Kishore | |
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Born | Kishore Kumar G 14 August 1975 |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2004–present |
Spouse | Vishalakshi |
Relatives | D. R. Nagaraj (uncle) |
Kishore Kumar G (born 14 August 1975), [2] [3] known mononymously as Kishore, is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in South Indian cinema namely Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. He gained popularity for portraying the character of Veerappan in the Kannada film Attahasa in 2013. Recently, he got pan India recognition for his performance in The Family Man , Ponniyin Selvan: I , Ponniyin Selvan: II and Kantara .
Kishore was born on 14 August 1974 in Channapatna, a town in the southern part of India's Karnataka State. His father was a professor and mother, a homemaker. Kishore completed a major part of his schooling in Kunigal, Karnataka, and college education in National College, Bangalore. [1] This was where he started off with theatre doing plays in Kannada such as Teregalu and Samrata Ashoka. [3] He then did his master's degree in Kannada literature from Bangalore University. He took up teaching in a college in Bangalore [4] where he worked for two years and then as an assistant to fashion designer Vidyasagar, a professor from National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT). His uncle was cultural critic D. R. Nagaraj. [1] He is married to his college sweetheart Vishalakshi. During this time, he worked as a salesman for newspapers Deccan Herald and Prajavani . [1]
Kishore made his film debut in the 2004 Kannada film Kanti, acting as Byaadara Beera. He got a role in the film after having been identified initially to design costumes for the film and eventually went on to win a State award for his role in it. [4] For his role in the film Raakshasa, he won the Karnataka State Award for Best Supporting Actor. [4] He played a tough elder brother of heroines in Akash and Kallarali Hoovagi . He was approached by director Vetrimaaran to work in Desiya Nedunchalai, as he was looking for an actor who could speak Tamil with a Kannada accent. The film was dropped, but he got a chance to act in Polladhavan . The film was a major success at the box office. His other roles include a no non-sense cop in Duniya , a Kabaddi coach in Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu and a forest brigand Veerappan in the 2013 film Attahasa . [5] [6] In the same year, he appeared in a low-budget film Jatta in which played the role of a forest guard. In 2013 he was also in the Tamil films Haridas as a police officer raising his autistic kid and makes him an athlete and Arrambam (2013) where he also played a cop.
In 2014, he appeared in Ulidavaru Kandanthe , playing the role of Munna, another role that won him praise[ vague ] from critics. [7]
In 2015, Kishore got his Tamil movie Thilagar released. Kishore's acting in the movie was praised[ vague ] by critics though the movie was not very successful at the box office. [8] In Echcharikkai (2018), Kishore plays the role of a crook who kidnaps a girl for money along with a fellow crook. He later acted in famous web series "The Family Man Season 1", where he played the role of commando who fights against terrorists. [9]
After brief appearances in several movies and series, Kishore had a fantastic 2022 with 2 big releases on the same date. Kantara , which became one of the highest rated Indian films and the third highest grossing Kannada film behind the KGF series. Ponniyin Selvan: I , the other blockbuster movie where he played the antagonist, Ravidhasan. PS1 grossed more than 500 crores at the box office.
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Language | Notes | Ref. |
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2004 | Kanti | Beera | Kannada | Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor (also for Rakshasa) | |
2005 | Rakshasa | Shabbir | |||
Akash | Chidanand | ||||
Siddu | |||||
Deadly Soma | |||||
Vishnu Sena | |||||
2006 | Happy | ACP Rathnam | Telugu | ||
Shubham | Kannada | ||||
Ashoka | |||||
Ambi | |||||
Gandugali Kumara Rama | |||||
Kannadada Kanda | |||||
Student | |||||
Kallarali Hoovagi | Mohiddin | ||||
2007 | Duniya | Umesh Kumar | |||
Masti | |||||
Kshana Kshana | Kishore | ||||
Agrahara | |||||
Guna | |||||
Geleya | Don Bhandari | ||||
Polladhavan | Selvam | Tamil | Vijay Award for Best Villain | ||
Operation Ankusha | Kannada | ||||
2008 | Gooli | ACP Devaraj | |||
Inthi Ninna Preethiya | Kishore | ||||
Zindagi | Police officer | [10] | |||
Jayamkondaan | Guna | Tamil | |||
Akka Thangi | Huliyappa | Kannada | |||
Silambattam | Duraisingham | Tamil | |||
2009 | Nanda | Kannada | |||
Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu | Souda Muthu | Tamil | |||
Birugaali | Inspector | Kannada | |||
Baaji | Abdul Khan | ||||
Thoranai | Guru | Tamil | |||
Pistha | Rambabu | Telugu | |||
Black | Kannada | ||||
Muthirai | Commissioner | Tamil | |||
Kabaddi | Beeresh | Kannada | |||
Yaradu | |||||
Jeeva | |||||
Kallara Santhe | |||||
2010 | Om Shanti | Telugu | |||
Ugragami | Kannada | ||||
Shabari | |||||
Porkkalam | Karnan | Tamil | |||
Dildaara | Kannada | ||||
Parole | |||||
Bayam Ariyaan | Mithran | Tamil | |||
Tharangini | Kannada | ||||
Beli Matthu Hola | |||||
Haru Hakkiyaneri | |||||
Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu | Kabaddi coach | Telugu | |||
Vamsam | Rathinam | Tamil | |||
Gang Leader | Kannada | ||||
Yaksha | |||||
Huli | Chandappa Huliyal | ||||
2011 | Aadukalam | Dorai | Tamil | ||
Bhramara | Kannada | ||||
Mudhal Idam | Karuppu Balu | Tamil | |||
9 to 12 | Munna | Kannada | |||
Nanalla | |||||
2012 | Dammu | Chandravanshi King's second son | Telugu | ||
Thiruvambadi Thamban | Shakthivel | Malayalam | |||
Bhagirathi | Maadevaraya | Kannada | |||
Shiva | |||||
Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum | Telugu | ||||
2013 | Attahasa | Veerappan | Kannada | ||
Haridas | Sivadas | Tamil | |||
Dalam | Shatruvu | Telugu | |||
Ponmaalai Pozhudhu | Arjun's Father | Tamil | |||
Jatta | Jatta | Kannada | |||
Arrambam | Prakash | Tamil | |||
2014 | Karthikeya | Sahadev | Telugu | ||
Ulidavaru Kandanthe | Munna | Kannada | |||
Rowdy | Bhushan | Telugu | |||
Chandamama Kathalu | Sarathi | ||||
Dalam | Satruvu | Telugu | |||
2015 | Missed Call | Kannada | |||
Thilagar | Bose Pandian | Tamil | |||
Acha Dhin | Antony Issac | Malayalam | |||
Vascodigama | Vasu D. Gamanahalli "Vascodigama" | Kannada | |||
Calling Bell | Swamiji | Telugu | |||
Thoongaa Vanam | Dhiraviyam | Tamil | |||
Cheekati Rajyam | Mohan | Telugu | |||
Octopus | Yashwanth | Kannada | |||
2016 | Visaranai | Auditor K.K. | Tamil | ||
Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu | Kaale Gowda | Kannada | |||
Bheeshma | |||||
Kabali | Veerasekaran | Tamil | |||
Rekka | Selvam | ||||
Pulimurugan | R. Krishna "R. K" Kumar, Forest Ranger | Malayalam | |||
Ilami | King | Tamil | Guest appearance | ||
2017 | Nisabdham | A.C.P. Parvez Ahmed | |||
Veedevadu | Prakash Varma | Telugu | |||
Yaar Ivan | Prakash | Tamil | |||
PSV Garuda Vega | George | Telugu | |||
Kalathur Gramam | Kedathirukka | Tamil | |||
Kalki | Kishore | Short film | |||
My Son Is Gay | Gopi | ||||
2018 | Kadikara Manithargal | Maran | |||
Echcharikkai | David | ||||
Vada Chennai | Senthil | ||||
2019 | Mikhael | N.Sreenivasan | Malayalam | ||
Udgharsha | Menon | Kannada | |||
House Owner | Col. P. K. Vasudevan | Tamil | |||
Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu 2 | Savadamuthu | ||||
Dorasaani | Communist head | Telugu | |||
Devaki | Inspector | Kannada | |||
Nanna Prakara | Ashok | Kannada | |||
Katha Sangama | Father | Kannada | |||
Mei | Muthukrishnan | Tamil | |||
Jada | Sethu | Tamil | |||
Arjun Suravaram | Police Officer | Telugu | |||
Venky Mama | Major Anwar Sadat | Telugu | |||
Chambal | Kannada | ||||
2020 | Shivarjuna | Kannada | |||
Thundhaiklu Saavasa | Kannada | ||||
2021 | |||||
Maara | David | Tamil | |||
Sarpatta Parambarai | Munirathnam | Tamil | Cameo appearance | ||
Navarasa | Comrade | Tamil | |||
Erida | Madhi Varma | Malayalam Tamil | Amazon Prime Video exclusive | ||
Buy 1 Get 1 Free | Kannada | ||||
Blood Money | Kaliyappan | Tamil | |||
Djibouti | Malayalam | ||||
2022 | Acharya | Basava's Aid | Telugu | ||
Shekar | Mallikarjun | ||||
Shikaaru | Devika's husband | ||||
Diary | Varadhan Annadurai's father | Tamil | |||
Drama | Arjun | Tamil | |||
Kantara | Muralidhar | Kannada | |||
Ponniyin Selvan: I | Ravidasan | Tamil | |||
Manja Kuruvi | Tamil | ||||
2023 | Pentagon | Kadamba Ramachandrappa | Kannada | Anthology film; segment Karma | |
Ponniyin Selvan: II | Ravidasan | Tamil | |||
Kolai | Babloo | Tamil | |||
Jailer | Jaffar | Tamil | |||
Kannur Squad | SP Manu Needhi Cholan | Malayalam | [11] | ||
Year | Series | Role | Network | Language | Ref. |
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2019 | High Priestess | Vikram | Zee5 | Telugu | [12] |
2019 | The Family Man | Imran Pasha | Amazon Prime Video | Hindi | [13] |
2020 | Addham | Ram | Aha | Telugu | [14] |
2020–2022 | She | Nayak | Netflix | Hindi | [15] |
2022 | Pettaikaali | Muththaiya | Aha Tamil | Tamil | [16] |
2023 | Modern Love Chennai | Ravi | Amazon Prime Video | Tamil | [17] |
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