Ravi Kishan Shukla, popularly known as Ravi Kishan, is an Indian actor, politician, film producer and television personality.
19 Facts About Ravi Kishan
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Ravi Kishan currently serves as Member of parliament, Lok Sabha from Gorakhpur.
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Ravi Kishan has appeared in a few Kannada and Tamil films.
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Ravi Kishan was a contestant on Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5 in 2012.
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Ravi Kishan was born on 17 July 1969 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India.
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Ravi Kishan studied up to 12th at Rizvi College Bandra West, Mumbai.
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Ravi Kishan married Priti Shukla on 10 December 1993, and they have four children, one son and three daughters.
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In June 2008, Kishan was awarded the Most Popular Actor award at the ETV Bhojpuri Cinema Samman 2008 function.
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Ravi Kishan hosted the reality show Raaz Pichhle Janam Ka, on NDTV Imagine for two seasons.
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Ravi Kishan worked with film directors Shyam Benegal and Mani Ratnam in 2010.
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In 2013, Ravi Kishan was one of the judges on the reality TV show Sales Ka Bazigar, telecast on ETV.
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Ravi Kishan made his South Indian debut with the 2014 Telugu film Race Gurram.
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Ravi Kishan joined Indian National Congress 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.
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In February 2017, Ravi Kishan left the Congress Party and joined the BJP.
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Ravi Kishan was named for Gorakhpur during 2019 General election by Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Ravi Kishan contested the 2019 general elections against Samajwadi party candidate Rambhual Nishad in Gorakhpur constituency of Uttar Pradesh.
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Ravi Kishan, won against Rambhual Nishad by a lead of over 3,01,664 votes.
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Ravi Kishan polled 7,17,122 votes, while Rambhual Nishad polled 4,15,458 votes.
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In 2008, Ravi Kishan dubbed Tobey Maguire's role as Spider-Man in Spider-Man 3 into Bhojpuri.