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<div>{{short description|Indian screenwriter}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Ravikanth Perepu<br />
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| birth_place = [[Visakhapatnam]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India<br />
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| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]<br />
| spouse = {{marriage| Veena Ghantasala | 2017}}<br />
| yearsactive = 2013 – present<br />
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| awards = [[Nandi Awards]]<br />
| occupation = [[Screenwriter]], [[Film director]], Editor<br />
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'''Ravikanth Perepu''' is an [[Indian film]] [[screenwriter]], film director, and editor known for his works exclusively in [[Telugu cinema]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-man-behind-kshanam/article8341827.ece|title=Ravikanth Perepu Interview to The Hindu |website=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=11 March 2016}}</ref> Ravikanth won the state [[Nandi Award]] alongside [[Adivi Sesh]] as [[Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer|Best Screenplay Writer]] for his directoral debut movie [[Kshanam]], for the year 2016.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Perepu was born in [[Visakhapatnam District|Vizag]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]] into a Telugu speaking family. Son of Perepu Nageswarrao, he did his schooling from Kotak Salesian School, Intermediate from Mega Junior College in Visakhapatnam and graduated in Chemical Engineering from Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/ravikanth.perepu/about?lst=100001775923138%3A1399177330%3A1511270945<br />
|title=Ravikanth Perepu biography |website=[[Facebook]] }}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Perepu married Veena Ghantasala, grand daughter of renowned singer [[Ghantasala (singer)|Ghantasala]], on 11 November 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/kshanam-director-ravikanth-perepu-gets-married-to-dubbing-artiste-veena-ghantasala-see-pics/story-JWg4kDLW5B2v8qjAdgYG2H.html |title=Ravikanth Perepu Marriage with Ghantasala's grand daughter |website=[[Hindustan Times]] }}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
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===Assistant Director===<br />
Ravikanth had plans to become a director from the age of 9 after watching Maniratnam's ''[[Alaipayuthey|Sakhi]]''. He knew actor [[Adivi Sesh]] through Facebook and came to Hyderabad from his hometown Visakhapatnam in 2012, and worked as an Assistant director on the 2013 film ''[[Kiss (2013 film)|Kiss]]'' directed by Sesh.<br />
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===Director===<br />
Ravikanth debuted as a director through ''[[Kshanam]]'', a Telugu-language mystery thriller film in 2016, starring Sesh and [[Adah Sharma]] in lead roles and [[Anasuya Bharadwaj]], [[Vennela Kishore]], [[Satyam Rajesh]], [[Satyadev Kancharana]] appearing in supporting roles. The film was remade in Tamil as ''[[Sathya (2017 Tamil film)|Sathya]]'' (2017) with Sibiraj. The movie received critical acclaim and received positive response from the first show.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/I-am-glad-Kshanam-broke-all-Tollywood-stereotypes-Adah-Sharma/articleshow/51225662.cms I am glad Kshanam broke all Tollywood stereotypes: Adah Sharma]</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Im-kicked-about-the-kudos-Kshanam-got-Adivi-Sesh/articleshow/51241268.cms I’m kicked about the kudos Kshanam got: Adivi Sesh]</ref> It was rated 3.25 by [[Idlebrain.com]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/kshanam.html|title=Kshanam review by jeevi&nbsp;— Telugu cinema review&nbsp;— Adivi Sesh, Adah Sharma & Anasuya Bharadwaj|publisher=}}</ref><br />
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==Filmography==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!rowspan=2|Year<br />
!rowspan=2|Film<br />
!colspan=4| Credited as<br />
!rowspan=2|Role<br />
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!Director <br />
!Writer <br />
!Editor <br />
!Actor <br />
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|2016 || ''[[Kshanam]]'' ||{{yes}} ||{{yes}} ||{{yes}} ||{{yes}} || Marwari Seth<br />
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|rowspan=2|2020|| ''[[Krishna and His Leela]]'' || {{yes}} ||{{yes}} ||{{yes}} ||{{no}} ||<br />
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|''[[Bhanumathi & Ramakrishna]]'' ||{{no}} ||{{no}} || {{yes}} ||{{yes}} ||Bhanu's date<br />
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|}<br />
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==Awards==<br />
;[[Nandi Awards]]<br />
*2016, [[Nandi Award for Best Screenplay Writer|Best Screenplay Writer]] for ''[[Kshanam]]''<br />
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==References==<br />
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