Ravi Belagere was born on 15 March 1958 at Sathyanarayanapete, in Bellary. His mother's name is Parvathamma and his father was a writer. He studied his high school education from Siddhaganga High School, Tumkur for couple of years and he failed in SSLC. Later, he completed his masters in History and Archaeology from Veerashaiva College, Bellary.
Personal life
He has been married twice. His first wife is Lalitha and the second wife is Yashomati, who was his colleague at Hi Bangalore office. His first wife has three children namely Chethana Belagere, Bhavana Belagere and Karna. His second wife Yashomati has a son named Himavanth. He is an ardent fan of Khushwant Singh and he says he is attracted to leftist ideology and he has no political leanings.
Career
He started his career as a lecturer of history and worked as a lecturer of history in Bellary, Hassan and Hubli before heading to Bengaluru in 1984. He worked as a room boy, receptionist, newspaper boy, milk seller, medical representative, printing press owner, theatre gate keeper and so many such low-paying jobs in his time of desperation. After coming to Bengaluru, he started his own newspaper Hai Bangalore in 1995 along with R. T. Vittalamurthy, Ra. Somanath, Jogi and I. H. Sangam Dev which he published from his Padmanabhanagar office in Bengaluru. The columns like Love Lavike, Bottom Item and Khaas Baat apart from Papigala Lokadalli which was about the underworld, created many admirers and his paper was the largest circulated newspaper over the five years. After this success, he started a magazine O Manase which focused on difficulties and troubles of young people and it too was an instant success. Later, he produced several TV programs and acted in some movies.
Literary works
Media works
He was the producer and narrator of the crime investigation show Crime Diary which aired on ETV Kannada and he has also given his voice for the movie Deadly Soma
In December 2010, he made a derogatory comment on Pratap Simha at the time when Pratap Simha was a writer at Vijaya Karnataka and it led to the resignation of Pratap Simha, then the editor-in-chief Vishweshwar Bhat, P. Thayagaraj and several others. After that, Pratap Simha hits back to Ravi Belagere on his website and the spat between the two continued for a while.
Extra-marital relationships
A magazine named Duniya printed an alleged love letter written by Ravi Belagere to a 22 year old girlbegging for love. Also, the magazine had an article saying that it had received many such cases.
