Krishnakumar Kulasekaran (born 14 February 1978) credited as Krishna is an Indian actor who mainly appears in

Tamil cinema Tamil cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Tamil language, the main spoken language in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is nicknamed Kollywood, a portmanteau of the names Kodambakkam, a Ch ...

. He is the younger brother of Tamil film director Vishnuvardhan.

Early life

Krishna's father is film producer K.K.Sekar (Pattiyal Sekar) and his brother is noted film director, Vishnuvardhan. He went to

St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School St. Bede's is a higher secondary school in Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India, established in 1907 with the goal of providing Catholic education for children of European and Anglo-Indian descent. In 2014, the St.Bede's Academy Senior Second ...

in Chennai, studied at Loyola College and graduated with an MBA in finance in the United States. He worked for a year and a half in the IT industry and started his own business that was doing well. He has also undergone training in Jazz and worked as a dancer/choreographer before he left for US.

Career

As an actor, he first faced the camera for

Mani Ratnam Gopalaratnam Subramaniam (born 2 June 1956), known professionally as Mani Ratnam, is an Indian film director, film producer and screenwriter who predominantly works in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. H ...

's '' Anjali'' and later appeared in ''

Iruvar ''Iruvar'' () is a 1997 Indian Tamil-language epic political drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Mani Ratnam. The film, inspired by the lives of M. G. Ramachandran, M. Karunanidhi and J. Jayalalithaa, is set against the backdrop ...

'' and

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's '' The Terrorist''. He was also chosen to play the younger version of

Rajinikanth Shivaji Rao Gaikwad (born 12 December 1950), known professionally as Rajinikanth, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 170 films that includes films in Tamil, Hindi, ...

's character in ''

Thalapathi ''Thalapathi'' () is a 1991 Indian Tamil-language gangster drama film written and directed by Mani Ratnam, and produced by G. Venkateswaran. The film stars Rajinikanth and Mammootty with Arvind Swamy in his feature-film debut, Jaishankar, ...

'', but the character was later scrapped because it affected the film's length. He also starred in small role with ''

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'' (2004). He played his first lead role in ''

Alibhabha ''Alibhabha'' is a 2008 Tamil thriller film directed by Neelan K. Sekar and produced by Pattiyal Sekhar. The film stars the latter's son Kreshna along with Prakash Raj and Janani in lead roles while Biju Menon, Thilakan, and Azhagam Perumal play ...

'', which was produced by his father. The film met with favourable reviews, but was not a commercial success. After his first film, he wanted to do a gangster film based on a true incident in North Madras, called ''Madras'' to be directed by

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, but it was shelved because of misunderstandings between the director and the producer. His next two films '' Kattradhu Kalavu'' (2010) and '' Kazhugu'' (2012) were also produced by his father. In ''Kazhugu'' he played someone who recovers bodies of suicide victims who jump off a cliff. It received positive response. After appearing in a brief role in ''

Vallinam ''Vallinam'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language sports film written and directed by Arivazhagan and produced by Aascar Ravichandran. The film stars Nakul and newcomer Mrudhula Basker, while Atul Kulkarni, Siddharth Jonnalagadda, Anaswara K ...

'' (2014), he starred in RS Infotainment's horror comedy ''

Yaamirukka Bayamey ''Yaamirukka Bayamey'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language horror comedy film written and directed by debutant Deekay and produced by Elred Kumar. The cast includes Kreshna, Oviya, Rupa Manjari (in her penultimate appearance), Karunakaran, a ...

'' (2014). His next films were ''

Vanavarayan Vallavarayan ''Vanavarayan Vallavarayan'' is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Rajamohan. It stars Krishna, Monal Gajjar, Ma Ka Pa Anand and Niharika Kareer. The film is set in the backdrop of rural Coimbatore. The fil ...

'' (2014) and ''

Vanmam ''Vanmam'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil language, Tamil-language action drama film directed by Jai Krishna, a former assistant of Kamal Haasan. It stars Vijay Sethupathi, Kreshna and Sunaina. The film has music scored by S. Thaman and cinematograph ...

'' (2014). In 2015, he starred in action comedy '' Yatchan'' directed by his brother Vishnuvardhan. In 2017, he made his comeback including four thriller releases with '' Yaakkai'', ''

Pandigai ''Pandigai'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by debutant Feroz and produced by his wife Vijayalakshmi Ahathian. The film stars Krishna and Anandhi, while Saravanan, Pandi, Karunas, Madhusudhan R ...

'', ''

Nibunan ''Nibunan'' () is a 2017 Indian action thriller film co-produced and directed by Arun Vaidyanathan. The film stars Arjun Sarja in his 150th film, alongside Prasanna, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Sruthi Hariharan, and Vaibhav Reddy. The music was com ...

'' and ''

Vizhithiru ''Vizhithiru'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Meera Kathiravan, who debuted with ''Aval Peyar Thamizharasi''. The film which began production in 2012 after numerous delays released in 2017. The fil ...

''. In 2018, he appeared in '' Veera'', ''

Kalari A kalari is a gymnasium or training space primarily associated with the martial art of Kalaripayattu. The word ''kalari'' comes from Tamil. In the past, village schools in Tamilnadu, typically run by the traditional astrologer families, were k ...

'' and ''

Maari 2 ''Maari 2'' is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Balaji Mohan. It is a sequel to his 2015 film ''Maari''. Dhanush, besides producing the film under his company Wunderbar Films, also stars as the title char ...

''. He acted in ''

Kazhugu 2 ''Kazhugu 2'' () is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language comedy thriller film written and directed by Sathyasiva, starring Krishna Krishna (; Sanskrit language, Sanskrit: कृष्ण, ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as ...

'' (2019), sequel to the 2012 film, ''Kazhugu''. However, the film came out of mixed reviews.

Filmography

As actor

As producer

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Krishna Male actors from Mumbai Tamil male actors Living people Indian male film actors Male actors in Tamil cinema 1978 births