Krishna Kumar (actor)

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Krishna kumar
Born
Krishna Kumar

(1968-06-12) 12 June 1968 (age 53)
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationActor
Years active1994 – present
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s)
Sindhu Krishna
​
(m. 1994)​
Children
Parent(s)
  • Gopalakrishnan Nair
  • Retnamma

Krishna Kumar (born 12 June 1968) is an Indian actor and politician who appears in Malayalam and Tamil films and television. He is also a former News Reader in Doordarshan and All India Radio.

Early life[]

Kumar was born as the youngest of the two sons of Gopalakrishnan Nair and Retnamma at Thiruvananthapuram. Members in his family had the background of serving in Indian military, hence, Kumar was also preparing to join the force when he got the offer to work as a news presenter in Doordarshan. It was his neighbour, a senior official working in Doordarshan, who recognised him to have a photogenic face and offered him the job in the government-owned broadcasting company, Kumar accepted it and decided to move on to a career in media.[1]

Career[]

He was working as a television news presenter in Doordarshan when he got his first acting offer. Seeing him, K. Balachander's son Kailasam offered him a role in a 13-episode serial produced for DD Malayalam. He played the role of actor Nedumudi Venu's son, in his acting debut. DD Malayalam was the only Malayalam channel at that time. When Asianet made their debut, they made a TV soap opera titled Sthree (1998 – 2000) initially starring Siddique and Vinaya Prasad, Kumar played a charlatan's role. When Siddique got a break in films and left the show, Kumar was made the new protagonist and it was a break for him with the show becoming a major success.[2]

He was supposed to make his film debut in 1993 with Joshiy-directed Sainyam, in which he was to play a naval officer, but the scenes were removed from the film, not to disappoint him, Joshiy gave him a chance to dub for Vikram's character in the film. But he was ousted from the dubbing studio saying he did not possess a dubbing artists' card from their guild.[3] Later he debuted with the 1994 Malayalam film Kashmeeram. After that he acted in several Malayalam films and TV serials. Later, he migrated to Tamil by acting in some TV serials. It helped him get roles in Tamil films such as Billa II, Deivathirumagal, and Mugamoodi among others. It also helped him return to Malayalam.[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.

Personal life[]

Krishna Kumar was a news presenter in Doordarshan and Sindhu was in college when they first met. They married on 12 December 1994 at Trivandrum Club in Thiruvananthapuram.

They have four daughters including Malayalam actress Ahaana Krishna and their third daughter Ishaani Krishna acted in Mammootty starrer 2021 film One. Sindhu is an entrepreneur and runs an advertisement agency.[8][9]

Filmography[]

Films[]

Year Film Role Language Notes
1994 Kashmeeram Unni Malayalam
Sukrutham Babu Prasad Malayalam
Pakshe Rajan Malayalam
1995 Alancheri Thamprakkal Mahesh Malayalam
TV Reporter Malayalam
Maanthrikam Douglas Malayalam
Puthukkottayile Puthumanavalan Anandhan/John Sacaria Malayalam
1996 Aakaashathekkoru Kilivaathil Malayalam
1996 Mahathma Rajeev Malayalam
1996 Mayoora Nritham Film actor Malayalam
1997 Irattakuttikalude Achan Robert Malayalam
Superman Himself Malayalam
Masmaram A.S.P. Vishnu IPS Malayalam
Gangothri Sarath's assistant Malayalam
1998 Aaghosham Unnikrishnan Malayalam
1999 Agnisakshi Malayalam
Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum Malayalam
Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal Businessman Anil Kurup Malayalam
Louis Malayalam
2000 Arayannangalude Veedu Hareendranath Menon Malayalam
Summer Palace Rajmohan Malayalam
Manassil Oru Manjuthulli Mohandas Malayalam
2001 Unni Malayalam
Sathyameva Jayathe Reji Mathan Malayalam
2002 Swapnahalliyil Orunaal Malayalam
Malayalam
Malayalam
2004 Chathikkatha Chanthu Aravindan Malayalam
2008 Sound of Boot Circle Inspector Aravind Malayalam
Sathyam Mohammed (Police) Tamil
Salute Mohammed (Police) Telugu
2009 Thirunakkara Perumal Satheeshan Malayalam
2010 Paattinte Palazhy Malayalam
Thillalangadi Tamil
2011 Kaavalan Karthik Tamil
Melvilasam B. D. Kapoor Malayalam
Makeup Man Advocate Krishna Prasad Malayalam
Collector Chandran Malayalam
Deiva Thirumagal Victor Tamil
2012 Mazhai Kalam Tamil
Billa II Raghubir Sinha Tamil
Run Baby Run Vijaya Kumar Malayalam
Mugamoodi Commissioner Tamil
Molly Aunty Rocks! Ravi Malayalam
Mazhaikalam Suresh Tamil
2013 Lokpal Ramesh Malayalam
Ladies & Gentleman Sony Zakkariah Malayalam
3 Dots Mathew Paul Malayalam
Vishudhan Alex Malayalam
Good Bad & Ugly Murthy Raj Malayalam
2014 Salaam Kashmier Captain Satheesh Malayalam
Gamer Zakeer Ali Malayalam
2016 Manithan Vijay Nair Tamil
Zero Koran Tamil
Marupadi Malayalam
2017 1971: Beyond Borders Sudharshan Malayalam
Careful Malayalam
Velipadinte Pusthakam Cameramen Malayalam
Laali Tamil
2018 Shikkari Shambhu Ranger Vasu Malayalam
Parole Malayalam
Orayiram Kinakkalal Stephen Malayalam
Mohanlal Meenukutti's father Malayalam
Theekuchiyum Panithulliyum Hari Malayalam
A for Apple Advocate Ram Mohan Malayalam
Moonnara CI Velraj Malayalam
2019 Rameshan Oru Peralla Public Prosecutor Malayalam
2021 One Alex Thomas IPS, Vigilance Director Malayalam
TBA Memories Tamil

Television[]

Year Film Role Language Notes
1998 – 2000 Sthree Asianet Malayalam Character - Vijayan
1999-2000 Sindhoorakkuruvi Surya TV Malayalam
2000 Charulatha Surya TV Malayalam
2000-2001 Sreeraman Sreedevi Asianet Malayalam
2001 – 2003 Vasundara Medicals Asianet Malayalam
2003 Seethalakshmi Asianet Malayalam
2003-2004 Swantham Asianet Malayalam
2002 Vivahita Asianet Malayalam
2004 Kadamattathu Kathanaar Asianet Malayalam Character-Nicholas
2006 Malayogam Asianet Malayalam Character - Anand
Miss Mary Theresa Paul Doordarshan Malayalam Telefilm
Pravachanam Doordarshan Malayalam Telefilm
Panthalayaniyilekku Oru Yathra Doordarshan Malayalam Telefilm
2009 – 2010 Thangam Sun TV Tamil Character-Selvakannan
2010 Abirami Kalaignar TV Tamil Character-Abhirami's husband
2021 – Present Koodevide Asianet Malayalam comeback to Malayalam serials

References[]

  1. ^ "Army's loss, tinsel town's gain | Deccan Chronicle". 15 May 2011. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  2. ^ Subramanian, Anupama (12 May 2011). "Army's loss, tinsel town's gain". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  3. ^ വിലാസങ്ങള്‍ മാറുന്നു , Interview – Mathrubhumi Movies Archived 15 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Mathrubhumi.com (11 October 2012). Retrieved on 13 February 2014.
  4. ^ Sreedhar Pillai (26 December 2010). "KK is waiting for audience's reaction". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  5. ^ V Lakshmi (9 April 2011). "Krishnakumar is a happy man". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
  6. ^ https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/malayalam-actor-krishna-kumar-joins-bjp-142768
  7. ^ https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/bjp-fields-sreedharan-palakkad-ex-dgp-jacob-thomas-irinjalakuda-polls-145207
  8. ^ "Sindhu talks about Life with Actor Krishna Kumar". The New Indian Express. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  9. ^ "Manassiloru Mazhavillu on Kairalitv". kairalitvonline. Retrieved 11 December 2013.

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