Krishnakumar Balasubramanian

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Krishnakumar Balasubramanian
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  • Actor
  • art director
Years active2010-present

Krishnakumar Balasubramanian is an Indian actor and art director who predominantly works in Tamil cinema.

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Career

Film

Krishnakumar made his debut playing the lead role in the film Kadhalagi (2010).

He made his Tamil film comeback in 2020, where he acted in the Amazon Prime anthology film Putham Pudhu Kaalai . Later that year, he played a pivotal role in Soorarai Pottru as a friend of actor Suriya's character.

In 2022, he played a supporting role in Maaran as Dhanush's character's friend. [1]

In 2024, he gained furthur recognition and critical acclaim after potraying Lord Krishna in Nag Ashwin's dystopian science fiction film Kalki 2898 AD.

Theater

Krishnakumar is the artistic director of The Little Theatre Group. [2] [3] [4] He has scripted and directed many stage plays, namely the Christmas pantomimes Alice in iLand (2011) and The Free Musketeers (2012); and the musicals Atita (2010) and Gapsaa - Fully Loaded (2012) for the Little Festival, an international theater festival for young audiences.

He was also the theater director of Kalakshetra Foundation's dance theater production on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birthday celebration "Shanthi Sutra".

Personal life

Krishnakumar was featured as one of the 37 Indians of tomorrow by India Today’ in its 37th-anniversary issue with Ranbir Kapoor and Virat Kohli in December 2012. [5]

Krishnakumar is a member of the Global Shapers community, an initiative of the World Economic Forum (2012). He was a panelist at the World Economic Forum on India 2012 (South Asia's Children—Are We Thinking about South Asia's Tomorrow) with Sarah Brown (wife of ex Prime Minister, UK) and Ulhas Yargop President, IT Sector, Mahindra & Mahindra, India. [6] [7]

Filmography

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleNotes
2010 Kadhalagi Thyagu
2020 Putham Pudhu Kaalai Arun KrishnanAnthology Series Segment; Ilamai Idho Idho
Soorarai Pottru Chaitanya 'Che' Rao
2022 Maaran Inspector Arjun [8]
2024 Kalki 2898 AD Krishna Telugu film [9]
Sarfira Hindi Film [10]
TBAWalking/Talking Strawberry IcecreamTBA [11]

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