Ravi Behl (born 10 May 1966) is an Indian

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

and

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producer belonging to Behl family of Hindi films. He is better known for the 1991 film ''

Narsimha Narasimha (, , or , ), is the fourth avatara of the Hindu god Vishnu in the Satya Yuga. He incarnated as a part-lion, part-man and killed Hiranyakashipu, ended religious persecution and calamity on earth, and restored dharma. Narasimha has th ...

'' and as co-host of dance show ''

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'', that he co-produced with Naved Jaffery for Sony television. He debuted in movies in 1980 with film '' Morchha'', followed by ''Inteha'' in 1984.

Early and personal life

He is a son of film producer Shyam Behl.Bollywood’s Forgotten Stars: 8 Interesting facts about Boogie Woogie’s judge – Ravi Behl
The Free Press Journal, 17 June 2018. His sister Geeta Behl is an actress who did roles in movies such as '' Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki'' (1968), '' Meraa Dost Meraa Dushman'' (1984), '' Do Premee'' (1980) and '' Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai'' (1981). Ravi's father produced movies, such as '' Duniya'' (1968) starring Dev Anand and Vyjayanthimala, and '' The Gold Medal'' (1969) starring

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, Rakhee Gulzar, and

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. Behl, who remains unmarried, had said in an interview, ''"A lot of people are surprised that I’m still unmarried. It’s not that I haven’t tried. I was seeing a girl for a long time but unfortunately, our relationship didn’t blossom into marriage. We had our differences."''

Career

Ravi made his acting debut with

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in film '' Inteha'' in 1984. He worked in popular films, such as ''

'' (1991) with Sunny Deol and

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, '' Dalaal'' (1993) with

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and Ayesha Jhulka; '' Agni Sakshi'' (1996) with

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and

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; and '' Ghulam-E-Mustafa'' (1997) with Nana Patekar and

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. He also acted in a British TV mini series based on the novel '' The Far Pavilions''. After his career in movies fade he became the co-producer and host of ''

'' (1996-2014) an Indian Television dance show. Ravi, who was once in financial trouble, Tellychakkar, found financial security through his work in television.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Behl, Ravi Indian male film actors Male actors in Hindi cinema Living people Indian television producers Male actors from Mumbai Indian television presenters 1966 births

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