Krishna Kumar (actor)

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{{short description|Indian film actor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Krishna kumar
| image =
| caption =
| birth_name = Krishna Kumar
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1968|06|12}}
| birth_place = [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| education =
| occupation = Film Actor,TV Actor,Politician,News Reader (All India Radio)
| years_active = 1994 – present
| spouse = {{Marriage|Sindhu Krishna|1994}}
| children = {{ubl|[[Ahaana Krishna]]|Diya Krishna|Ishaani Krishna|Hansika Krishna}}
| parents = {{Unbulleted_list|Gopalakrishnan Nair|Retnamma}}
| website =
}}

'''Krishna Kumar(കിച്ചു)'''(born 12 June 1968) is an Indian actor and politician from [[Kerala]] who appears in [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] and [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] films and television. He is also a former News Reader in [[Doordarshan]] and [[All India Radio]]. He is now a BJP national council member from Kerala.

==Early life==
Krishna 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 neighbor, 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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-05-15|title=Army's loss, tinsel town's gain {{!}} Deccan Chronicle|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloid/all-rounders/army%E2%80%99s-loss-tinsel-town%E2%80%99s-gain-077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515084600/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloid/all-rounders/army%E2%80%99s-loss-tinsel-town%E2%80%99s-gain-077|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-05-15|access-date=2021-02-23}}</ref>

==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 (TV channel)|Asianet]] made their debut, they made a TV [[soap opera]] titled ''Sthree'' (1998 – 2000) initially starring [[Siddique (actor)|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.<ref name="DC1">{{cite news|last=Subramanian|first=Anupama|date=12 May 2011|title=Army's loss, tinsel town's gain|work=[[Deccan Chronicle]]|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloid/all-rounders/army%E2%80%99s-loss-tinsel-town%E2%80%99s-gain-077|access-date=28 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515084600/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/tabloid/all-rounders/army%E2%80%99s-loss-tinsel-town%E2%80%99s-gain-077|archive-date=15 May 2011}}</ref>

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 [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dub]] for [[Vikram (actor)|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.<ref>[http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/308760/ വിലാസങ്ങള്‍ മാറുന്നു , Interview – Mathrubhumi Movies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215011907/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/308760/ |date=15 December 2013 }}. Mathrubhumi.com (11 October 2012). Retrieved on 13 February 2014.</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sreedhar Pillai |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-26/news-interviews/28258433_1_kavalan-kk-vijay |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919213525/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-26/news-interviews/28258433_1_kavalan-kk-vijay |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 September 2012 |title=KK is waiting for audience's reaction|date=26 December 2010 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=28 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=V Lakshmi |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-09/news-interviews/29397248_1_malayalam-film-kk-three-films |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919213544/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-09/news-interviews/29397248_1_malayalam-film-kk-three-films |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 September 2012 |title=Krishnakumar is a happy man|date=9 April 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=28 August 2012}}</ref>

==Politics==
Krishna Kumar officially joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in February 2021<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/malayalam-actor-krishna-kumar-joins-bjp-142768|title=Malayalam actor Krishna Kumar joins BJP|date=4 February 2021}}</ref> and was the party's [[candidate]] from [[Thiruvananthapuram (State Assembly constituency)|Thiruvananthapuram constituency]] for the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/bjp-fields-sreedharan-palakkad-ex-dgp-jacob-thomas-irinjalakuda-polls-145207|title=BJP fields Sreedharan from Palakkad, ex-DGP Jacob Thomas from Irinjalakuda for polls|date=14 March 2021}}</ref> He lost along with his other counterparts. On October 5th,2021 he was elected as a member to the BJP national council from Kerala.

==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 (2021 film)|One]]''. Sindhu is an entrepreneur and runs an advertisement agency.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/Sindhu-talks-about-Life-with-Actor-Krishna-Kumar/2014/02/10/article2047666.ece|title=Sindhu talks about Life with Actor Krishna Kumar|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=10 February 2014|access-date=10 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Manassiloru Mazhavillu on Kairalitv|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hqKMYyFFEg|publisher=kairalitvonline|access-date=11 December 2013}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
===Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Film
!Role
!Language
!Notes
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1994 || ''[[Kashmeeram]]'' ||Unni || [[Malayalam]]||
|-
| ''[[Sukrutham]]'' ||Babu Prasad || [[Malayalam]]||
|-
| ''[[Pakshe]]'' ||Rajan || Malayalam||
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1995 || ''[[Alancheri Thamprakkal]]'' || Mahesh|| Malayalam||
|-
| ''[[Boxer (1995 film)|Boxer]]''|| 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]]||
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1997 || ''[[Irattakuttikalude Achan]]'' || Robert || [[Malayalam]]||
|-
| ''[[Superman (1997 film)|Superman]]'' || Himself || [[Malayalam]]||
|-
| ''[[Masmaram]]'' || A.S.P. Vishnu IPS || [[Malayalam]]||
|-
| ''[[Gangothri (film)|Gangothri]]'' || Sarath's assistant || [[Malayalam]]||
|-
| 1998|| ''Aaghosham'' ||Unnikrishnan ||[[Malayalam]]||
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1999 || ''[[Agnisakshi (1999 film)|Agnisakshi]]'' || || [[Malayalam]]||
|-
| ''[[Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum]]'' || || [[Malayalam]]||
|-
| ''[[Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal]]'' || Businessman Anil Kurup|| [[Malayalam]] ||
|-
| ''[[Pranayamazha]]'' || Louis|| [[Malayalam]] ||
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2000 || ''[[Arayannangalude Veedu]]'' ||Hareendranath Menon || [[Malayalam]]||
|-
| ''Summer Palace'' || Rajmohan || [[Malayalam]]||
|-
| ''[[Manassil Oru Manjuthulli]] '' || Mohandas || [[Malayalam]]||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2001 || ''[[Kattu Vannu Vilichappol]]'' || Unni || [[Malayalam]]||
|-
| ''[[Sathyameva Jayathe]]'' ||Reji Mathan || [[Malayalam]]||
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2002 || ''Swapnahalliyil Orunaal'' || || [[Malayalam]]||
|-
| ''[[Punyam]]'' || || [[Malayalam]]||
|-
| ''[[Aabharanacharthu]]'' || || [[Malayalam]]||
|-
|| 2004 || ''[[Chathikkatha Chanthu]]'' || Aravindan || [[Malayalam]]||
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2008 || ''[[Sound of Boot]]'' || Circle Inspector Aravind || [[Malayalam]]||
|-
| ''[[Sathyam (2008 film)|Sathyam]]'' || Mohammed (Police) || [[Tamil language|Tamil]]||
|-
| ''[[Salute (2008 Telugu film)|Salute]]'' || Mohammed (Police) || [[Telugu language|Telugu]]||
|-
|2009||''[[Thirunakkara Perumal]]''||Satheeshan ||[[Malayalam]]||
|-
|rowspan=2|2010 || ''[[Paattinte Palazhy]]'' || || [[Malayalam]]||
|-
|''[[Thillalangadi]]''|| ||[[Tamil language|Tamil]]||
|-
|rowspan="5"| 2011 || ''[[Kaavalan]]'' || Karthik || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||
|-
| ''[[Melvilasam]]'' || B. D. Kapoor|| [[Malayalam]]||
|-
| ''[[Makeup Man]]'' ||Advocate Krishna Prasad|| [[Malayalam]] ||
|-
| ''[[Collector (2011 film)|Collector]]'' || Chandran ||[[Malayalam]] ||
|-
| ''[[Deiva Thirumagal]]'' || Victor || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||
|-
|rowspan="6"|2012 || ''Mazhai Kalam'' || || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||
|-
| ''[[Billa II]]'' || Raghubir Sinha || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||
|-
| ''[[Run Baby Run (2012 film)|Run Baby Run]]'' ||Vijaya Kumar || [[Malayalam]] ||
|-
| ''[[Mugamoodi]]'' || Commissioner || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||
|-
| ''[[Molly Aunty Rocks!]]'' || Ravi || [[Malayalam]]||
|-
| ''Mazhaikalam'' || Suresh|| [[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||
|-
|rowspan="5"| 2013 || ''[[Lokpal (film)|Lokpal]]'' || Ramesh || [[Malayalam]] ||
|-
| ''[[Ladies & Gentleman (2013 Malayalam film)|Ladies & Gentleman]]'' || Sibi Zakkariah || [[Malayalam]] ||
|-
| ''[[3 Dots]]'' || Mathew Paul || [[Malayalam]] ||
|-
| ''[[Vishudhan]]'' || Albert|| [[Malayalam]] ||
|-
| ''[[Good Bad & Ugly]]'' || Murthy Raj || [[Malayalam]] ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2014 || ''[[Salaam Kashmier]]'' || Captain Satheesh || [[Malayalam]] ||
|-
| ''Gamer'' || Zakeer Ali || [[Malayalam]] ||
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2016 || ''[[Manithan (2016 film)|Manithan]]''|| Vijay Nair || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||
|-
|''[[Zero (2016 film)|Zero]]''||Koran||[[Tamil language|Tamil]]||
|-
|''[[Marupadi]]''|| ||[[Malayalam]]||
|-
|rowspan="4"|2017 || ''[[1971: Beyond Borders]]''||Sudharshan||[[Malayalam]]||
|-
|''[[Careful (2017 film)|Careful]]''|| ||[[Malayalam]]||
|-
|''[[Velipadinte Pusthakam]]'' || Cameramen || [[Malayalam]] ||
|-
| ''Laali''|| || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||
|-
|rowspan="7"|2018|| ''[[Shikkari Shambhu]]'' ||Ranger Vasu||[[Malayalam]]||
|-
|''[[Parole (film)|Parole]]'' || || [[Malayalam]] ||
|-
|''[[Orayiram Kinakkalal]]'' || Stephen || [[Malayalam]]||
|-
|''[[Mohanlal (film)|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 (2021 film)|One]]'' || Alex Thomas IPS, Vigilance Director||Malayalam||
|-
|2022
|Maaran
|
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|
|-
|TBA||''Memories'' ||||[[Tamil language|Tamil]]||
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Film
!Role
!Language
!Notes
|-
|1998 – 2000|| ''Sthree'' ||[[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]||[[Malayalam]]||Character - Vijayan
|-
|1999-2000||''Sindhoorakkuruvi''||[[Surya TV]]||[[Malayalam]]||
|-
|2000||''Charulatha''||[[Surya TV]]||[[Malayalam]]||
|-
|2000-2001|| ''Sreeraman Sreedevi'' ||[[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]||Malayalam||
|-
|2001 – 2003||''Vasundara Medicals'' ||[[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]||Malayalam||
|-
|2003||''Seethalakshmi''||[[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]||Malayalam||
|-
|2003-2004||''Swantham'' ||[[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]||Malayalam||
|-
|2002|| ''Vivahita''||[[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]||Malayalam||
|-
|2004|| ''[[Kadamattathu Kathanar (TV series)|Kadamattathu Kathanaar]]'' ||[[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]||Malayalam||Character-Nicholas
|-
|2006||''Malayogam'' ||[[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]||Malayalam|| Character - Anand
|-
||| ''Miss Mary Theresa Paul'' ||Doordarshan||Malayalam|| Telefilm
|-
|
|''Pravachanam''||Doordarshan||Malayalam|| Telefilm
|-
||| ''Panthalayaniyilekku Oru Yathra''||Doordarshan||Malayalam|| Telefilm
|-
|2009 – 2010|| ''[[Thangam (TV series)|Thangam]]''|| [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]||[[Tamil language|Tamil]]||Character-Selvakannan
|-
|2010|| ''[[Abirami (TV series)|Abirami]]'' ||[[Kalaignar TV]]||Tamil||Character-Abhirami's husband
|-
|2021 – Present|| ''[[Koodevide (TV series)|Koodevide]]'' ||[[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]||Malayalam||comeback to Malayalam serials
|}

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Facebook|actorkkofficial}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0471459|name=Krishna Kumar}}

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