Ravi Babu is an actor, director and producer in the Telugu film industry. He has directed 12 films, produced five, acted in some of them and written all of them. As an actor, he has starred in over 75 films in varied roles as villain, comedian, and comedic villain.He is the son of veteran Telugu film actor Chalapathi Rao and is the eldest of three siblings.Babu's first films were Maavidakulu directed by E.V.V. Satyanarayana and Sivayya produced by D. Ramanaidu.Ravi Babu is married to Tanuja, a school teacher. They have two children and live in Hyderabad.As director and actor his famous works are Eedo Rakam Aado Rakam,Allari,Ammayilu Abbayilu,Soggadu,Party,Nachchav Alludu etc.