Naveen Krishna is an Indian actor, director and writer based in

Kannada Film Industry Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. The 1934 film '' Sati Sulochana'' directe ...

. After having starred in many films as a child actor, he made his adult debut in the film ''

Shrirasthu Shubhamasthu ''Shrirasthu Shubhamasthu'' is a 2000 Indian Kannada-language romantic drama film directed by Seetharam Karanth and produced by N. K. Prakash Babu. The film stars Ramesh Aravind, Anu Prabhakar along with Naveen Krishna and Srinivasa Murthy in ot ...

'' (2000) and has since then acted in various films, mostly in supporting roles, in films such as '' Kadamba'' (2004), ''

Nenapirali '' Nenapirali '' is a 2005 Indian Kannada language film directed by Ratnaja. It stars Prem Kumar, Vidhya Venkatesh and Varsha. The supporting cast features Naveen Krishna, Ananth Nag, Jai Jagadish, Vijayalakshmi Singh and Vinaya Prasad. At the ...

'' (2005), ''Dheemaku'' (2008) and '' Mathond Madhuvena'' (2011). His lead roles in the films, ''

Haggada Kone ''Haggada Kone'' ( en, End of the Rope) is a 2014 Indian Kannada language crime-drama film directed by Dayal Padmanabhan and stars Naveen Krishna in the lead role. The film is a modern-day adaptation of a play of the same name written by Parvath ...

'' (2014) and ''

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'' (2016) won him several laurels and appreciations. In 2013, Naveen announced that he would direct and script a film titled ''Lakshmi Bar'' which is yet to release. He did the co-direction for the film ''Bidalare Endu Ninna'' (2013).

Personal life

Naveen was born in Bangalore, Karnataka to actor

Srinivasa Murthy Jadalathimmanahalli Krishnappa Srinivasa Murthy (born 15 May 1949), known popularly as Srinivasa Murthy, is an Indian actor and television director. He is mostly known for his work as a director having made many television series in Kannada, be ...

and Pushpa. He has three siblings of whom his brother Nitil Krishna is also a film actor. He has changed his screen name twice before as Akshay Krishna and later S. S. Krishna to try his luck according to the numerology. However he retained his original name after having found no satisfactory results.

Filmography

Television

He acted in Preethi Illada Mele and Nandagokula in

ETV Kannada Colors Kannada (previously known as ''ETV Kannada''), is an Indian general entertainment channel, owned by Viacom18 that primarily broadcasts Kannada language entertainment shows. This channel is currently available in India and the United Stat ...

. He acted as Hiranya Kashyapu in Shree Vishnu Dashavatara in

Zee Kannada Zee Kannada is an Indian Kannada pay television GEC that was launched in the year 2006 and owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. It is also being as the first mainstream satellite channel in Kannada. History Zee Kannada was launched in 2006 ...

and Shree Vishnu Dashavataram in

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in 2019.

As Director

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Krishna, Naveen Living people Kannada film directors Film directors from Bangalore Male actors in Kannada cinema Indian male film actors Male actors from Bangalore Indian male voice actors Kannada playback singers Indian male playback singers 20th-century Indian male actors 21st-century Indian male actors Year of birth missing (living people)