2025 Roundup: Anil Ravipudi is the Director of the Year

Hit Machine and Blockbuster director Anil Ravipudi has been one of the rare directors of Telugu Cinema to ace the commercial formula that entertains audiences, consistently. Be it any sort of a storyline, he has his own unique way of handling it with healthy humor and good dose of family-friendly narrative.

His success formula has been simple - take an interesting storyline, write different and entertaining characters that will yield to the drama. He has a penchant of creating memorable lines, character moments and scenes that stay with you post viewing. Be it presenting Nandamuri Balakrishna, Venkatesh, Mahesh Babu, Kalyanram, Varun Tej and Sai Durgha Tej, he knows how to play to their strengths and delivered commercially biggest blockbusters in their career.

This year, he made an indelible mark on Sankranti festival space with his Sankrantiki Vasthunnam, with Venkatesh in leading role. The movie grossed a huge Rs.300 crores gross at the box office. Even though it is his third film with the actor, he presented him in a fresh character and great humourous role. Hence, families have rushed to theatres and despite competition with action entertainers, the family film ended up becoming the highest grosser among all.

When the entire industry is running behind Pan-India magic, Anil Ravipudi showed that localised content can also be prioritised to deliver huge blockbusters of the same range and impact. For next Sankranti, he is coming with Megastar Chiranjeevi's Mana Shankara Vara Prasad Garu, which has huge buzz and anticipation with family content. That is Anil Ravipudi!

Capping off a phenomenal year, Anil Ravipudi received the National Award for Bhagwant Kesari, underlining his impact beyond box office numbers.