Ravi Kishan

Ravindra Shyamnarayan Shukla (born 17 July 1969), popularly known as Ravi Kishan, is an Indian actor, politician and television personality. He currently serves Member of parliament, Lok Sabha from Gorakhpur. He predominantly works in Bhojpuri and Hindi cinema, as well as Telugu cinema. He has also appeared in a few Kannada and Tamil films

In 2006, he participated in Bigg Boss, the Indian version of Big Brother. He ended up as the second runner up. He was also a contestant on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5 in 2012.

Personal life
Kishan is married to Priti, and they have four children. His father lives in his hometown, Bisuin (Barain) in Kerakat Tehsil, Jaunpur District. Bisuin is a small village on the border of Varanasi in Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh, consisting of about 20 families.

Career
In June 2008, Kishan was awarded the Most Popular Actor award at the ETV Bhojpuri Cinema Samman 2008 function. Popular reality shows such as Bigg Boss, and more recently Ek Se Badhkar Ek – Jalwe Sitaron Ke have brought him to the front line of top Indian television actors. In 2008, he started co-hosting the celebrity dance-based reality show Bathroom Singer,Naman:Ek Sansani (Zee TV)|Ek Se Badhkar Ek – Jalwe Sitaron Ke]] on Zee. Kishan also hosted the reality show Raaz Pichhle Janam Ka, on NDTV Imagine for two seasons. He worked with film directors Shyam Benegal and Mani Ratnam in 2010.

A film starring Kishan, Jala Debh Duniya Tohra Pyar Mein, produced by the American film company PUN Films, was shown in the India Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival 2010.

In 2013, Kishan was one of the judges on the reality TV show Sales Ka Bazigar, telecast on ETV. The show aimed to find the best salesperson in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The top ten people who made it to the finales were to be employed by the presenter of the show Su-kam Power Systems. The winner would get a package of ten lakhs per annum, followed by the first runner-up winning a package of six lakhs per annum. This show was the first of its kind to find the best salesperson in India, and saw participation from over 10,000 people from regions across Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Kishan made his South Indian debut with the 2014 Telugu film Race Gurram. In 2017 he made his Kannada debut in Hebbuli and Tamil debut with Monisha En Monalisa. In 2018, he had a role in the film MLA.

Political career
Kishan joined Indian National Congress (INC) from Jaunpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh, and contested in the 2014 general elections where he secured only 42,759 votes or 4.25 per cent of the total votes and finished 6th. In February 2017, Kishan left the Congress Party and joined the BJP.

On 15 April 2019 Bhartiya Janata Party released a candidate list for the 2019 general election. Ravi Kishan was named for Gorakhpur Loksabha constituency. he contested the 2019 general elections against Samajwadi party candidate Rambhual Nishad in Gorakhpur constituency of Uttar Pradesh. Kishan, won against Rambhual Nishad by a lead of over 3,01,664 votes. Ravi Kishan polled 7,17,122 votes, while Rambhual Nishad polled 4,15,458 votes.

Dubbing career
In 2007, Kishan's voice was used to dub Tobey Maguire's role as Spider-Man in the third film into Bhojpuri. This is the first Hollywood blockbuster film to include a Bhojpuri voice dub, along with Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu dubs. This caused Kishan to plan to create a superhero film of his own.