Nikhil Kumaraswamy

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Nikhil Kumaraswamy
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Nikhil in 2019
Born (1988-01-22) 22 January 1988 (age 36)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India [1]
Occupations
  • Actor
  • politician
Years active2016–present
Political party Janata Dal (Secular)
Spouse
Revathi
​
(m. 2020)​
Children1
Parent(s) H. D. Kumaraswamy (father)
Anitha Kumaraswamy (mother)
Family H. D. Deve Gowda (grandfather)
H. D. Revanna (uncle)
Prajwal Revanna (cousin)

Nikhil Kumaraswamy, also known as Nikhil Gowda (born 22 January 1988) is an Indian actor and politician known for his work in Kannada films. [2] He made his acting debut with the Kannada-Telugu bilingual film Jaguar (2016). [3]

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Personal life

Nikhil Kumarswamy is the son of former Karnataka Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy [4] and grandson of former India Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda. [2] [3]

On 10 February 2020, Nikhil was engaged to Revathi, the grand-niece of Congress leader and realtor M. Krishnappa at the Taj West End Bangalore. [5] [6] The wedding took place on 17 April 2020 [7] near Janapada Loka in Ramanagara. [8] The couple has a son. [9]

Political career

Nikhil ran in the 2019 Indian general election in Karnataka from the Mandya Lok Sabha constituency, as a Janata Dal (Secular) candidate. [10] Mandya was considered a safe bastion for the erstwhile Congress-JDS alliance as historically, Indian National Congress was the most successful party, followed by Janata Dal (Secular) to contest in the district. [11] [12] He lost in the elections to Sumalatha, who is the wife of late Kannada veteran Ambareesh, by a margin of 128,876 votes. [10]

He contested in the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, from Ramanagara where his father H. D. Kumaraswamy, mother Anitha and grandfather H. D. Devegowda had previously represented. In spite of all these he conceded defeat against Iqbal Hussain from Congress by a margin of 11,000 votes. [13]

He contested in the bypolls held in Channapatna in November 2024. This assembly seat was vacant after his father H. D. Kumaraswamy , who was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in the 2023 State Assembly Elections, went on to contest the 2024 General Elections from Mandya and was victorious in the same. Nikhil conceded defeat to C. P. Yogeshwara, candidate of the Indian National Congress party. [14]

Electoral statistics

YearElectionConstituency NamePartyResultVotes gainedVote share%MarginRef
2019 Indian General Election Mandya JDS Lost5,77,78441.89%1,25,876
2023 Karnataka Assembly General Election Ramanagara JDS Lost76,97542.12%10,715 [15]
2024 Karnataka Assembly Bye - Election Channapattana JDS Lost87,22942.07%25,413

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleNotesRef.
2016 Jaguar KrishnaDebut Film; Simultaneously shot in Telugu [16] [17]
2019 Seetharama Kalyana Arya [18] [19]
Kurukshetra Abhimanyu [20]
2021 Rider Surya [21]
2022Yaduveera†TBAFilming [22]

Awards

FilmAwardCategoryResultRef.
Jaguar 6th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Debutant Actor - Kannada Won [23]
Best Debutant Actor - Telugu Nominated

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