Kunal Singh Yadav is an Indian actor associated with

Bhojpuri cinema Bhojpuri cinema is an Indian film industry of Bhojpuri-language motion pictures. It is based in western Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh with major production centres in Lucknow and Patna. Bhojpuri cinema is a major part of Bihari cinema. The f ...

. Also referred to as

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of Bhojpuri Cinema because of his dominance on Bhojpuri cinema and also as Jitendra of Bhojpuri cinema because of his remarkable resemblance with the bollywood actor Jitendra, Kunal, in his four-decade long career, has acted in more than 250 movies. For his contributions to cinema, he was awarded the ''Rashtrakavi Dinkar Award'' in 2012 by

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Life

Kunal was born in a 1955 in a

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family. His father Buddhadev Singh was a senior

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leader. He has remarkable resemblance with the bollywood actor

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. In his childhood he was asked to read out from the script of a play named ''Jantantra Zindabad,'' for his bad performance in the auditon the director complemented that "acting is not his cup of tea". After this incident he decided to become an actor. He is married to Bengali actress

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Acting career

He made his acting debut with the Hindi film ''Kal Hamara Hai'' (1980) directed by Girish Ranjan. He played the role of a Tonga Drive in that film. It did a good business in the theatres of

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and

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. After this film he started getting many offers for Bhojpuri films. His first major success in Bhojpuri was ''Dharti Maiyaa'' (1981), in which he played the role of a wayward youth. His biggest hit ''Ganga Kinare Mora Gaon'' was released 1983. In a theatre of

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it ran for 16 months. His ''Ram Jaisan Bhaiyaa Hamar'' ran for 50 days in

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and broke the record held by

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In 2007, he acted with

and

Mithun Chakraborty Mithun Chakraborty (born Gouranga Chakraborty; 16 June 1950) is an Indian actor, producer and politician who predominantly worked in Hindi and Bengali language films. He is a former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament. He is the recipient of three ...

in the Bhojpuri film ''Gangotri.'' His first film in 2022 was ''Aashiqui'' starring

Khesari Lal Yadav Shatrughan Kumar Yadav (born 15 March 1986), known professionally as Khesari Lal Yadav, is an Indian actor, singer, dancer and model associated with Bhojpuri cinema. Also known by the Initialism KLY, Khesari has appeared in more than 70 film ...

and

Amrapali Dubey Amrapali Dubey (born 11 January 1987) is an Indian actress appearing in Bhojpuri films. She played the lead role in the show ''Rehna Hai Teri Palkon Ki Chhaon Mein'' as Suman. She acted in '' Saat Phere'' and ''Maayka'' on Zee TV. She was also ...

Filmography

Bhojpuri

Hindi

Political career

He contested election in 2014 from

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as a Congress Candidate against

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candidate

Shatrughan Sinha Shatrughan Prasad Sinha (born 9 December 1945) is an Indian actor and politician. He is a Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency), Asansol constituency as a member of All India Trinamool Congress (TMC). Earlier he ...

and lost the battle.

Awards

Awarded the RAMDHARI SINGH DINKAR AWARD by honorable President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee in 2012 at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. For his contributions to cinema, he was awarded the ''Rashtrakavi Dinkar Award'' in 2012 by

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Kunal Indian male actors 1955 births Male actors in Bhojpuri cinema Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Bihar Indian actor-politicians