Ravi Behl (born 10 May 1966) is an Indian actor and television producer belonging to Behl family of Hindi films. He is better known for the 1991 film Narsimha and as co-host of dance show Boogie Woogie, that he co-produced with Naved Jaffery for Sony television. He debuted in movies in 1980 with film Morchha, followed by Inteha in 1984.
Early and personal life
He is a son of film producer Shyam Behl.Bollywood’s Forgotten Stars: 8 Interesting facts about Boogie Woogie’s judge – Ravi Behl, The Free Press Journal, 17 June 2018. His sister Geeta Behl is an actress who did roles in movies such as Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1968), Meraa Dost Meraa Dushman (1984), Do Premee (1980) and Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai (1981). Ravi's father produced movies, such as Duniya (1968) starring Dev Anand and Vyjayanthimala, and The Gold Medal (1969) starring Jeetendra, Rakhee Gulzar, and Shatrughan Sinha.
Behl, who remains unmarried, had said in an interview, "A lot of people are surprised that I'm still unmarried. It's not that I haven't tried. I was seeing a girl for a long time but unfortunately, our relationship didn't blossom into marriage. We had our differences."
Career Ravi made his acting debut with Raj Babbar in film Inteha in 1984. He worked in popular films, such as Narsimha (1991) with Sunny Deol and Urmila Matondkar, Dalaal (1993) with Mithun Chakraborty and Ayesha Jhulka; Agni Sakshi (1996) with Jackie Shroff, Nana Patekar and Manisha Koirala; and Ghulam-E-Mustafa (1997) with Nana Patekar and Raveena Tandon. He also acted in a British TV mini series based on the novel The Far Pavilions.
After his career in movies fade he became the co-producer and host of Boogie Woogie (1996–2014) an Indian television dance show. Ravi, who was once in financial trouble, Tellychakkar, found financial security through his work in television.
Professional works
Year Film Role Language Notes 1980 Morchha Chhotu Hindi 1984 Inteha Hindi The Far Pavilions Prince Nandu English British TV mini series 1986 Avinash Sumit Hindi 1991 Narsimha Ravi Rastogi Hindi first break as a lead pair 1993 Boy Friend Raja Hindi Dalaal Inder Jhunjhunwala Hindi 1994 Pyar Ka Rog Hindi 1995 Meri Mohabbat Mera Naseeba Hindi 1996 Agni Sakshi Ravi Kapoor Hindi 1996–2014 Boogie Woogie Himself Hindi Sony TV 1997 Ghulam-E-Mustafa Arun Hindi 1999 Sarfarosh-E-Hind Hindi 2007 Salaam Bacche Coach Hindi 2023 The Night Manager Jaiveer "Jayu" Singh Hindi Disney+ Hotstar2026The Pyramid SchemeDaljeet SinghHindiPrime Video
See also List of Hindi film families
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