Kishan Shrikanth (born 6 January 1996), professionally known as Kishan SS or Master Kishan, is a film actor and director from

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. , having acted in 24 films and in many popular Indian soap opera (more than 300 episodes), he directed a feature film, '' C/o Footpath'' ('' Care of Footpath''), about an orphaned boy who wants to go to school."Meet the director... The film is adapted from a short story written by himself, and the cast includes prominent Indian actors

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, B. Jayashree,

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and Tara. Kishan himself plays the lead. The film has been dubbed into five major Indian languages and it has also been released in English. It was first shot in

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and the original version was released on 26 November 2006. Kishan counts Arnold Schwarzenegger,

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and many more among his favourite actors. In November 2006, he was listed as the "youngest director of a professionally made feature length film" by the

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(GBWR). He replaces

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, who was thirteen in 1973 when he directed the Dutch film '' Lex the Wonderdog''.

Personal life

Kishan Shrikanth was born on 6 January 1996 in

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to Shrikanth HR and Shylaja Shrikanth. He has a sister.

Education

Kishan Shrikanth finished his 10th Standard at Camlin English School. He wrote to the government requesting to grant permission to directly take up a Masters Program (Master of Arts in Multimedia & Animation) directly after 10th grade at age of 15. It took him a year to convince various authorities and a technical evaluation was conducted to confirm his eligibility to take up the course. He was admitted into the Masters Program at the age of 16 and went on to become the youngest master's degree earner. He holds an MA in Multimedia.

Films

Care of Footpath

This film involves the story of an orphan slum boy who is adopted by an old lady who finds him on a footpath. She brings him to live with her in the slum. With his friends, he makes a living picking up rags. An encounter with some school students who call him an uneducated brute changes the life of this slum boy. This makes him take up a challenge to get educated. How this boy finds a way to live his dream: going to school to get an education, amidst all odds and evens is the line of the story. Inspired by true life stories of great people like Thomas Alva Edison, Michael Faraday, and India's former president A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, it is a successful film about the life of a young street boy. The film was originally released in Kannada on 26 November 2006. It successfully ran for more than 100 days in

. Shroff commented on him saying that "He is such a genius that I had to work in his film. He is constantly thinking about his next shot, constantly innovating to make it better. He is sure about what he wants from his actors".

Filmography

Awards and recognitions

2003

* Hello Gandhinagara Awards - ''Best Child Actor'' for Swathi Muthu''

2006

* ''Golden Lotus

National Film Award for Best Children's Film The National Film Award for Best Children's Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards ...

( Care of Footpath) – ''

54th National Film Awards The 54th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 2006. Three different committe ...

* ''Best Film Jury Award ( Care of Footpath) – ''

Karnataka State Award Karnataka State Film Awards are the most notable and prestigious film awards given for Kannada film industry in Karnataka, India. These are considered the highest awards for Kannada language films. They are given annually by the Government ...

* ''Best Child Actor ( Care of Footpath)'' –

* ''Opening Film'' – Kids for Kids International Film Festival, Cyprus

2007

* ''Telephono Azzuro (Children's Right) – '' Giffoni International Film Festival, Italy * ''Chamber of Deputies Award (the second best film for Care of Footpath)'' at the Giffoni International Film Festival, Italy * ''Children's Rights Award'' – The Film and Television Association of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India * ''Closing Film – ''

Busan International Film Festival The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festiv ...

, South Korea * ''Official Selection – ''Chinh India Film Festival, New Delhi, India * ''Official Selection – ''Mumbai Children's Film Festival

2008

* ''

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* ''International Children's Jury Prize'' – Cairo International Film Festival for Children, Egypt * ''International Jury Prize (Adult Jury)'' – Cairo International Film Festival for Children, Egypt * Special Honorary Award – Alexandria International Film Festival (Journalist Syndicate, Cairo) * ''Best Film Children's Jury Award ( Care of Footpath)'' – 5th International Youth Film Festival (FICI), Spain * ''Best Actor Award ( Care of Footpath)'' – 5th International Youth Film Festival (FICI), Spain * ''Special Honorary Award'' – 2nd Emotion Pictures International Festival on Disability-Athens,

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* ''Best Child Actor Silver Elephant Award'' – 15th Golden Elephant International Children's Film Festival, India * ''Special Honorary Award'' – South India Cinematographers Association-Chennai, India * ''Closing Film'' – Flicks International Film Festival for Children, Saskatoon, Canada *''Official Selection ''-'' ''22nd International Festival of Films for Children & Young Adults, (competitive section), Tehran, Iran * ''Official Selection – ''Armenia International Film Festival for the Children,

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2009

* ''Official Selection & American Premier-'' SAIFF (South Asian International Film Festival), New York

2012

* ''Karnataka Government permits to take Post graduation directly after 10th standard.'' * ''4th TiE-Aspire Young Achiever Award''

2014

Kishan enters ''The Forbes India 30 Under 30 List'', the youngest entrepreneur to be recognised by Forbes.

Notes

References

Meet the director, all of nine years old!
Rediff, 12 January 2006. Accessed 13 January 2006.
Master Kishan aiming for Guinness Record!
Viggy.com, undated. Accessed 13 January 2006. * Dean Nelson

''The Sunday Times'' (London), 22 January 2006. Accessed 4 February 2006. * Varuna Verma
Super kids are here
''The Telegraph'' (Calcutta), 2 October 2005. Accessed 13 January 2006.
CBBC Newsround report on Kishan and the shooting of C/O Foothpath
BBC. Accessed 25 January 2006.
Film director, 10, calls the shots
BBC, 24 January 2006. Accessed 4 February 2006.

''Rediff'' Patcy N , 16 January 2006 21:59 IST
World's youngest director: Kishan
''NDTV'' 24 March 2008.
Kishan Shrikanth wins TiE Young Achiever Award
"New York Daily News" 22 September 2012. * IANS
12-year-old director working on four scripts
"DNA India" 17 September 2008. * Prathibha Joy
Master Kishan in exam mode
"Times of India" 6 February 2013. * Youngest in Forbes' 30 under 30, filmmaker Kishan is raring to g

Times of India. 10 Feb 2014 __FORCETOC__

External links

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