Krishna Kumar (actor)

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Krishna Kumar
Born
Krishna Kumar

(1968-06-12) 12 June 1968 (age 56)
Nationality Indian
Occupation(s)Film actor, TV actor, politician, news reader (All India Radio)
Years active1994 – present
Spouse
Sindhu Krishna
(m. 1994)
Children
Parents
  • Gopalakrishnan Nair
  • Retnamma

Krishna Kumar (born 12 June 1968) is an Indian actor and politician who appears in Malayalam-language films and television, in addition to a few Tamil-language films.

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Early life

Krishna Kumar was born on 12 June 1968 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. He is the youngest son of Gopalakrishnan Nair and Retnamma. He came from a family who had served in the Indian military. Kumar was also preparing to join the military before he got an offer to work as a news presenter for Doordarshan. [1]

Career

Kumar had received his first acting offer whilst working as a television news presenter in Doordarshan. Kumar played a role in a 13-episode serial produced for DD Malayalam. He portrayed actor Nedumudi Venu's son, in his acting debut. DD Malayalam was the only Malayalam channel at that time. When Asianet was launched, Kumar starred in a TV soap opera titled Sthree (1998–2000) starring Siddique and Vinaya Prasad, Kumar became the serial's lead actors after Siddique shifted to films and left the show. The show was a major succes and was a breakthrough for him. [2]

He was supposed to make his film debut in 1993 with the Joshiy-directorial Sainyam , in which he was to play a naval officer, but his scenes were deleted from the film. To make up for it, Joshiy offered him the chance to dub for Vikram's character in the film. However, he was ousted from the dubbing studio after not possessing a dubbing artists' card from their guild. [3] He eventually debuted with the 1994 Malayalam film Kashmeeram . In the coming years, he acted in several Malayalam films and TV serials. He would later go onto to act in Tamil films such as Billa II , Deivathirumagal , and Mugamoodi among others. [4] [5]

Politics

Krishna Kumar officially joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in February 2021 [6] and was the party's candidate from Thiruvananthapuram constituency for the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election. [7] He lost along with his other counterparts. On October 5, 2021, he was elected as a member to the BJP national council from Kerala.

Personal life

Krishna Kumar met his future wife Sindhu during his time presenting for Doordarshan. They married on 12 December 1994 at the Trivandrum Club in Thiruvananthapuram.

They have four daughters including Ahaana Krishna, Ishaani Krishna [8] (both actresses), Diya Krishna and Hansika Krishna. Sindhu is an entrepreneur and runs an advertisement agency. [9] [10] [11]

Filmography

Malayalam films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994 Kashmeeram Unni
Sukrutham Babu Prasad
Pakshe Rajan
1995 Alancheri Thamprakkal Mahesh
Boxer TV Reporter
Maanthrikam Douglas
Puthukkottayile PuthumanavalanAnandhan/John Sacaria
1996Aakaashathekkoru Kilivaathil
1996 Mahathma Rajeev
1996Mayoora Nrithamactor
1997 Irattakuttikalude Achan Robert
Superman Himself
Masmaram A.S.P. Vishnu IPS
Gangothri Sarath's assistant
1998AaghoshamUnnikrishnan
1999 Agnisakshi
Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum
Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal Businessman Anil Kurup
Pranayamazha Louis
2000 Arayannangalude Veedu Hareendranath Menon
Summer PalaceRajmohan
Manassil Oru Manjuthulli Mohandas
2001 Kattu Vannu Vilichappol Unni
Sathyameva Jayathe Reji Mathan
2002Swapnahalliyil Orunaal
Punyam
Aabharanacharthu
2004 Chathikkatha Chanthu Aravindan
2008 Sound of Boot Circle Inspector Aravind
2009Thirunakkara PerumalSatheeshan
2010 Paattinte Palazhy
2011 Melvilasam B. D. Kapoor
Makeup Man Advocate Krishna Prasad
Collector Chandran
2012 Run Baby Run Vijaya Kumar
Molly Aunty Rocks! Ravi
2013 Lokpal Ramesh
Ladies & Gentleman Sibi Zakkariah
3 Dots Mathew Paul
Vishudhan Cleetus
Good Bad & Ugly Murthy Raj
2014 Salaam Kashmier Captain Satheesh
GamerZakeer Ali
2016 Marupadi
2017 1971: Beyond Borders Sudharshan
Careful
Velipadinte Pusthakam Cameramen
2018 Shikkari Shambhu Ranger Vasu
Parole
Orayiram Kinakkalal Stephen
Mohanlal Meenukutti's father
Theekuchiyum PanithulliyumHari
A for Apple Advocate Ram Mohan
MoonnaraCI Velraj
2019Rameshan Oru PerallaPublic Prosecutor
2021 One Alex Thomas IPS, Vigilance Director
2022 Shefeekkinte Santhosham Shefeek's father [12]
2023 Thrishanku Robin [13]

Tamil films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Sathyam Mohammed (Police)Simultaneously shot in Telugu as Salute
2012 Billa II Raghubir Sinha
Mugamoodi Commissioner
Mazhaikkalam Suresh
2011 Kaavalan Karthik
Deiva Thirumagal Victor
2016 Manithan Vijay Nair
Zero Koran
2017Laali

Television

YearFilmRoleRoleLanguageNotes
1998–2000SthreeVijayan Asianet Malayalam
1999–2000Sindhoorakkuruvi Surya TV Malayalam
2000Charulatha Surya TV Malayalam
2000–2001Sreeraman Sreedevi Asianet Malayalam
2001–2003Manasaputhri Surya TV Malayalam
2001–2003Vasundara Medicals Asianet Malayalam
2003Seethalakshmi Asianet Malayalam
2003–2004Swantham Asianet Malayalam
2002Vivahita Asianet Malayalam
2004 Kadamattathu Kathanaar Nicholas Asianet Malayalam
2006MalayogamAnand Asianet Malayalam
Miss Mary Theresa Paul Doordarshan Malayalam Telefilm
Pravachanam Doordarshan Malayalam Telefilm
Panthalayaniyilekku Oru Yathra Doordarshan Malayalam Telefilm
2009–2010 Thangam Selvakannan Sun TV Tamil
2010 Abirami Abhirami's husband Kalaignar TV Tamil
2021 Koodevide Prof. Adhi Asianet Malayalam

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