Ravi Kinagi

Ravi Kinagi
File:Ravi Kinagi
Born	29 December 1955 Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	film director
Years active	2004

Biography

Ravi Kinagi was born into a Kannada family. He learned the basics of filmmaking from his father Shankar Kinagi who was a producer and director. He was born and brought up in Mumbai. He worked with Rajshri Films when they were making Paheli, Naiyya, and Kanoon Ka Shikar. He also assisted S Ramanathan, Anil Ganguly, and Prashant Nanda. He then directed two Marathi films, Manuski and Halahal. Later he started making Odia films. His first Odia film Manini was said to be the first Silver Jubilee film in Odisha. He finally shifted to the Bengali film industry where he has made numerous successful films over the years. He speaks seven languages — Kannada, Hindi, English, Marathi, Gujarati, Odia, and Bengali.

Filmography

As director

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Language	Cast	Notes
1990	Jibansangee	Bengali	Tapas Paul, Archana Joglekar
1998	Sonar Khancha
	Putuler Pratishodh
2002	Annadata	Bengali	Prasenjit Chatterjee, Sreelekha Mitra	Remake of Swarg
2003	Champion	Bengal	Jeet, Srabanti Chatterjee	Remake of Thammudu
2004	Premi	Bengali	Jisshu Sengupta, Chandana Sharma, Jeet	Remake of Nee Sneham
	Mastan	Bengali	Jeet, Swastika Mukherjee	Remake of Jaanwar
	Bandhan	Bengali	Jeet, Koel Mallick	Remake of Santosham and Unnai Thedi
2005	Yuddho	Bengali	Mithun Chakraborty, Debashree Roy, Jeet, Koel Mallick
2006	Agni Pariksha	Bengali	Prosenjit Chatterjee, Priyanka Trivedi
2007	I Love You	Bengali	Dev, Payel Sarkar	Remake of Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana
2008	Premer Kahini	Bengali	Dev, Koel Mallick	Remake of Mungaru Male
	Bhalobasa Bhalobasa	Bengali	Hiran, Srabanti Chatterjee	Remake of Bommarillu
2009	Poran Jaye Jolia Re	Bengali	Dev, Subhashree Ganguly	Remake of Namastey London
2010	Wanted	Bengali	Jeet, Srabanti Chatterjee	Remake of Athadu
	Josh	Bengali	Jeet, Srabanti Chatterjee	Remake of Bhadra
2011	Fighter	Bengali	Jeet, Srabanti Chatterjee	Remake of Lakshyam
2012	100% Love	Bengali	Jeet, Koel Mallick	Remake of Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule
	Awara	Bengali	Jeet, Sayantika Banerjee	Remake of Krishna
2013	Deewana	Bengali	Jeet, Srabanti Chatterjee	Remake of Deepavali
2014	Bangali Babu English Mem	Bengali	Soham Chakraborty, Mimi Chakraborty	Remake of Jatt & Juliet
2015	Herogiri	Bengali	Mithun Chakraborty, Dev, Koel Mallick, Sayantika Banerjee	Remake of Balupu
	Jamai 420	Bengali	Soham Chakraborty, Hiran, Ankush, Payel Sarkar, Mimi Chakraborty, Nusrat Jahan	Inspired by Hindi movies Housefull,Housefull 2 and Bengali movie Bye Bye Bangkok
2016	Ki Kore Toke Bolbo	Bengali	Ankush, Mimi Chakraborty	Remake of Milana
2017	Ami Je Ke Tomar	Bengali	Ankush, Nusrat Jahan, Sayantika Banerjee	Remake of Mitwaa
2017	Jio Pagla	Bengali	Jisshu Sengupta, Soham Chakraborty, Hiran Chatterjee, Bonny Sengupta, Srabanti Chatterjee, Payel Sarkar, Rittika Sen, Koushani Mukherjee	Core story based on the play Joy Maa Kali Boarding, Remake of Biwi Aur Makan which has already been remade in Marathi as Ashi Hi Banwa Banwi, in Kannada as Olu Saar Bari Olu and again in Hindi as Paying Guests
2019	Jamai Badal	Bengali	Soham Chakraborty, Hiran, Payel Sarkar, Koushani Mukherjee	Remake of Carry On Jatta
2021	Miss Call	Bengali	Soham Chakraborty, Rittika Sen	Remake of Krishna Leela

Screenplay

• Bhalobasa Bhalobasa

Odia film

Year	Title	Cast	Language	Comments
1986	Manini		Odia
1988	Suna Chadhei		Odia
1989	Ama Ghar Ama Sansar		Odia
1990	Pardesi Chadhei		Odia
1990	Jiban Sanghi		Odia
1991	Bhishma Pratigya		Odia
1994	Bhai Hela Bhagari		Odia
1996	Suna Panjuri		Odia
1997	Kandhei Aaakhire Luha		Odia
1998	Stree		Odia
1999	Pabitra Bandhan		Odia
2002	Sindura Nuhein Khela Ghara		Odia
2004	Mastan		Bengali

External links

• Ravi Kinagi at IMDb