Anil Ravipudi

After completing B.Tech. Vignan college in 2005, Ravipudi joined as an assistant director to his uncle P. A. Arun Prasad. He then worked as a dialogue writer for films like Sankham (2009), Kandireega (2011) and co-wrote the script for films Masala (2013) and Aagadu (2014). Anil Ravipudi worked with Santosh Srinivas in the latter's directorial debut Kandireega (2011) as a writer and wrote the script of Pataas.^[6] He later approached Nandamuri Kalyan Ram through a friend.^[7] After completing the writing, he again approached Kalyan Ram and both began working on the film.^[8] The film received positive reviews from critics and became successful at box-office and it was produced by Kalyan Ram.^[9] He continued to deliver hit films one after the other with Supreme (2016), Raja the Great (2017), F2 (2019), Sarileru Neekevvaru (2020), F3 (2022), and Bhagavanth Kesari (2023), with 4 of the films being produced by Dil Raju.

In 2025, he reunited with Dil Raju and Venkatesh, after F2 and F3, on Sankranthiki Vasthunam, which released during Sankranthi 2025. Though it opened to mixed reviews, it went on to become a huge money spinner and became the highest-grossing comedy in Telugu cinema and highest-grossing solo film for Venkatesh.