Paritala Ravi

The life of Paritala Ravi has come into the limelight recently, thanks to the much anticipated Ram Gopal Verma flick, Rakta Charitra.
We take a look at his life and he is our topic of the week.



Born : August 30, 1958
Venkatapuram, Anantapur district, India
Died : January 24, 2005 (aged 46)
Residence : Anantapur district, India
Occupation : MLA, Former AP Cabinet Minister
Spouse : Paritala Sunitha


Early Life

Paritala Ravi was born into a middle class family to Sri Ramulu and Narayanamma couple in Venkatapuram, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh. Ravi's father, Paritala Sreeramulu, was a Naxalite leader close to Kondapalli Seetharamaiah, supremo of the then-monolithic People’s War Group. That was until G Narayana Reddy, a factionist and Congress MLA, and Sane Chenna Reddy, another factionist who later became a Congress MLA, had Sreeramulu killed in 1975.[1] Ravi was only 17 years when his father was killed.

Ravi and his brother Paritala Hari escaped that attack.

After losing his father and brother, Ravi wanted to take shelter to protect himself from his rivals. He went to his maternal uncle, Kondaiah, in Seerpi Kottaala village of Uravakonda constituency to take shelter. He married his uncle's daughter Suneetha in 1986 and took up cultivation. According to many allegations Ravi was responsible for the deaths of Gangula Narayana Reddy, Narsanna, Yaadi Reddy and more (1982–84).[citation needed]