Krishan Kumar Dua is an Indian actor and producer. He is best known for '' Bewafa Sanam'' (1995) and owning the largest music producing company in India, T-Series.

Personal life

He was born Krishan Kumar Dua in a

Punjabi Hindu Punjabi Hindus are adherents of Hinduism who identify ethnically, linguistically, culturally, and genealogically as Punjabis and are natives of the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent. Punjabi Hindus are the third-largest religious g ...

family, the son of fruit seller Chandrabhan who had migrated to Delhi from

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after the

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. He is the younger brother of Gulshan Kumar, founder of Super Cassettes Industries/T-Series. Kumar married actress Tanya Singh, the daughter of composer of Ajit Singh and sister of actress Nattasha Singh. Their only daughter, Tishaa Kumar, died on 18 July 2024 at the age of 21, after a prolonged battle with cancer.

Filmography

As actor

As producer

References

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