Ravi Kinagi

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 His first Odia film Manini was said to be the first Silver Jubilee film in Odisha He finally shifted to the Kolkata Bengali film industry where he has made numerous dumbed down remake films over the years He speaks seven languages Kannada Hindi English Marathi Gujarati Odia and broken Bengali