Krishna Kumar (born 12 June 1968) is an Indian actor and politician from

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who appears in

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and

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films and television. He is also a former News Reader in

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and

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. He is now a BJP national council member from Kerala.

Early life

Krishna Kumar was born as the younger of the two sons of Gopalakrishnan Nair and Retnamma at

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...

. Members in his family had the background of serving in

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, hence, Kumar was also preparing to join the force when he got the offer to work as a

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. 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.

Career

He was working as a television

when he got his first acting offer. Seeing him,

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's son Kailasam offered him a role in a 13-episode serial produced for

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. He played the role of actor

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's son, in his acting debut. DD Malayalam was the only

channel at that time. When

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made their debut, they made a TV

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titled ''Sthree'' (1998 – 2000) initially starring Siddique and

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, 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. He was supposed to make his film debut in 1993 with Joshiy-directed ''

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'', 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. Later he debuted with the 1994

film ''

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''. 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 ''

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'' among others. It also helped him return to Malayalam.

Politics

Krishna Kumar officially joined the

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in February 2021 and was the party's

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from Thiruvananthapuram constituency for the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election. He lost along with his other counterparts. On October 5, 2021, he was elected as a member to the BJP national council from Kerala.

Personal life

Krishna Kumar was a news presenter in

and Sindhu was in college when they first met. They married on 12 December 1994 at Trivandrum Club in

. They have four daughters including Malayalam actresses

Ahaana Krishna Ahaana Krishna (born 13 October 1995) is an Indian actress, who appears primarily in Malayalam films and in ad films. She made her cinematic debut as lead heroine in Rajeev Ravi's ''Njan Steve Lopez'' in 2014 opposite to Farhaan Faasil. Ear ...

and Ishaani Krishna and influencers Diya Krishna and Hansika Krishna. Sindhu is an entrepreneur and runs an advertisement agency.

Filmography

Films

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Krishna 1968 births Living people Indian male film actors Male actors in Tamil cinema 20th-century Indian male actors Male actors from Thiruvananthapuram Politicians from Thiruvananthapuram Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Kerala Male actors in Malayalam cinema 21st-century Indian male actors Indian male television actors Male actors in Malayalam television