Kishan Shrikanth
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Kishan Shrikanth (born 6 January 1996), professionally known as Kishan or Master Kishan, is a Kannada-language actor from India. As of January 2006, having acted in 24 films and a popular Indian soap opera, he was in the process of directing a feature film, C/o Footpath (Care of Footpath), about an orphaned boy who wants to go to school.[1] The film is adapted from a short story he wrote himself,[2] and the cast includes prominent Indian actors Jackie Shroff, Saurabh Shukla, and Thaara.[3] Kishan himself plays the lead.[4] The film is scheduled for an April 2006 release. Kishan will be, in all likelihood, the youngest director ever to release a commercial feature film.[5] Shroff said of Kishan: "He is such a genius that I had to work in his film. He is constantly thinking about his next shot, constantly innovating to make it better. He is sure about what he wants from his actors".[6]
Kishan counts Arnold Schwarzenegger among his favourite actors.[7]
In November 2006, Kishan found place in the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest person to direct a professional feature film[8]. He replaces Sydney Ling, who was thirteen in 1973 when he directed the Dutch film Lex the Wonderdog.
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- ^ "Meet the director…
- ^ Kishan gets Guiness nod
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- ^ Verma
- ^ "Meet the director…
- ^ "Film director, 10, calls the shots" (BBC).
- ^ Nelson
- ^ Kishan gets Guiness nod
[edit] References
- Meet the director, all of nine years old!, Rediff, January 12, 2006. Accessed 13 January 2006.
- Master Kishan aiming for Guinness Record!, Viggy.com, undated. Accessed 13 January 2006.
- Dean Nelson, Director, 9, calls shots in Bollywood. The Sunday Times (London), January 22, 2006. Accessed 4 February 2006.
- Varuna Verma, Super kids are here, The Telegraph (Calcutta), October 2, 2005. Accessed 13 January 2006.
- CBBC newsround report on Kishan and the shooting of C/O Foothpath. BBC. Accessed January 25, 2006.
- Film director, 10, calls the shots. BBC, 24 January 2006. Accessed 4 February 2006.
- R.G. Vijayasarathy, Kishan gets Guiness nod. Rediff, November 13, 2006. Accessed November 13, 2006.
[edit] External links
- C/o Footpath official site. Uses Macromedia Flash on home page, but that can be bypassed by starting with this link.
