Ravi Behl (born 10 May 1966) is an Indian

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

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, 17 June 2018. His sister Geeta Behl is an actress who did roles in movies such as ''

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'' (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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. 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."''

Professional work

Ravi made his acting debut with

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in film '' Inteha'' in 1984. He worked in popular films, such as ''Narsimha'' with (1991) with Sunny Deol and Urmila Matondkar, ''

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'' (1993) with

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; '' Agni Sakshi'' (1996) with Jackie Shroff,

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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 ''

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''. 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.

Filmography

* '' Morchha'' (1980), acting debut * '' Inteha'' (1984) * '' Avinash'' (1986) * '' Narsimha'' (1991),Ravi Rastogi first break as lead pair * '' Boy Friend'' (1993) * ''

'' (1993) * ''

Pyar Ka Rog ''Pyar Ka Rog'' is a 1994 Bollywood film written and directed by Akashdeep. Ravi Behl, Shammi Kapoor, Anupam Kher and Sheeba were the leading artists. Sanjay Dutt, Vinod Khanna and Chunkey Pandey made cameo appearance Archana Puran Singh s. So ...

'' (1994) * ''

'' British TV mini series (1994) * '' Meri Mohabbat Mera Naseeba'' (1995) * '' Agni Sakshi'' (1996) * '' Ghulam-E-Mustafa'' (1997) * '' Boogie Woogie (TV series)'' (1997-2014) * '' Sarfarosh-E-Hind'' (1999) * '' Salaam Bacche'' (2007)

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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

Early and personal life

Professional work

Filmography

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