KISHORE

KISHORE - Film Actor

Kishore - A student of National College, Basavanagudi, he started off with college theatre during his degree days doing plays like Teregalu and Samrata Ashoka. Kishore then did his masters in Kannada literature from Bangalore University. Then he started teaching at Sharada College, where he lasted a whole two years.

He was working as a lecturer at a women's college in Bangalore and as a part-time fashion designer .  He worked under fashion designer Vidyasagar, a professor from IIFT.

One of his friend who was to design costumes for a film asked him whether he was interested in the job. But when he called Babu, associate director to Bharath who directed the Kannada film “Kanti”, he was offered a role in it. That began his career in Films. 

After acting in a couple of Kannada films, he was approached by director Vetrimaran to work in the Dhanush-starrer Desiyanedunchaalai — he was looking for an actor who could speak Tamil with a Kannada accent. Later the film was dropped, but he got a chance to act in Polladhavan.

After making his acting debut in the kannada film "Kanti", he went on to appear in a number of Kannada-language films, before debuting and establishing himself in the Tamil film industry. He has also acted in the Telugu film Happy, starring Allu Arjun.

His best known films include Duniya, Akash, Raakshasa, Polladhavan, Happy &  Huli.

Known for playing characters that fit the bill of the anti-hero — be it a cop, politician, or character role, the reticent Kishore has also made a space for himself in Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films.