Ravi Krishna (actor, born 1989)

This article is about Ravi Krishna, an Indian actor active since 2004. For the Tamil and Telugu actor active from 2004 to 2011, see Ravi Krishna (actor, born 1983).

Thota Ravi Krishna is an Indian actor works in Telugu films and television shows.^[2] He is known for television shows Mogali Rekulu (2008–2013), Varudhini Parinayam (2013–2016) and Aame Katha (2019–2021). He has debuted in cinema with a supporting role in Anubhavinchu Raja (2021) and got his breakthrough in Virupaksha (2023). He later did lead role in The Birthday Boy (2024).^[3]

Ravi Krishna
Born	Thota Ravi Krishna (1989-06-09) 9 June 1989 (age 36)[1] Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present

Early life

Ravikrishna was born on 9 June 1989 in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. After completing his degree, he went to Chennai with an interest in acting and joined as an assistant director.^[4]

Career

He started his career as an assistant director in Vijetha of ETV and later came to Hyderabad and worked as an assistant director again. Then as a replacement hero at the end of the serial called Bommarillu, he was selected as the lead actor for which he was already working as the assistant director. He then acted in a few independent films.

After a long break, he was selected in the auditions and acted in the popular drama series Mogali Rekulu. Then he starred in some Telugu TV shows but became known with the soap opera Varudhini Parinayam and later became well known in the series That Is Mahalakshmi, Srinivasa Kalyanam, Sundarakanda, Bava Maradallu.

In 2020, he was affected with Coronavirus disease.^[5][6][7]

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

List of acting roles in films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2021	Anubhavinchu Raja	Rahul
2023	Virupaksha	Bhairava/Kumar	Nominated–SIIMA Award for Best Supporting Actor – Telugu	[8]
2024	Geethanjali Malli Vachindi	Ushaanjali's Boyfriend
	Aa Okati Adakku	Subramanyam
	Love Me	Prathap		[9]
	The Birthday Boy	Bharat	Debut in lead role	[10]
2025	Kingdom	Selva
TBA	SDT18 †	TBA

Television

List of television appearances

Year	Title	Role	Network	Notes	Ref
2004	Hrudayam	Jaswanth	ETV	Debut in Television
2007	Bommarillu	Gautham	ETV	Debut as a lead actor
2008–2013	Mogali Rekulu	Durga	Gemini TV
2013–2016	Varudhini Parinayam	Krishna Chaitanya a.k.a. Paradhu	Zee Telugu		[11]
2014	Wow S2	Himself	ETV	Game show
	Great Game Show		Tollywood TV
2015–2016	Srinivasa Kalyanam	Srinivas	Star Maa
2016	KTUC Super Sundays	Himself	Zee Telugu	Episode 9; Talk show
	Big Celebrity Challenge
	Cinema Choopistha Maava		ETV Plus
	Cash S1		ETV
2016–2019	Manasu Mamata	Siddu/Anand		Dual role
2017–2018	That is Mahalakshmi	Sree	Zee Telugu
2018	Vachhadayyo Swami	Himself	ETV	Telefilm
	Cash S2
	Gold Rush		Zee Telugu
2018–2019	Sundarakhanda	Abhiram	Star Maa		[12]
2018–2020	Bava Maradallu	Srinivas	Zee Telugu
2019	Bigg Boss 3	Himself	Star Maa		[13][14]
	Bigg Boss 3 Buzz		Star Maa Music
	F3-Fun, Frustration & Family		Star Maa
2019-2021	Aame Katha	Gautham			[15]
2019	Start Music	Himself
	Sixth Sense S3
2020	Jaatharoo Jaathara		Zee Telugu	Telefilm
	Cash S2		ETV
	Wow S3
2022	Star Maa Parivaar League S2		Star Maa
2022	Dhee	Himself	ETV
2023	BB Jodi	Himself	Star Maa

See also

• List of Indian television actors
• Lists of Indian actors