నెల్లూరు బిడ్డకు మగధీర నంది అవార్డు

నెల్లూరు మూలపేట నివాసి, నా బాల్యమిత్రుడు, మగదీర సినిమా ఆర్ట్ డైరెక్టర్ ఆర్.రవీంద్ర కు నంది అవార్డు

Ravindar is the one behind the sets of ‘Aithe’, ‘Morning Raga’, ‘Chatrapati’ (for which he created a 2.5 acre fisherman village set), ‘Okkadunnadu’, ‘Vikramarkudu’, ‘Rakhi’ (recreated an 1803 German loco engine from scrap material), ‘Amma Cheppindi’ (space station), ‘Ashta Chamma’, ‘Anukokunda Oka Roju’, ‘Prayanam’, and now ‘Magadheera’.

He is also working on an international project, ‘Bhopal: A prayer for rain’ based on the infamous Bhopal gas tragedy for which he created a rustic factory and slum set in Bollarum at a cost of Rs.1.4 crore.

Born and brought up in Nellore, he did his bachelors in fine arts from JNTU, Hyderabad, before heading to IIT-Delhi for Masters in designing course. After dabbling in software and web-designing for a brief while “to earn my daily bread” he forayed into tinsel world with ‘Amrutham’ serial.