Ravi Kishan Shukla ( 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.

Personal life

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.

Career

Acting

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 have 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.

A film starring Kishan, Jala Debh Duniya Tohra Pyar Mein, produced by the American film company PUN Films, was shown in the India Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival 2010., In 2011 he had a role in the film Shraddha In The Name Of God directed by Gurubhai Thakkar.

In 2013, Kishan was one of the judges on the reality TV show Sales Ka Bazigar, telecast on ETV. The show aimed to find the best salesperson in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The top ten people who made it to the finales were to be employed by the presenter of the show Su-kam Power Systems. The winner would get a package of ten lakhs per annum, followed by the first runner-up winning a package of six lakhs per annum. This show was the first of its kind to find the best salesperson in India, and saw participation from over 10,000 people from regions across Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Kishan made his South Indian debut with the 2014 Telugu film Race Gurram. In 2017 he made his Kannada debut in Hebbuli and Tamil debut with Monisha En Monalisa in 1999. In 2018, he had a role in the film MLA.

Politics

Kishan joined Indian National Congress (INC) from Jaunpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh, and contested in the 2014 general elections where he secured only 42,759 votes or 4.25 per cent 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 2019 General election by Bharatiya Janata Party . He contested the 2019 general elections against Samajwadi party candidate Rambhual Nishad in 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.

Dubbing

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.

Filmography

Films

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Language	Notes
1992	Pitambar		Hindi
1993	Aag Ka Toofan		Hindi
1993	Rani Aur Maharani		Hindi
1994	Zakhmi Dil	Abhimanyu	Hindi
1994	Aag Aur Chingari		Hindi
1994	Udhaar Ki Zindagi		Hindi
1996	Laalchee		Hindi
1996	Aatank	Mahesh Kumar	Hindi
1996	Army	Kartar	Hindi
1997	Share Bazaar	Shekar	Hindi
1997	Koi Kisise Kum Nahin		Hindi
1997	Jai Hanuman	Shri Krishna	Hindi	TV series
1997	Agnee Morcha		Hindi
1998	Hamaara Faisla		Hindi
1998	Kudrat		Hindi
1998	Keemat	Mohan Tripathi	Hindi
1999	Aaya Toofan		Hindi
1999	Monisha En Monalisa		Tamil	Debut film in Tamil
2000	Justice Chowdhary		Hindi
2000	Hera Pheri		Hindi
2000	Vishnu Puran	Sudhanva	Hindi	TV series
2001	500 Ka Note		Hindi
2002	Hello Inspector	Inspector Vijay	Hindi	TV series
2002	The Trap	Detective Raj	Hindi	TV series
2002	Marshal		Hindi
2002	Guru Mahaguru		Hindi
2003	Saiyaan Hamar		Bhojpuri
2003	Tere Naam	Rameshwar	Hindi
2003	Hawayein	Shahid	Hindi	TV serial
2004	Pandit Ji Batai Na Biyah Kab Hoi		Bhojpuri
2004	Aan: Men at Work	Raghu Shetty	Hindi
2004	Kab Hoi Milanwa Hamar	Shankar	Bhojpuri
2005	Raja Bhai Lagey Raho	Raja Bhai	Hindi
2005	Gehri Chaal		Hindi
2005	Dulha Milal Dildar		Bhojpuri
2005	Hum To Ho Gayi Tohar		Bhojpuri
2005	Raja		Bhojpuri
2006	Phir Hera Pheri	Tiwari's sidekick	Hindi
2006	Ab Ta Banja Sajanwa Hamaar		Bhojpuri
2006	Banke Bihari M.L.A		Bhojpuri
2006	Ganga		Bhojpuri
2006	Gabbar Singh	Govardhan Singh aka Gabbar Singh	Bhojpuri
2007	Janam Janam Ke Saath		Bhojpuri
2007	Deal – In Crime		Hindi
2007	1971	Captain Jacob	Hindi
2008	Dharamveer		Bhojpuri
2008	Welcome to Sajjanpur	Ram Kumar	Hindi
2009	Ram Balram		Bhojpuri
2009	Luck	Raghav Raghuvaran	Hindi
2009	Kanoon Hamra Mutthi Me		Bhojpuri
2009	Rangbaaj Daroga		Bhojpuri
2009	Bidai		Bhojpuri
2009	Bhoomiputra		Bhojpuri
2009	Khatailaal Mithai Laal		Bhojpuri
2009	Money Hai Toh Honey Hai		Hindi
2009	Bihari Mafia		Bhojpuri
2009	Rangbaz Daroga		Bhojpuri
2009	Loot		Hindi
2009	Chandu Ki Chameli		Bhojpuri
2009	Dil Diwana Thakur		Bhojpuri
2010	Balidaan		Bhojpuri
2010	Satyamev Jayte		Bhojpuri
2010	Mukti		Bhojpuri
2010	Devra Bada Satawela		Bhojpuri
2010	Jala Deb Duniya Tohra Pyar Mein		Bhojpuri
2010	Raavan	Mangal	Hindi
2010	Banaras Ke Babuaa Surat Ke Chhori		Bhojpuri
2010	Ram Pur Ke Lakshman		Bhojpuri
2010	Laharia Loota E Rajaji		Bhojpuri
2010	Well Done Abba		Hindi
2010	Na Ghar Ke Na Ghaat Ke		Bhojpuri
2010	Kab Takk		Hindi
2011	Tanu Weds Manu	Raja's friend	Hindi
2011	Chitkabrey — The Shades of Grey	Rakesh Choubey	Hindi
2011	Piywa Bada Satavela		Bhojpuri
2011	Hamar Devdas		Bhojpuri	Bhojpuri version of Devdas
2011	Mallyuddh		Bhojpuri
2011	Shraddha In The Name Of God		Hindi
2011	Kehu Hamse Jeet Na Paye		Bhojpuri
2011	Faulaad		Bhojpuri
2011	Mohalla Assi		Hindi
2011	Santan		Bhojpuri
2011	Sajna Saath Na Chhute		Bhojpuri
2011	Man from Benaras		English, Hindi
2012	Aazaan	Pandey	Hindi
2012	Jeena Hai Toh Thok Daal	Chandrabhan	Hindi
2012	Kaisan Piyawa Ke Charitarwa		Bhojpuri
2012	Prem Vidrohi		Bhojpuri
2012	Dangerous Ishq	Durgam Sah	Hindi
2012	Agent Vinod	Rajan	Hindi
2012	Dhamaal Kaila Raja		Bhojpuri
2012	Kaisan Piywa Ke Charittar Ba		Bhojpuri
2012	Chaalis Chauraasi	Shakti Chinappa	Hindi
2013	Dhurandhar — The Shooter		Bhojpuri
2013	Bullet Raja	Sumer Yadav	Hindi
2013	Bajatey Raho	Mohanlal Sabbarwahl	Hindi
2013	Issaq	Teeta Singh (Tybalt)	Hindi
2013	Mere Dad Ki Maruti	Pathan	Hindi
2014	Dusman Ke Khoon Paani Ha		Bhojpuri
2014	Zilla Ghaziabad	Rashid Ali	Hindi
2014	Race Gurram	Maddali Shiva Reddy	Telugu	Debut film in Telugu
2014	Lucky Kabootar		Hindi
2014	Lakhon me ek Hammar Bhauji		Bhojpuri
2014	Aagadu	Siva Reddy	Telugu
2014	Madhyamvarg: The Middle Class	Journalist	Marathi	Debut film in Marathi
2015	Second Hand Husband	Gurpreet's brother	Hindi
2015	Miss Tanakpur Haazir Ho	Bheema	Hindi
2015	Kick 2	Solomon Singh Thakur	Telugu
2015	Ranbanka	Raghav	Hindi
2015	Bruce Lee: The Fighter	Jayaraj's brother	Telugu
2015	Pandit Ji Batai Na Biyah Kab Hoi 2		Bhojpuri
2016	Love Aur Rajneeti	Lead Actor	Bhojpuri
2016	Hum Hai Jodi No 1	Raja	Bhojpuri	Remake of Telugu Movie Brindavanam
2016	Supreme	Beeku	Telugu
2016	Okka Ammayi Thappa	Anwar	Telugu
2016	Global Baba	Inspector Jacob	Hindi
2017	Hebbuli	Amrut Shah	Kannada	Kannada Debut
2017	Hameer	Veersingh/ Raghuveer	Gujarati
2017	Radha	MLA Sujatha	Telugu
2017	Shahenshah		Bhojpuri
2017	LIE	Bharadwaj	Telugu
2017	Lucknow Central	C.M.	Hindi
2017	Mukkabaaz	Sanjay Kumar	Hindi
2017	Kashi Amarnath	Amarnath	Bhojpuri
2018	MLA	MLA Gadappa	Telugu
2018	Saakshyam	Veeraswamy	Telugu
2018	Bairi Kangana 2	Deva / Bhola	Bhojpuri
2018	Sanki Daroga	Raghuraj Pratap Singh	Bhojpuri
2019	N.T.R: Kathanayakudu	Ravikant Nagaich	Telugu
2019	Bombairiya		Hindi
2019	Marjaavaan	ACP Ravi Yadav	Hindi
2019	Batla House	Inspector Mohan Chand Sharma	Hindi
2019	Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy	Basi Reddy	Telugu
2019	90ML	Jayram (John Wick)	Telugu
2019	Gaddalakonda Ganesh	Mswati	Telugu
2019	Sangathamizhan	Sanjay	Tamil
2020	Drona	Uday Krishna	Kannada
2020	Shivarjuna	Ramappa	Kannada
2021	Roberrt	MLA Tripathi	Kannada
2021	Boondi Raita	TBA	Hindi	Pre-Production
2021	Radhe	TBA	Bhojpuri	Post Production
2021	Sabse Bada Champion	TBA	Bhojpuri	Post Production
2021	Dehati Disco	TBA	Hindi	Post Production
2021	Urf Ghanta	God Shiva	Hindi
2022	Hero	Saleem Bhai	Telugu
	Mera Bharat Mahan	Selfie Singh	Bhojpuri
	Decent Boy	Udai Pratap Shahi	Hindi
	Baap No Bagicho		Gujarati
	Love You Loktantra		Hindi

Dubbing roles

Television

Web series