Naveen Krishna

Naveen Krishna
Born	B. S. Naveen Krishna Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Akshay Krishna
Occupation(s)	Actor, writer, film
Years active	1982–present
Father	Srinivasa Murthy

Naveen Krishna is an Indian actor, director and writer based in Kannada Film Industry.^{[ citation needed ]} After having starred in many films as a child actor, he made his adult debut in the film Shrirasthu Shubhamasthu (2000) and has since then acted in various films, mostly in supporting roles, in films such as Kadamba (2004), Nenapirali (2005), Dheemaku (2008) and Mathond Madhuvena (2011). His lead roles in the films, Haggada Kone (2014) and Actor (2016) won him several laurels and appreciations.

In 2013, Naveen announced that he would direct and script a film titled Lakshmi Bar which is yet to release. ^[1] He did the co-direction for the film Bidalare Endu Ninna (2013).

Personal life

Naveen was born in Bangalore, Karnataka to actor Srinivasa Murthy and Pushpa. He has three siblings of whom his brother Nitil Krishna is also a film actor. He has changed his screen name twice before as Akshay Krishna and later S. S. Krishna to try his luck according to the numerology. ^[2] However he retained his original name after having found no satisfactory results.^{[ citation needed ]}

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1982	Parajitha		As a child artiste
1988	Mathru Devo Bhava
2000	Shrirasthu Shubhamasthu
2003	Hudugigagi
	Bala Shiva
2004	Kadamba	Rajashekar
2005	Nenapirali	Ekanth	Credited as Akshay Krishna
2006	Good Luck	Ajay
	Autograph Please
	Geeya Geeya		Credited as Akshay Krishna
2007	Amrutha Vaani
2008	Dheemaku	Bala Muralikrishna
	Honganasu	Santhosh
2010	Sri Harikathe	Ram
	Shambo Shankara
	Naariya Seere Kadda	Vijay
2011	5 Idiots		Also playback singer for "Ringa Ringa" song
	Mathond Madhuvena	Sunny
	Vinayaka Geleyara Balaga
	Yogaraj But	Yogaraj
	Neneyuve Ninna		Also playback singer
2012	Paper Doni	Chethan
	Rambo	Himself	Guest appearance
	Jeevana Joke-ali
2013	Bidalare Endu Ninna	Loki
2014	Gharshane		Voice-over
	Crazy Star
	Nenapideya
	Tirupathi Express
	Haggada Kone	Channa
	Chirayu
2015	Sri Sai
	Lodde
	Ouija
	Vamshodharaka
2016	Mast Mohabbat
	Actor	Sanjay
	Aham
	Mandya to Mumbai
	Sri Omkara Ayyappane
	1944
2017	Ee Kalarava
2018	Aa Karaala Ratri		Also dialogue writer
	Puta 109
	Kismath
2022	Cutting Shop

Television

As an actor

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Notes
	Preethi Illada Mele			[ citation needed ]
	Maneyondu Mooru Baagilu		ETV Kannada	[ citation needed ]
2019	Shree Vishnu Dashavatara	Hiranya Kashyapu	Zee Kannada	[3] [4]
2019	Shree Vishnu Dashavataram	Hiranya Kashyapu	Zee Tamil
2023	Bhoomige Bandha Bhagavantha	Shivaprasad (As a lead)	Zee Kannada	[5] [6]

As director

Year	Title	Channel	Notes
2016	Girija Kalyana	Colors Super	[7]
2017	Pathedari Pratibha	Zee Kannada
2018	Kamali
2018–2019	Ughe Ughe Madeshwara
2019–2020	Radha Kalyana
2020–present	Yediyur Shree Siddhalingeshwara	Star Suvarna

References

1. "Naveen Krishna turns director". The Times of India . 5 February 2013.
2. "Naveen Krishna changes name". Bangalore Mirror. 13 July 2013.
3. "Naveen Krishna as Hiranyakashapu on Shree Vishnu Dashavatara". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
4. "Naveen Krishna acts in new soap opera". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
5. "Naveen Krishna To Act In This New Kannada Serial". News18. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
6. "Telecast timings of Bhoomige Bandha Bhagavantha will change". Vijaya Karnataka. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
7. "Naveen Krishna turns director for TV serial". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 April 2016.

External links

• Naveen Krishna at IMDb