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Kishore Kumar G (born 14 August 1974),[2][3] known mononymously as Kishore, is an Indian actor who appears predominantly in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. He gained popularity for portraying the character of Veerappan in the Kannada film Attahasa in 2013.

Kishore Kumar G
Kumar at Yaarivan Audio Launch
Born	Kishore Kumar G (1974-08-14) 14 August 1974 (age 48) Channapatna, Karnataka, India[1]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2004–present
Spouse	Vishalakshi
Relatives	D. R. Nagaraj (uncle)

Early life and education

Kishore was born on 14 August 1974 in Channapatna, a town in the southern part of India's Karnataka State. His father was a professor and mother, a homemaker. Kishore completed a major part of his schooling in Kunigal, Karnataka, and college education in National College, Bangalore.[1] This was where he started off with theatre doing plays in Kannada such as Teregalu and Samrata Ashoka.[3] He then did his master's degree in Kannada literature from Bangalore University. He took up teaching in a college in Bangalore[4] where he worked for two years and then as an assistant to fashion designer Vidyasagar, a professor from National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT). His uncle was cultural critic D. R. Nagaraj.[1] He is married to his college sweetheart Vishalakshi. During this time, he worked as a salesman for newspapers Deccan Herald and Prajavani.[1]

Acting career

Kishore made his film debut in the 2004 Kannada film Kanti, acting as Byaadara Beera. He got a role in the film after having been identified initially to design costumes for the film and eventually went on to win a State award for his role in it.[4] For his role in the film Raakshasa, he won the Karnataka State Award for Best Supporting Actor.[4] He played a tough elder brother of heroines in Akash and Kallarali Hoovagi. He was approached by director Vetrimaaran to work in Desiya Nedunchalai, as he was looking for an actor who could speak Tamil with a Kannada accent. The film was dropped, but he got a chance to act in Polladhavan. The film was a major success at the box office. His other roles include a no non-sense cop in Duniya, a Kabaddi coach in Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu and a forest brigand Veerappan in the 2013 film Attahasa.[5][6] In the same year, he appeared in a low-budget film Jatta in which played the role of a forest guard. In 2013 he was also in the Tamil films Haridas as a police officer raising his autistic kid and makes him an athlete and Arrambam (2013) where he also played a cop.

In 2014, he appeared in Ulidavaru Kandanthe, playing the role of Munna, another role that won him praise^[vague] from critics.[7]

In 2015, Kishore got his Tamil movie Thilagar released. Kishore's acting in the movie was praised^[vague] by critics though the movie was not very successful at the box office.[8] In Echcharikkai (2018), Kishore plays the role of a crook who kidnaps a girl for money along with a fellow crook. He later acted in famous web series "The Family Man Season 1", where he played the role of commando who fights against terrorists.[9]

After brief appearances in several movies and series, Kishore had a fantastic 2022 with 2 big releases on the same date. Kantara which became the highest rated Indian film and the third highest grossing Kannada film behind the KGF series. Ponniyin Selvan: I, the other bockbuster movie where he played the antagonist, Ravidhasan. PS1 grossed more than 500 crores at the box office.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes	Ref.
2004	Kanti	Beera	Kannada	Karnataka State Film Award for Best Supporting Actor (also for Rakshasa)
2005	Rakshasa	Shabbir
	Akash
	Siddu
	Deadly Soma
	Vishnu Sena
2006	Happy	ACP Rathnam	Telugu
	Shubham		Kannada
	Ashoka
	Ambi
	Gandugali Kumara Rama
	Kannadada Kanda
	Student
	Kallarali Hoovagi	Mohiddin
2007	Duniya	Umesh Kumar
	Masti
	Kshana Kshana	Kishore
	Agrahara
	Guna
	Geleya	Don Bhandari
	Polladhavan	Selvam	Tamil	Vijay Award for Best Villain
	Operation Ankusha		Kannada
2008	Gooli	ACP Devaraj
	Inthi Ninna Preethiya	Kishore
	Zindagi	Police officer			[10]
	Jayamkondaan	Guna	Tamil
	Akka Thangi	Huliyappa	Kannada
Silambattam	Duraisingham	Tamil
2009	Nanda		Kannada
	Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu	Souda Muthu	Tamil
	Birugaali	Inspector	Kannada
	Baaji	Abdul Khan
	Thoranai	Guru	Tamil
	Pistha	Rambabu	Telugu
	Black		Kannada
	Muthirai	Commissioner	Tamil
	Kabaddi	Beeresh	Kannada
	Yaradu
	Jeeva
	Kallara Santhe
2010	Om Shanti		Telugu
	Ugragami		Kannada
	Shabari
	Porkkalam	Karnan	Tamil
	Dildaara		Kannada
	Parole
	Bayam Ariyaan	Mithran	Tamil
	Tharangini		Kannada
	Beli Matthu Hola
	Haru Hakkiyaneri
	Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu	Kabaddi coach	Telugu
	Vamsam	Rathinam	Tamil
	Gang Leader		Kannada
	Yaksha
	Huli	Chandappa Huliyal
2011	Aadukalam	Dorai	Tamil
	Bhramara		Kannada
	Mudhal Idam	Karuppu Balu	Tamil
	9 to 12	Munna	Kannada
	Nanalla
2012	Dammu	Chandravanshi King's second son	Telugu
	Thiruvambadi Thamban	Shakthivel	Malayalam
	Bhagirathi	Maadevaraya	Kannada
	Shiva
	Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum		Telugu
2013	Attahasa	Veerappan	Kannada
	Haridas	Sivadas	Tamil	Nominated for Best Actor ( Vijay Award)
	Dalam	Shatruvu	Telugu
	Ponmaalai Pozhudhu	Arjun's Father	Tamil
	Jatta	Jatta	Kannada
	Arrambam	Prakash	Tamil
2014	Karthikeya	Sahadev	Telugu
	Ulidavaru Kandanthe	Munna	Kannada
	Rowdy	Bhushan	Telugu
	Chandamama Kathalu	Sarathi
	Dalam	Satruvu	Telugu
2015	Missed Call		Kannada
	Thilagar	Bose Pandian	Tamil
	Acha Dhin	Antony Issac	Malayalam
	Vascodigama	Vasu D. Gamanahalli "Vascodigama"	Kannada
	Calling Bell	Swamiji	Telugu
	Thoongaa Vanam	Dhiraviyam	Tamil
	Cheekati Rajyam	Dhiraviyam	Telugu
	Octopus	Yashwanth	Kannada
2016	Visaranai	Auditor K.K.	Tamil
	Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu	Kaale Gowda	Kannada
	Bheeshma
	Kabali	Veerasekaran	Tamil
	Rekka	Selvam
	Pulimurugan	R. Krishna "R. K" Kumar, Forest Ranger	Malayalam
	Ilami	King	Tamil	Guest appearance
2017	Nisabdham	A.C.P. Parvez Ahmed
	Veedevadu	Prakash Varma	Telugu
	Yaar Ivan	Prakash	Tamil
	PSV Garuda Vega	George	Telugu
	Kalathur Gramam	Kedathirukka	Tamil
	Kalki	Kishore		Short film
	My Son Is Gay	Gopi
2018	Kadikara Manithargal	Maran
	Echcharikkai	David
	Vada Chennai	Senthil
2019	Mikhael	N.Sreenivasan	Malayalam
	Udgharsha	Menon	Kannada
	House Owner	Col. P. K. Vasudevan	Tamil
	Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu 2	Savadamuthu
	Dorasaani	Communist head	Telugu
	Devaki	Inspector	Kannada
	Nanna Prakara	Ashok	Kannada
	Katha Sangama	Father	Kannada
	Mei	Muthukrishnan	Tamil
	Jada	Sethu	Tamil
	Arjun Suravaram	Police Officer	Telugu
	Venky Mama	Major Anwar Sadat	Telugu
	Chambal		Kannada
2020	Shivarjuna		Kannada
	Thundhaiklu Saavasa		Kannada
2021
	Maara	David	Tamil
	Sarpatta Parambarai	Munirathnam	Tamil	Cameo appearance
	Navarasa	Comrade	Tamil
	Erida	Madhi	Malayalam Tamil	Amazon Prime Video exclusive
	Buy 1 Get 1 Free		Kannada
	Blood Money	Kaliyappan	Tamil
	Djibouti		Malayalam
2022	Acharya	Basava's Aid	Telugu
	Shekar	Mallikarjun
	Diary	Varadhan Annadurai's father	Tamil
	Drama	Arjun	Tamil
	Kantara	Forest Officer	Kannada
	Ponniyin Selvan: I	Ravidasan	Tamil
	Red Collar	Uday Kumar[11]	Hindi

Television

Year	Series	Role	Network	Language	Ref.
2019	High Priestess	Vikram	Zee5	Telugu	[12]
2019	The Family Man	Imran Pasha	Amazon Prime Video	Hindi	[13]
2020	Addham	Ram	Aha	Telugu	[14]
2020- 2022	She	Nayak	Netflix	Hindi	[15]

References

External links

• Kishore at IMDb

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