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

Ashok Kumar was born and brought up in a middle-class family to R. Balakrishnan and Radha Balakrishnan in

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. 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 St. Xavier's College is a private, Catholic, autonomous higher education institution run by the Bombay Province of the Society of Jesus in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was founded by the Jesuits on January 2, 1869. The college is affil ...

Career

As a teenager, he played the role of Little Krishna in

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's teleserial ''Sri Krishna'' for which he won the "Best Child Actor Award" from Uptron. It was telecast in

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in 1994–95. He also was awarded the coveted Nritya Mayur for excellence in dance from the State Government of Maharashtra. 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 Kumar won the Best Actor Award during the IPTA, Manch and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's/Bhavan's Kala Kendra Theatre Festivals. He also directed the play "Cryptic Death" for the Thespo Theatre Festival. Ashok Kumar works in Tamil films. His first film was ''

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'', directed by R. T. Neason, which released in 2007, followed by ''

Pidichirukku ''Pidichirukku'' ( en, I like it) is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film, produced by Kool Productions Chida Shenbaga Kumar, directed by Kanagu, starring Ashok Kumar, Vishakha Singh, Sampath Raj, Ganja Karuppu and Saranya Ponvannan ...

'', directed by Kanagu, was released in 2008. He starred in a short film titled ''Viol'' in 2017.

Filmography

Films

*''All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.''

Web Series

Television

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ashok Tamil male actors Living people Indian male film actors Male actors from Tamil Nadu People from Thanjavur district St. Xavier's College, Mumbai alumni 1981 births