Krishna Kumar (born 12 June 1968) is an Indian actor, News Presenter and politician, who is currently serving as the Chairman and Director of National Film Development Corporation of India since April 2026. He works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and has also appeared in Tamil, Telugu, and television. Additionally, he is also a philanthropist and social worker, closely work with Ahadishika Foundation, an NGO run by his wife and daughters.

Early life

Krishna Kumar was born on 12 June 1968 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. He is the youngest son of Gopalakrishnan Nair and Retnamma. He came from a family who had served in the Indian military.

Career

Kumar had received his first acting offer whilst working as a television news presenter in Doordarshan. Kumar played a role in a 13-episode serial produced for DD Malayalam. He portrayed actor Nedumudi Venu's son, in his acting debut. Later, Kumar starred in a TV soap opera titled Sthree (1998–2000) starring Siddique and Vinaya Prasad, in Asianet.

He debuted with the 1994 Malayalam film Kashmeeram. In the coming years, he acted in several Malayalam films and TV serials. He would later go onto to act in Tamil films such as Billa II, Deivathirumagal, and Mugamoodi among others.

Politics

Krishna Kumar joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in 1982 and officially joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in February 2021 and was the party's candidate from Thiruvananthapuram constituency for the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election. On 5 October 2021 he was elected as a member to the BJP national council from Kerala. He also was the party's candidate from Kollam constituency for the 2024 General election. Krishna Kumar increased the party’s vote tally by around 63,000 votes compared to the previous election in Kollam.

Personal life

Krishna Kumar met his future wife Sindhu during his time presenting for Doordarshan. They married on 12 December 1994 at the Trivandrum Club in Thiruvananthapuram.

They have four daughters including Ahaana Krishna, Ishaani Krishna(both actresses), Diya Krishna and Hansika Krishna. Sindhu is an entrepreneur and runs an advertisement agency.

Filmography

Malayalam films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994KashmeeramUnni
SukruthamBabu Prasad
PaksheRajan
1995Alancheri ThamprakkalMahesh
BoxerTV Reporter
MaanthrikamDouglas
Puthukkottayile PuthumanavalanAnandhan/John Sacaria
1996Aakaashathekkoru Kilivaathil
1996MahathmaRajeev
1996Mayoora Nrithamactor
1997Irattakuttikalude AchanRobert
SupermanHimself
MasmaramA.S.P. Vishnu IPS
GangothriSarath's assistant
1998AaghoshamUnnikrishnan
1999Agnisakshi
Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne NjaanumVinod
Veendum Chila VeettukaryangalBusinessman Anil Kurup
PranayamazhaLouis
2000Arayannangalude VeeduHareendranath Menon
Summer PalaceRajmohan
Manassil Oru ManjuthulliMohandas
2001Kattu Vannu VilichappolUnni
Sathyameva JayatheReji Mathan
2002Swapnahalliyil Orunaal
Punyam
Aabharanacharthu
2004Chathikkatha ChanthuAravindan
2008Sound of BootCircle Inspector Aravind
2009Thirunakkara PerumalSatheeshan
2010Paattinte Palazhy
2011MelvilasamB. D. Kapoor
Makeup ManAdvocate Krishna Prasad
CollectorChandran
2012Run Baby RunVijaya Kumar
Molly Aunty Rocks!Ravi
2013LokpalRamesh
Ladies & GentlemanSibi Zakkariah
3 DotsMathew Paul
VishudhanCleetus
Good Bad & UglyMurthy Raj
2014Salaam KashmierCaptain Satheesh
GamerZakeer Ali
2016Marupadi
20171971: Beyond BordersSudharshan
Careful
Velipadinte PusthakamCameramen
2018Shikkari ShambhuRanger Vasu
Parole
Orayiram KinakkalalStephen
MohanlalMeenukutti's father
Theekuchiyum PanithulliyumHari
A for AppleAdvocate Ram Mohan
MoonnaraCI Velraj
2019Rameshan Oru PerallaPublic Prosecutor
2021OneAlex Thomas IPS, Vigilance Director
2022Shefeekkinte SanthoshamShefeek's father
2023ThrishankuRobin

Tamil films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008SathyamMohammed (Police)Simultaneously shot in Telugu as Salute
2012Billa IIRaghubir Sinha
MugamoodiCommissioner
MazhaikkalamSuresh
2011KaavalanKarthik
Deiva ThirumagalVictor
2016ManithanVijay Nair
ZeroKoran
2017Laali

Television

YearFilmRoleRoleLanguageNotes
1997–GrihapraveshamAsianetMalayalam
1998–2000SthreeVijayanAsianetMalayalam
1999–2000SindhoorakkuruviSurya TVMalayalam
2000CharulathaSurya TVMalayalam
2000–2001Sreeraman SreedeviAsianetMalayalam
2001–2003ManasaputhriSurya TVMalayalam
2001–2003Vasundara MedicalsAsianetMalayalam
2003SeethalakshmiAsianetMalayalam
2003–2004SwanthamAsianetMalayalam
2002VivahitaAsianetMalayalam
2004Kadamattathu KathanaarNicholasAsianetMalayalam
2006MalayogamAnandAsianetMalayalam
Miss Mary Theresa PaulDoordarshanMalayalamTelefilm
PravachanamDoordarshanMalayalamTelefilm
Panthalayaniyilekku Oru YathraDoordarshanMalayalamTelefilm
2009–2010ThangamSelvakannanSun TVTamil
2010AbiramiAbhirami's husbandKalaignar TVTamil
2021KoodevideProf. AdhiAsianetMalayalam

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