Kiran Kumar

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Kiran Kumar is a Mumbai-based Indian actor. He has worked in many Bollywood films, but is more famous as a television actor. He is the son of veteran character actor Jeevan.

Kiran Kumar is a Kashmiri by birth and claims his lineage to the Kashmiri royal family (his grandfather was the vaziree vazarat).[1]

He was schooled at a boarding school in Indore. He enrolled at R. D. National College in Bandra, Mumbai, but later joined the Film and Television Institute of India (FTTI) in Pune.[1]

Sunil Mehta's Prem Kishan was his first television serial. He went on to work for many other television serials including Zindagi, Ghutan, Sahil, Manzil, Katha Sagar, Aur Phir ek Din, Papa (B4U).

Kiran filmed 183 films, some of his notable films included Bol Radha Bol (1992), Hero Hiralal (1988), Tezaab (1988), Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar (1973) and Jangal Mein Mangal (1972). In Tezaab, he played Lakhotiya Pathan. He has attained much fame as actor in Gujarati films more than teleivision serials or Hindi films, where he was hero in most of the films unlike Hindi films where he played lead role very less time.

[edit] Awards and nominations

  • Filmfare Award for Best Performance In Negative Role (1992) (Nominated for Khuda Gawah)[2]
  • Mayor's Award, for Ghutan[1]
  • Mayor's Award, for Aur Phir ek Din[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d An Interview with Kiran Kumar. Retrieved on 2006-11-12.
  2. ^ Kiran Kumar: Awards. Retrieved on 2006-11-12.

[edit] External links

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