Rajeev Ravi

In this Indian name, the name Ravi is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Rajeev.

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]}

Rajeev Ravi
Alma mater	Film and Television Institute of India, Pune
Occupations	Cinematographer director
Years active	1998–present
Spouse	Geetu Mohandas ​ (m. 2009)​
Awards	National Film Award for Best Cinematography (2013)

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]

Awards

Year	Award Category	Work
2014	National Film Award for Best Cinematography	Liar's Dice
2010	Filmfare Award for Best Cinematography	Dev D[10]

Filmography

As cinematographer

Year	Film	Language	Notes
2001	Chandni Bar	Hindi	Debut
2002	Sesham	Malayalam	Debut in Malayalam cinema
2003	The Bypass	Silent	Short film
	Anyar	Malayalam
	Chakram	Malayalam
2004	Jana	Tamil	Debut 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	Hindi	Won 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	Hindi	Won National Film Award for Best Cinematography
2015	Bombay Velvet	Hindi
2016	Udta Punjab	Hindi
2017	Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum	Malayalam
	Mukkabaaz	Hindi
2018	Naa Peru Surya	Telugu	Debut in Telugu cinema
2019	Virus	Malayalam
	Moothon	Malayalam Hindi	Bilingual film
	Gaadi	Sinhala
2021	Bell Bottom	Hindi
2022	Thuramukham	Malayalam	Also director
	Cuttputlli	Hindi
2023	Selfiee	Hindi
	Paradise	English
2024	Maharaj	Hindi
2025	Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups	Kannada

As director

Year	Film	Cast	Language	Notes
2013	Annayum Rasoolum	Fahadh Faasil, Andrea Jeremiah, Sunny Wayne	Malayalam	Debut 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

• ID (2013) - Hindi
• Kismath (2016) - Malayalam
• Eeda (2018) - Malayalam
• Aabhaasam (2018)- Malayalam
• Moothon (2019)- Malayalam/Hindi

^[12]

References

1. "Dulquer teams up with Rajeev Ravi". RediffMovies. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
2. "Rajeev Ravi in viewfinder". OnManorama. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
3. Manju (25 May 2022). "Rajeev Ravi Biography Including Age, Photos and Family". Blaze News.
4. "I don't do film with superstars". The New Indian Express. 9 March 2010. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
5. "61st National Film Awards Announced: Live Update". Zee News. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
6. "61st National Film Awards For 2014" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
7. Nagarajan, Saraswathy (4 January 2013). "Love in Kochi". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
8. Ipe, Ann (28 March 2016). "Unplanned Entry into Films". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
9. James, Anu (11 February 2016). "Shaun Romy as Dulquer Salmaan's Pair in Rajeev Ravi's "Kammatti Paadam"". International Business Times. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
10. "Pompom.in".
11. Nagarajan, Saraswathy (2 June 2016). "How GREEN was my city". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
12. UR, Arya (24 June 2017). "Shane Nigam- Rajeev Ravi film is titled as 'Eeda'". Times of India. Retrieved 12 October 2018.

External links

• Rajeev Ravi at IMDb
• "Arabianewspaper- ഞാന്‍- രാജീവ്‌ രവി". 11 August 2014.
• "Interview". The Hindu. 7 February 2009. Archived from the original on 22 June 2012.
• "Interview". The Hindu. 2 November 2007. Archived from the original on 26 June 2008.
• Fujifilm Exposure magazine
• Interview Pune Mirror
• Article Arabianewspaper ഞാന്‍- രാജീവ്‌ രവി