Ravi Kishan

Biography

Ravi Kishan Shukla (Hindi pronunciation: [Ravi Kiṣhaṉ]; born 17 July 1969), popularly known as Ravi Kishan, is an Indian actor, politician, film producer, and television personality. He currently serves as Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from Gorakhpur.

His film works are predominantly in Bhojpuri and Hindi cinema, as well as Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in a few Kannada and Tamil films.

In 2006, he participated in Bigg Boss, the Indian version of Big Brother. He ended up as the second runner-up. He was also a contestant on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5 in 2012.

Ravi Kishan was born on 17 July 1969 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India. He is the youngest of five siblings. He studied up to 12th at Rizvi College Bandra West, Mumbai. His family hails from Kerakat, Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh, where Kishan lived for about seven years.

Ravi Kishan married Priti Shukla on 10 December 1993, and they have four children, one son and three daughters. His daughter Riva Kishan made her film debut with Sab Kushal Mangal in 2020.

In June 2008, Kishan was awarded the Most Popular Actor award at the ETV Bhojpuri Cinema Samman 2008 function. Popular reality shows such as Bigg Boss, and more recently Ek Se Badhkar Ek – Jalwe Sitaron Ke has brought him to the front line of top Indian television actors.

In 2008, he started co-hosting the celebrity dance-based reality show Bathroom Singer, Naman: Ek Sansani and Ek Se Badhkar Ek – Jalwe Sitaron Ke on Zee. Kishan also hosted the reality show Raaz Pichhle Janam Ka, on NDTV Imagine for two seasons. He worked with film directors Shyam Benegal [ and Mani Ratnam in 2010.

Kishan joined Indian National Congress (INC) from the Jaunpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh, and contested in the 2014 general elections where he secured only 42,759 votes or 4.25 percent of the total votes and finished 6th. In February 2017, Kishan left the Congress Party and joined the BJP.

Ravi Kishan was named for Gorakhpur during the 2019 General election by Bharatiya Janata Party. He contested the 2019 general elections against Samajwadi party candidate Rambhual Nishad in the Gorakhpur constituency of Uttar Pradesh.

Kishan, won against Rambhual Nishad by a lead of over 3,01,664 votes. Ravi Kishan polled 7,17,122 votes, while Rambhual Nishad polled 4,15,458 votes,

In 2008, Kishan dubbed Tobey Maguire's role as Spider-Man in Spider-Man 3 into Bhojpuri. This is the first Hollywood blockbuster film to include a Bhojpuri voice dub, along with Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu dubs.