Ravi Srivatsa

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Ravi Srivatsa
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Years active1995—present

Ravi Srivatsa is an Indian director and writer who works in Kannada-language films. He is known for directing Deadly Soma (2005).

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Career

Ravi Srivatsa worked as a dialogue writer and associate director in many films during the second half of the 1990s. He made his directorial debut with Ee Rajeev Gandhi Alla , which was produced in 2002 and had a delayed release in 2007. [1] His next film was Deadly Soma (2005) starring Aditya, which was based on the underworld don of the same name who was shot dead in Bangalore in the 1990s. [2] [3] The film made pre-release headlines due to its censor troubles and was a box office success. His next film Ganda Hendathi (2006), the remake of Murder (2004) released to mixed reviews and was labeled 'the most provocative Kannada film' by one reviewer. [4] [5] He made several gangster-themed films: Madesha (2008) and Deadly-2 (2010), the latter of which is a sequel to Deadly Soma (2005). [6] [7] His next film Dashamukha (2012) was inspired by 12 Angry Men (1957), Ek Ruka Hua Faisla (1986) and the Kannada play Aa Mukhagalu. [8] His latest film Tiger Galli (2017) is based on a real incident that happened in Chennai. Srivatsa cast Sathish Ninasam in the lead after he was impressed with his role in Madesha (2008). [9] He worked on a sequel to Deadly-2 titled Deadly-3 in 2021, which is yet to be released. [10]

Filmography

YearFilmNotes
2005 Deadly Soma
2006 Ganda Hendathi
2007 Ee Rajeev Gandhi Alla
2008 Madesha
2010 Deadly-2
2012 Dashamukha
2017 Tiger Galli
As writer
As actor

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