Ravi Dewan

Ravi Dewan is a Bollywood stunt director who has begun his career as an assistant stunt master in Yash Chopra’s ‘Mashaal’. 'Mashaal' was a movie that paired Dilip Kumar Muhammad Yusuf Khan was born on the 11th of Decemb >> Read More... and Waheeda Rehman She took birth in a Tamil Urdu speaking Muslim fam >> Read More... in lead roles. There were some stunt scenes in the movie which was performed by Anil Kapoor. 

But in many movies, he was not given credit due to union intervention in those days. He could proceed in his task without any regret, and this fetched him recognition with directors like Vidhu Vinod Chopra Vidhu Vinod Chopra is a classic filmmaker, who has >> Read More... , Manmohan Desai Manmohan Desai is an Indian film producer and dire >> Read More... , and Mukul Anand too.

His first instant recognition was for those stunt scenes which he gave non-action hero Naseeruddin Shah Naseeruddin Shah is an experimental actor and asso >> Read More... to perform. Industry people were shocked to see how Ravi Dewan could make Naseruddin do action roles in the ‘Jalwa’ movie. He always feels that after he has conceived the action of choreography for any movie, it is a task for the cinematographer to coordinate and make the cameraman listen to the ideas given by the stunt director.

Even an editor, too must have a good understanding of the script and the scenes shot. Plus, finally, an actor has to listen to the stunt choreographer and give his best to make the scene a refreshing one. When Ravi Dewan entered the cine field at a time when there were no bound scripts and even the directors did not have formal education from Film institutes that lacked the exact vision for stunt masters to perform their jobs. 

Ravi Dewan used to analyze action choreography in those days after he came to know which actor is going to do action roles.  On the basis of an actor’s body-type, personality, and his physical shape, he could analyze the action scenes of a movie.  We pick up some of his best movies and they are ‘ Hum Hum – I’m Because of Us is a Hindi web series that >> Read More... ’, ‘Chalbaaz’, ‘ Parinda Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, ‘Saudagar’, ‘Tezaab’, ‘ Khalnayak Khalnayak is a Bengali TV serial on Deepto TV that >> Read More... ’, ‘ 100 Days 100 Days is a thriller crime series, unfolding a l >> Read More... ’, ‘ Jodhaa Akbar Click to look into! >> Read More... ’ (stunt coordinator), ‘ Bombay Click to look into! >> Read More... ’, 'Gadar: Ek Prem Katha Ek Prem Katha is a Hindi TV series that airs on DD >> Read More... ’ etc.

The stunt director is now helming some scenes even for a highly anticipated movie ‘Thugs of Hindostan’ (as a stunt coordinator) which has Amitabh Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan was born on October 11, 1942 in A >> Read More... and Aamir Khan Aamir Khan or Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan is Bolly >> Read More... in lead roles and is in the filming stage. He is of the opinion that hand camera is the best mode to capture the scenes of action.

In a career of over three decades, he had never endangered any human being (actor or stunt double) he has worked with and directed. He feels that storyboarding of action is important and in some cases necessary, especially when the crew is shooting action with VFX.  He has handled largest-scale action choreographed scenes in Jodhaa Akhbar (2008). Those scenes included a large number of stunt-actors, elephants, and mahouts too.