Ravi Kinagi

Ravi Kinagi
Ravi Kinagi
Born	19 October 1955; Dhaka, Bangladesh
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	film director
Years active	1990–2021
Notable work	Awara

Ravi Kinagi (alternative spellings: Rabi Kinagi, Rabi Kinnagi) is an Indian film director, documentary editor, and screenwriter. He works in Bengali and Odia cinema.^[1]^[2]

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 and later shifted to the Bengali film industry.^[3]

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
1998	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	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
2008	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
2010	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
2012	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
2015	Jamai 420	Bengali	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	Language
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

References

^ "Rabi Kinagi". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
^ "The great role reversal of Tollywood". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
^ "'Experience movies, favourites and more has been my best teacher'". The Statesman. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

External links

Ravi Kinagi at
IMDb

[1] "Rabi Kinagi". Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 14 February 2009.

[2] "The great role reversal of Tollywood". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2015.

[3] "'Experience movies, favourites and more has been my best teacher'". The Statesman. 14 October 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2020.

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