Ashok (actor)

Ashok
Ashok
Born	Ashok Kumar Balakrishnan; 12 December 1981 (age 42); India
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1993 – present
Spouse(s)	Sharaniya

Ashok Kumar Balakrishnan is an Indian actor who has appeared in Ramanand Sagar's Shree Krishna serial and now is working in Tamil and South Indian Film Industry.

Early life[edit]

Ashok was born and brought up in a middle-class family to R. Balakrishnan and Radha Balakrishnan in Mumbai. He did his schooling at Fatima High School, Vidyavihar, and Vani Vidyalaya. He graduated with Majors in Sociology, Psychology & Hindi Literature from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.

Ashok works in South Indian films,^[1] primarily in Tamil. His first step into the Tamil Film Industry was with Muruga, directed by R. T. Neason, which released in 2007, followed by Pidichirukku, directed by Kanagu, was released for Pongal 2008. He also did a cameo for a song in a Malayalam film titled Mulla, directed by Lal Jose and the journey continues...

He starred in a short film titled Viol in 2017.^[2]

Career[edit]

As a teenager, he played the role of Little Krishna in Ramanand Sagar's teleserial Sri Krishna for which he won the "Best Child Actor Award" from Uptron. It was telecast in Doordarshan in 1994-95. He also was awarded the coveted Nritya Mayur for excellence in dance from the State Government of Maharashtra.^{[citation needed]}

He was involved in stage productions like the musical "Evita" directed by Alyque Padamsee, "Love is the Best Remedy" by Jean Jacques Bellot, "Katha" in Hindi directed by Ravi Mishra of Ekjute Productions for which Ashok won the Best Actor Award during the IPTA, Manch and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's/Bhavan's Kala Kendra Theatre Festivals.^{[citation needed]} He also directed the play "Cryptic Death" for the Thespo Theatre Festival.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography[edit]

Films[edit]

All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2007	Muruga	Murugan
2008	Pidichirukku	Velu	^[3]
2008	Mulla	Himself	Malayalam film; cameo appearance
2012	Kozhi Koovuthu	Kumaresan
2013	Vetkathai Kettal Enna Tharuvaai	Shiva
2014	Kadhal Solla Aasai	Mahesh
2015	Kaki: Sound of Warning	Karthik	Telugu film
2017	Ka Ka Ka: Aabathin Arikuri	Karthik
2018	Gangs of Madras	Ibrahim
2019	Chithiram Pesuthadi 2	Salim
2020	Unakkagathane	Ashok

Web series[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Streaming channel	Notes
2021	Kuruthi Kalam	Item Kumar	MX Player

Television[edit]

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1993	Shri Krishna	Child Krishna	Debut TV show	^[4]

References[edit]

↑ "My First Break -- Ashok Kumar". The Hindu. 1 May 2009. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009.
↑ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/creating-awareness-through-his-short-film/articleshow/57253365.cms
↑ "Seemingly endless search -- Pidichirukku".
↑ "रामानंद सागर का 'कन्हैया' जिसने कालिया नाग को खूब नचाया". navbharattimes.indiatimes.com (in हिन्दी). 3 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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[1] "My First Break -- Ashok Kumar". The Hindu. 1 May 2009. Archived from the original on 4 May 2009.

[2] ttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/creating-awareness-through-his-short-film/articleshow/57253365.cms

[3] "Seemingly endless search -- Pidichirukku".

[4] "रामानंद सागर का 'कन्हैया' जिसने कालिया नाग को खूब नचाया". navbharattimes.indiatimes.com (in हिन्दी). 3 May 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

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