Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School in Chennai, studied at Loyola College and graduated with an MBA in finance in the United States. He also won Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist for his dubbing for Ashish Vidyarthi in 2001 film Dhill.Krishna's father is film producer K.K.Sekar (Pattiyal Sekar) and his brother is noted film director, Vishnuvardhan. He won four consecutive Nandi Awards from 2006 to 2009 for the films Pokiri, Athidhi, Arundhati and Anjaneyulu respectively. His next Nandi Award was in 2004 for his dubbing in S. He won his second Nandi Award in 2002 for Chiranjeevi's Indra, in which he dubbed for Mukesh Rishi. He won his first Nandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist in 1999 for Ram Gopal Varma's Prema Katha. He was also seen in Telugu films such as Kurradu and Happy Happy Gaa and in Tamil films such as Vettaikaaran and Kollaikaran. He then acted in films such as Manikya, Dandupalya, Adhyaksha, Charulatha, Bachchan, Edegarike, Varadanayaka and others. Ravi Shankar, after Kempe Gowda, became a busy supporting actor in the Kannada cinema. His performance was not only widely praised by the critics. The film became so popular that Ravishankar was hence called "Kempegowda Ravishankar" or "Arumugam Ravishankar" and he grew to become a household name in Karnataka. His breakthrough role was from the 2011 Kannada film Kempe Gowda. He won the Nandi Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist for his performance in the film and was referred to as "Bommali Ravi Shankar" by the Telugu media. His dubbing work in the 2009 film Arundhati, where he voiced for Sonu Sood, was praised in a review of Idlebrain. The film was heavily criticised and bombed at the box office. Ravi provided the story for the film which was directed by B. Rama Rao Jr., Ameesha Patel and Sameera Reddy.
The film was later remade in Telugu as Narasimhudu, starring N. In 2004, he directed a Kannada film titled Durgi, starring Malashri. He dubbed for over 4000 films with more than 1000 films each in Telugu and Tamil and over 150 films in Kannada. He continued to dub for many character artists from other languages such as Raghuvaran, Mohan Raj, Devaraj, Charan Raj, Captain Raju, Nassar, Ashish Vidyarthi, Prakash Raj, Ashutosh Rana, Sonu Sood, Mukesh Rishi, Upendra and Pradeep Rawat etc. He started dubbing professionally with the Telugu film Rowdyism Zindabad, where he dubbed for Tamil actor Mohan Raj. Lack of success in his acting career forced him to pursue dubbing as a profession like his father and brother. With no more offers, Ravi took a hiatus from acting and re-entered as a villain in 2001 with Gopi Chand's debut film Tholi Valapu. He later was seen in supporting roles in films such as Madhura Nagarilo and Keechurallu. Narayana Murthy's film Telugu film Aalochinchandi. Ravi Shankar made his film debut as a lead actor in 1986 with R. In 2018, Ravishankar announced that he would launch Adhvey as an actor in his own directorial film in Kannada. Shankar is married to a Suchil, a Punjabi woman, and the couple has a son, Adhvey. His elder brother Pudipeddi Sai Kumar entered the film industry as dubbing artist and later became an actor in Kannada Film Industry. Ravi Shankar's father, Pudipeddi Jogeswara Sharma, was also an actor and dubbing artist who worked in many Telugu, Kannada and Tamil films. Rajkumar and others in films such as Sri Krishna Garudi, Makkala Rajya and others. Ravi Shankar's mother Krishna Jyothy Pudipeddi is a Telugu actress who acted with Kannada thespian Dr.
Ravi Shankar grew up as a child in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He gained recognition for his role in the 2011 Kannada film Kempe Gowda, for which he won Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Kannada. He worked as a playback singer for Telugu films such as Rakta Charitra and Bejawada.
Ravi Shankar worked as a dialogue writer and wrote dialogues for over 75 Telugu films and 150 Tamil films. Sarma and the brother of actor Sai Kumar, Ravi Shankar made his directorial debut with the Kannada film Durgi in 2004. He has won nine state Nandi Awards for Best Male Dubbing Artist and two Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Male Dubbing Artist. He dubbed for over 3500 films with more than 1000 films each in Telugu and Tamil, and over 150 films in Kannada. He predominantly appears in Kannada films, in addition to Telugu and Tamil films. Pudipeddi Ravi Shankar (born 28 November 1966) also known as Sai Ravi, is an Indian actor, dubbing artist, director and writer.