Nikhil Kumaraswamy is an Indian actor and politician known for his work in Kannada films. He made his acting debut with the Kannada-Telugu bilingual film ''

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'' (2016).

Personal life

Nikhil Kumarswamy is the son of former Karnataka Chief Minister

H. D. Kumaraswamy Haradanahalli Deve Gowda Kumaraswamy, (born 16 December 1959) known among followers as Kumaranna (''Kumar, the elder brother''), is an Indian politician and businessman who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 23 May 2018 to 23 J ...

and grandson of former India Prime Minister

H. D. Deve Gowda Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda (; born 18 May 1933 in) is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka. He served as the 11th prime minister of India from 1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997. He was previously the 14th Chief Minister of Karn ...

. On 10 February 2020 it became public that Nikhil got engaged to Revathi, the grand-niece of Congress leader and realtor M. Krishnappa at

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. The wedding took place on 17 April 2020 near

Janapada Loka Jaanapada Loka (), is a folk museum that has an exclusive display of the village folk arts of Karnataka. It is under the aegis of the Karnataka Janapada Parishat. Loka Mahal, a wing in the museum has a display of 5,000 folk artifacts. It is situ ...

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. The couple has a son.

Political career

Nikhil ran in the 2019 Indian general election in Karnataka (

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) from

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as a Janata Dal (Secular) candidate. Mandya was considered a safe bastion for the Congress-JDS alliance as historically

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was the most successful party, followed by Janata Dal (Secular) to contest in the district. He lost in the elections to

Sumalatha Sumalatha (born 27 August 1963) is an Indian actress, politician who is the current Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Mandya, Karnataka. She has acted in more than 220 films in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Hindi. She gained ...

wife of late

Ambareesh Malavalli Huchchegowda Amarnath (29 May 1952 – 24 November 2018), known by his screen name Ambareesh, was an Indian actor, media personality, politician from the state of Karnataka. Alongside Rajkumar and Vishnuvardhan, he is counted in ...

by a margin of 128,876 votes.

Filmography

Awards

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Nikhil 1987 births Living people Male actors from Bangalore Male actors in Kannada cinema Indian male film actors Kannada people 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors in Telugu cinema South Indian International Movie Awards winners Janata Dal (Secular) politicians People from Ramanagara Politicians from Bangalore People from Hassan Indian actor-politicians