Ravi Varma (born as K Ravi Kumar) is an Indian stunt director.

Early life

Ravi Varma was born on 6 January 1976 to K Kalasaiah and Ningamma in

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, Karnataka. He did his schooling in Bangalore Corporation School. He was once a

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driver.

Career

Varma began his journey with

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in 1995 as a fight assistant. A breakthrough in his movie career happened when he assumed the role of action director in the Kannada film ''Dharma'' in 2004, in which the principal actor was Darshan. His biggest Sandalwood movie so far is Darshan's '' Sangoli Rayanna'', an epic period movie filmed on a grand scale with 1000 actors. Ravi Varma entered the Telugu industry with

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's '' Mahatma'' in 2009. Varma's stunts in the South Indian film industry earned him a break with

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's '' R... Rajkumar'' in which

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played the lead role. He also worked with

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and

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in the films '' Jai Ho'', '' Raees'', and '' Action Jackson'' respectively. His prime projects are '' Doddmane Hudga'', ''

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'', '' Santhu Straight Forward'', ''

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'', '' Rock On!! 2'' and ''Machine'', And now producing his own film '' Rakkasapuradol''

Awards

Varma has received many awards from the Kannada and the Telugu film industries. He has been conferred with the title ''Saahasa Saarvabouma'' by the Kannada film industry.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Varma, Ravi Living people Indian action choreographers Film directors from Bengaluru 21st-century Indian people Year of birth missing (living people)