Ravi Basrur is an Indian film music composer, sound designer, lyricist and director who made his debut in the Kannada film industry in 2014. Before he worked as programmer in more than 62 films. After, He debuted by scoring music for the film Ugramm.[1][2] Following his debut, Basrur composed music [3][4] for films such as Ekka Saka (2015), Just Maduveli (2015),[5] Karvva (2016),[6][7] K.G.F: Chapter 1 (2018) and K.G.F: Chapter 2 (2022).
Ravi's first release as a music director was Ugramm (2014), for which he won the Zee Music Award and the KIMA International Award for Best Background Score.[8] He was also nominated for a Filmfare Awards South[9][10][11] award for Best Music Director for this film. He won the 'Best Playback singer' for Anjaniputra (2018) at SIIMA.[12]
Basrur directed the films Gargar Mandala (2014)[13][14] and Bilinder (2016).
He is a native of Kundapura, a coastal town in Karnataka state.
| Year | Film/Album | Notes | Awards/Namings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Panak Makkal | First Kundagannada Album, Lyrics, Composer | |
| 2014 | Ugramm | Main Composer and Background Score | Debut in the Kannada Film Industry |
| Mrughashira | Music | ||
| Gargar Mandala | Lyrics, Director, Background Score | First Kundagannada (?????????) film | |
| 2015 | Ekka Saka | Music, Background score | |
| Just Maduveli | Music, Background score | ||
| Ring Master | Music, Background score | ||
| Plus | Background score | ||
| 2016 | Tyson | Title Song, Background score | |
| Bilinder | Kannada debut as Actor, Director, Background Score, Music | Kundagannada (?????????) Film | |
| Karvva | Background Score | ||
| 2017 | Anjani Putra | Music, Background Score | |
| Mufti | Music, Background Score | ||
| Kataka | Director, Background Score, Music | ||
| Vaira | Music, Background Score | ||
| 2018 | Bhootayyana Mommaga Ayyu | Music, Background score | |
| Samhaara | Music, Background score | ||
| K.G.F: Chapter 1 | Music, Background Score | ||
| 2019 | Bazaar | Music, Background score | |
| Rajannana Maga | Music, Background score | ||
| Marshal | Background Score | Telugu film | |
| Girmit | Director, Music, Background score | ||
| 2021 | 100 | Music, background score | |
| Antim: The Final Truth | Music, Background score, Lyrics | Hindi film | |
| Madhagaja | Music | ||
| Raja Paarvai | Music | Tamil film | |
| Muddy | Music, background score, | Malayalam film | |
| 2022 | K.G.F: Chapter 2 | Music, background score | |
 Salaar |
Music, Background Score | Telugu film | |
| Kabzaa |
Music, background score | ||
| Seeta Manohara Sri Raghava |
Music, Background Score | Telugu film |
| Year | Film | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Gargar Mandala | Yes | Yes | Yes | Directorial Debut, Kundagannada film |
| 2016 | Bilinder | Yes | Yes | Yes | Debut as lead actor, Kundagannada film |
| 2017 | Kataka | Yes | No | Yes | Dubbed into 14 languages |
| 2019 | Girmit | Yes | No | Yes | Children in lead roles and Dubbed by Senior artists |
| Year[a] | Film | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Ugramm | SIIMA - 2015 | Best Background Score Kannada | Won | |
| 2018 | Kataka | SIIMA-2018 | Best Debutant Director Kannada | Nominated | SIIMA Awards 2018 |
| Anjaniputra (Chanda Chanda song) | SIIMA-2018 | Best playback singer (Male) - Kannada | Won | SIIMA Awards 2018 | |
| 2019 | K.G.F Chapter-1 | Zee Kannada Hemmeya Kanndiga | Best Background Music | Won | Zee Kannada Hemmeya Kannadiga |
| SIIMA - 2019 | Best Music Director | Won | |||
| Karnataka State Film Awards | Best Music Director | Won | [15] |