Top 10 facts about Ravishankar

1)P. Ravi Shankar also known as Kempegowda Ravi,Armuga Ravi shankar or Bommali Ravi Shankar,

Sai Ravi is an Indian film actor, dubbing artist, director and writer. He rose to fame from 2011 blockbuster Kempegowda starring Sudeep.

2}He has also acted in a few Telugu and Tamil films. 

He dubbed for over 2600 films with more than 1000 films each in Telugu and Tamil languages.

He dubbed for over 150 films each in Kannada films.

3}He is the brother of Indian actor Saikumar Pudipeddi.

He won eight state Nandi Awards for Best Male Dubbing Artist and one Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist.

4}He made his directorial debut with the Kannada film Durgi in 2004. He also worked as a dialogue writer and penned dialogues for over 75 Telugu films and 150 Tamil films

5}Ravi grew up as a child in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Ravi's mother Krishna Jyothi is a Telugu actress who acted with Kannada the spian Dr.Rajkumar and others in films like Sri Krishna Garudi, Makkala Rajya and others.

 Ravi's father P.J. Sharma was also an actor and dubbing artist 

who worked in many Telugu, Kannada and Tamil films

6}Ravi Shankar made his film debut as a lead actor in 1986 with R. Narayana Murthy's film Aalochinchandi.

He later was seen in vital roles in films such as Madhura Nagarilo and Keechurallu

7}He dubbed for over 4000 films with more than 1000 films each in Telugu and Tamil and over 150 films each in Kannada.in 2004, he directed a Kannada film titled Durgi, starring Malashri which was a huge run away hit. The film was later remade in Telugu as Narasimhudu starring N. T. Rama Rao Jr.,Ameesha Patel and Sameera Reddy

8}His dubbing work in the 2009 film Arundhati, where he voiced for Sonu Sood was praised by the critics and became very popular with the audience.

9}After the very successful Kempegowda that gave Ravishankar a huge break in his career, he went on to act in 60 Kannada films in just 5 years and became the busiest and the most sought after actors in Kannada

10}Ravishankar appeared in the dance sequence for the song "Allah, Allah, Nataraja Bartaanalla" for the film Nataraja Service. This song, which tells about the protagonist of the film Nataraja (Sharan), went viral much before its release.