Ravi Srivatsa is an Indian actor, writer and director, who is known for his work in the Kannada film industry. He debuted in the industry with the highly acclaimed underworld-drama, Deadly Soma in 2005. Ravi collaborated with Aditya, who starred in Deadly Soma, again in 2010, to make a sequel to the 2005 movie. The movie opened to lackluster reviews and was an average success at the box office. In 2012 Ravi remade 12 Angry Men as Dashamukha. The movie had an ensemble cast including V. Ravichandran, Ananth Nag, Chetan Kumar, H. G. Dattatreya and Achyuth Kumar in important roles, was well received at the box office. Apart from directing, Ravi has also written for movies like Mr.X (1999) and Madesha (2008). In 2017 he returned to the director's seat with Tiger Galli. The movie has Sathish Ninasam, Bhavana Rao and Roshni Prakash in important roles.