Nikhil Kumar (actor)

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 * name              = Nikhil Kumar
 * birth_name        = Nikhil Kumaraswamy
 * other_names       = Nikhil Gowda
 * birth_date        = 22 January 1988
 * birth_place       = Bangalore, Karnataka, India
 * nationality       = Indian
 * occupation        = {{hlist|Actor|politician}}
 * party             = Janata Dal (Secular)
 * spouse            =  {{Marriage|Revathi|17 April 2020}}
 * parents           = H. D. Kumaraswamy ({{small|father}}) Anitha Kumaraswamy ({{small|mother}})
 * family            =  H. D. Deve Gowda (grandfather)

Nikhil Kumarswamy is an Indian actor and politician. He has acted in the Kannada and Telugu film industries. He made his acting debut with the Kannada-Telugu bilingual film Jaguar (2016).

Personal life
Nikhil Kumarswamy is the son of former Karnataka Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy and grandson of former India Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda.

Feb 10, 2020 it became public that Nikhil got engaged to Revathi, the grand-niece of Congress leader and realtor M. Krishnappa at Taj West End, Bengaluru. The wedding took place on April 17, 2020 near Janapada Loka in Ramanagara

Political career
Nikhil ran in the 2019 Indian general election in Karnataka (Lok Sabha) from Mandya district as a Janata Dal (Secular) candidate. Mandya was considered a safe bastion for the Congress-JDS alliance as historically Indian National Congress was the most successful party, followed by Janata Dal (Secular) to contest in the district. He lost in the elections to Sumalatha wife of late Shri. Ambareesh by a margin of 128,876 votes