Ravi Kishan

Ravi Kishan[1]
Kishan in July 2015
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byPraveen Kumar Nishad
ConstituencyGorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh
Personal details
Born
Ravindra Shyamnarayan Shukla

(1969-07-17) 17 July 1969 (age 55)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
(present-day Mumbai)
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2017–present)[2]
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress (2014–2017)
Spouse
Preeti Shukla
(m. 1993)
[3]
Children5 (1 son and 4 daughters)
Parents
  • Shyam Narayan Shukla (father)
  • Dhaneshwar Shukla (mother)
Residence(s)28, North Avenue Duplex, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Occupation
  • Actor
  • politician
  • film producer
  • television personality

Ravindra 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.[4] His film works are predominantly in Bhojpuri and Hindi cinema, as well as Telugu cinema.[5][6] He has also appeared in a few Kannada and Tamil films.

In 2006, he participated in Bigg Boss.[7] He ended up as the second runner up. He was also a contestant on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5 in 2012.

  1. ^ "Member Profile: Lok Sabha". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Bhojpuri actor Ravi Kishan joins Bharatiya Janata Party". India Today. 19 February 2017. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference birthplace was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: BJP candidate Ravi Kishan wins from Gorakhpur". Business Today (India). 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Ravi Kishan makes a hat-trick with Vidhata". sify.com. Archived from the original on 10 May 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  6. ^ Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (15 August 2015). "In for a long innings". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 3 April 2018 – via www.thehindu.com.
  7. ^ Ravi Kishan is bridging the 'gap' Agencies[permanent dead link] Screen (magazine), 2 July 2008.