Ravi is a German film producer, showrunner, screenwriter and director. Born in Bombay, he grew up in India, Germany and Brussels as the son of a German mother and an Indian father. His films and television series have received 36 nominations and awards in Germany and at international film festivals. (www.ravikarmafiction.com).
Since the early 2000s, Ravi has developed innovative factual formats as a creator for WDR, ARD, ZDF, RTL, working as a writer, director and producer and has won 18 first prizes and nominations (German Television Award, Grimme Prize nomination, AWO Award for investigative journalism, nomination for the Documentary Directing Award, German Academy for Television, Goldener Spatz, etc.). ...).
Ravi also worked as a showrunner, writer, director and producer on German-Kenyan fact & fiction projects. These include the high-end TV drama series "Country Queen" (Kenya 2022, 6 x 55 min.), developed in partnership with Netflix, ZDFarte, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). "Country Queen" launched on Netflix in mid-2023 and stayed at number 1 in the Netflix Kenya charts for over five weeks. In 2023 "Country Queen" started successfully on ARTE and in 2024 the show was nominated for the Grimme Prize, category Fiction Special. In March 2023, Ravi's feature film, the Romeo and Juliet adaptation "Chaguo" (Kenya 2022, 100 min.), was accepted by Netflix after a run in Kenyan cinemas and immediately climbed into the Netflix Top 10 in Kenya after its release. "Chaguo" has so far won 4 awards (best screenplay, best feature film, best female lead, best director) and 10 nominations at international festivals.
Ravi is currently developing 3 AFROpean high-end TV series, funded by German film foundations and supported by co-operation-oriented preliminary negotiations with editorial offices at ARTE, ZDF, NETFLIX, CANAL+ and SHOWMAX.
