Ravindra Jadhav (born 22 September 1971) known professionally as Ravi Jadhav is an Indian film director, actor, screenwriter and producer. He made his directorial debut with the Marathi musical drama ''

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'' in 2010. Ravi studied in Sir J.J Institute of Applied art and won the 2009

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. Some of his other films are ''

Balak Palak ''Balak-Palak'' (meaning ''Children-Parents'') (BP) is a 2013 Marathi language comedy-drama film on the topic of sex education. The film is directed by Ravi Jadhav and produced by Riteish Deshmukh, Uttung Thakur and Ravi Jadhav. This is the fi ...

'', produced by

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, and ''Balgandharva'', which won three national awards at the

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Early life

Ravi was born in Mumbai, India to Harishchandra Jadhav, and Shubhangini Jadhav. He studied Visual Communication and Graphic Design at Sir J.J Institute of Applied art. Soon after he graduated, Ravi began his career as a creative director and copywriter for a leading advertising agency.

Career

Ravi made his directorial debut with Marathi musical drama ''

'' in 2010, which is based on the 1978 novel ''Natrang'' by Dr. Anand Yadav. His next film was ''Balgandharva''. It was screened at the Cannes and Venice film festivals. Ravi achieved an image of a director who does not shy away from bold topics by making films on sex education (''

Balak-Palak ''Balak-Palak'' (meaning ''Children-Parents'') (BP) is a 2013 Marathi language comedy-drama film on the topic of sex education. The film is directed by Ravi Jadhav and produced by Riteish Deshmukh, Uttung Thakur and Ravi Jadhav. This is the fi ...

'') and the life of nude models in fine arts (such as in his 2018 film, ''Nude''). He also directed ''Tomorrow's Decided'', a music video for

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, an

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band based in Mumbai. He also wrote lyrics for ''Saazani'', a

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single, sung by

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, and directed the music video.

National honours and recognitions

* His Short Fiction film Mitraa (2014) won Silver Lotus Award in the , Best Short Fiction Film category at the

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held in 2015. * His film ''Balgandharva'' (2011) won the maximum number of Silver Lotus Awards (3) at the

held in 2011. * His film

(2010) won the best Feature film award in the Regional Awards at the

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held in 2009. * His film

(2010) won seven awards at the annual Zee Gaurav Awards ceremony, including best director for Ravindra Jadhav, best music composition for

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and best supporting actor for

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Controversies

Ravi Jadhav's movie ''Nude'' was pulled out from the Indian Panorama section of the upcoming International Film Festival of India (IFFI). The Information and Broadcasting Ministry of India explained that the film was not complete and hence did not have the censorship certificate. The director maintained that he had made a sincere movie. The Central Board Of Film Certification (CBFC) set up a special jury presided by actor Vidya Balan to view the film. It was then passed without any cuts and given an A certification.

Filmography

*''

'' (2009) (Director, Screenplay) * ''Balgandharva'' (film) (2011) (Director) *''

'' (2013) (Director, Screenplay) * ''Timepass'' (film) (2014) (Director,Writer,Producer, Screenplay, Dialogue) *''

Rege ''Rege'' (Marathi language, Marathi:‘रेगे’) "Surname", a 2014 Marathi cinema, Marathi neo-noir film directed by Abhijit Panse. The film deals with the theme of kids getting involved in criminal activities. The film became a commercia ...

'' (2014) (Producer) * '' Coffee Ani Barach Kahi'' (2015)(Producer) * ''

Timepass 2 ''Timepass 2'' is a 2015 Indian Marathi-language film directed by Ravi Jadhav. It is the sequel for the 2014 film '' Timepass''. It continues the incomplete lovestory of Dagadu (Rocky) and Prajakta (Praju) also starring Bhalchandra Kadam and Vai ...

'' (2015) (Director, Writer, Screenplay) *''Bioscope'' (2015) (Director, Screenplay, Dialogue) *'' Nude (2018 film)'' (2018) (Director) * ''Banjo'' (2016 film) (2016) (Director,Writer) *''Kaccha Limbu'' (2017) (Actor) *''

Rampaat ''Rampaat'' is a 2019 Marathi language film directed by Ravi Jadhav. The film stars Abinay Berde and Kashmira Pardeshi in the lead roles with Abhijeet Chavan in a supporting role. Cast * Abhinay Berde as Mithun * Kashmira Pardeshi as Munni * ...

'' (2019) (Director) * ''Timepass 3'' (2022) (Director)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jadhav, Ravi Living people 1971 births Marathi film directors Indian lyricists Marathi screenwriters Marathi film producers Film directors from Mumbai