chandni Bar HindiDebut
2002 Sesham MalayalamDebut in Malayalam cinema
2003 The Bypass SilentShort film
Anyar Malayalam
Chakram Malayalam
2004 Jana TamilDebut in Tamil cinema
Rasikan Malayalam
Quotation Malayalam
2006 Palak Hindi
Classmates Malayalam
2007 No Smoking Hindi
2008 Haal–e–dil Hindi
2009 Seetha Kalyanam Malayalam
Mumbai Cutting Hindi
Dev.D HindiWon Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography
Gulaal Hindi
99 Hindi
2011 That Girl in Yellow Boots Hindi
English
2012 Ivan Megharoopan Malayalam
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 1 Hindi
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2 Hindi
2013 Bombay Talkies Hindi
English
Segment - Murabba
5 Sundarikal Malayalam Segment - Gauri
Monsoon Shootout Hindi
2014 Liar's Dice HindiWon National Film Award for Best Cinematography
2015 Bombay Velvet Hindi
2016 Udta Punjab Hindi
2017 Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Malayalam
Mukkabaaz Hindi
2018 Naa Peru Surya, Naa Illu India TeluguDebut in Telugu cinema
2019 Virus Malayalam
Moothon Malayalam
Hindi
Bilingual film
Gaadi Sinhala
2021 Bell Bottom Hindi
2022 Thuramukham MalayalamAlso director
Cuttputlli Hindi
2023 Selfiee Hindi
Paradise English
2025ToxicKannada

As director

YearFilmCastLanguageNotes
2013 Annayum Rasoolum Fahadh Faasil , Andrea Jeremiah, Sunny Wayne MalayalamDebut film
2014 Njan Steve Lopez Farhaan Faasil, Ahaana Krishna, Alencier Ley Lopez Malayalam
2016 Kammatti Paadam Dulquer Salmaan, Vinayakan, Shaun Romy, Manikandan R. Achari Malayalam [11]
2022 Kuttavum Shikshayum Asif Ali (actor), Alencier Ley Lopez, Sunny Wayne, Sharaf U Dheen, Senthil Krishna Malayalam
2023 Thuramukham Nivin Pauly, Indrajith Sukumaran, Nimisha Sajayan, Joju George, Arjun Ashokan Malayalam

As co-producer

[12]

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