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Ravi Basrur
24 films on filmi.ai · 17 scored·Works in Kannada (47%), Hindi (26%), Telugu (12%), Malayalam (9%), Tamil (6%)
Best-rated work
Tamil · May 2026 · 16+
80
Ravi Basrur is an Indian music composer, sound designer, and film director primarily known for his work in Kannada cinema. Rising to fame with his powerful score for Ugramm (2014), he gained national recognition for his collaborations with director Prashanth Neel, most notably on KGF: Chapter 1 (2018) and KGF: Chapter 2 (2022). His intense, orchestral soundtracks have played a key role in shaping the modern action film soundscape in Indian cinema.
Their films’ Filmi Score
56
across 17 films
as composer, director, editor and writer
1 Exceptional · 3 Very good · 7 Good · 4 Mixed · 2 Weak
Ravi Basrur movies
Every film on filmi.ai with this person credited — their full filmography, newest firstbest movies first (highest scored), then the unscored by year — scored or not.
Frequent collaborators
Three or more films together on filmi.ai, as director, writer, composer, cinematographer, editor or top-five billed cast.
Bhuvan Gowda
Cinematographer · 4 films together
M. Chandramouli
Writer · 4 films together
Prashanth Neel
Writer · Director · 4 films together
Ajay Devgn
Actor · Director · 3 films together
Chikkanna
Actor · 3 films together
I. Naveen Kumar
Cinematographer · 3 films together
Around the web
Recent writing, podcasts and video essays about Ravi Basrur — chosen by hand, one line on why to read each.
Worth your timeReads Drishyam's reluctant liar as a mirror of the state — his lies run on the same machinery as authoritarian power.
The Hindu · Shreyas Pande · 3 Oct 2026 · 800 words
Worth your timeToxic's backlash, traced back to a 2017 Kasaba row, exposes what women filmmakers still aren't allowed to make.
The News Minute · Sukanya Shaji · 3 Sep 2026 · 1,300 words
Director Abhishek Pathak on turning down a peek at Drishyam 3's script and writing Hindi's own ending as a post-truth allegory.
The Hindu · Shreyas Pande · 14 Oct 2026 · 1,300 words
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The writer on running Drishyam 3's set like a Vijay Salgaonkar cover-up — need-to-know info, bribe attempts, and a sealed climax.
Hindustan Times · Monica Yadav · 5 Oct 2026 · 800 words
How Drishyam shed its remake stigma and turned a morally grey cable operator into Hindi cinema's favourite underdog.
Hindustan Times · Abhimanyu Mathur · 27 Sep 2026 · 1,000 words
Director Abhishek Pathak on recasting Akshaye Khanna with Jaideep Ahlawat and rewriting Drishyam 3 in six days, a week before the shoot.
Hindustan Times · Abhimanyu Mathur · 21 Sep 2026 · 1,100 words
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