Ravi Kishan

BJP

DOB 17 Jul 1969

Age 57 years

birth palce Mumbai

profession Politician/ Actor

Ravi Kishan biography

Popular Bhojpuri and Hindi cinema actor and BJP leader Ravi Kishan is a Member of Parliament in the lower house from Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur constituency, the seat which Yogi Adityanath won five times before he took over the charge of UP chief minister.

In 2014, the actor-turned-politician lost Lok Sabha elections from his home constituency-Jaunpur as a Congress candidate. He lost rather miserably to the then-BJP candidate Krishna Pratap Singh, securing just 42,759 (4.25 per cent) votes.

Kishan joined the BJP in 2017 and the saffron party made him the party candidate from Gorakhpur in 2019 General Elections. The announcement of his candidature came as a surprise to the local party leaders, who were expecting a candidate either from the party organisation or from the Gorakhnath temple. However, Kishan was elected from Gorakhpur with a substantial margin.

As an MP, Ravi Kishan hit the headlines when he introduced a private members’ bill on population control in Monsoon Session in 2022. Interestingly, Kishan is the father of three girls and one boy.

He retained his seat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections after defeating his nearest opponent Kajal Nishad of SP by just over 1 lakh votes.

Born on 17 July 1969 in Mumbai, Kishan studied up to 12th at Rizvi College Bandra West, Mumbai. His family hails from Kerakat, Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh, where Kishan lived for about seven years. The versatile actor started his career as a model in the early 1990s. He then made his acting debut in the Bhojpuri film "Ganga Jamuna Saraswati" in 1994. He has since appeared in over 100 Bhojpuri, Hindi and Telugu films.

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Ravi Kishan shares his diet mantra to avoid ‘double chin, bulge’: ‘Dal, sabzi, soaked chana…’

September 25, 2026 4:57 pm

"What you eat is what you are," added the Laapataa Ladies actor

Mohit Malik, Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal, Divyenndu Sharma

‘Will I stand out among them?’: Mohitt Maalik recalls fear of being overshadowed in Mirzapur

September 18, 2026 8:10 am

Mohitt Maalik, who plays Birju Lohar in Mirzapur The Movie, opens up about filming the climax, sharing screen space with Ravi Kishan and Pankaj Tripathi, and his fear of getting overshadowed by the franchise’s OG characters.

Aamrapali Dubey on Manoj Tiwari Ravi Kishan rivalry

'Ravi Kishan, Manoj Tiwari halted shoot for entire day, couldn't decide who would punch first'

September 17, 2026 1:57 pm

During a recent episode of Bigg Boss 20, Amrapali Dubey revisited Manoj Tiwari and Ravi Kishan's iconic 13-year-long rivalry.

Actor Ravi Kishan, chef Vikas Khanna celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi in New York, make first modak together

September 16, 2026 12:29 pm

Sharing glimpses of the celebration on Instagram, Vikas Khanna said having Ravi Kishan and his family at the restaurant brought a sense of home to the occasion.

5 ChatGPT prompts to create retro Bollywood pics after Kiara Advani, Ravi Kishan join trend

September 12, 2026 9:53 am

From Parineeti Chopra and Raghav Chadha to Kiara Advani, Sidharth Malhotra, Ravi Kishan, Shruti Haasan and Ameesha Patel, celebrities have joined 1980s AI trend.

Mirzapur The Movie Box Office Collection Day 6: Ali Fazal film touches Rs 200 cr globally, smashes Akshay Kumar's record

September 10, 2026 3:09 pm

Mirzapur The Movie Box Office Collection Day 6: The Pankaj Tripathi, Ali Fazal and Divyenndu Sharma-starrer has now touched Rs 200 crore in worldwide gross collections.

Mirzapur The Movie Box Office Collection Day 5: Ali Fazal, Pankaj Tripathi, Divyenndu Sharma film eyes Rs 200 cr.

Mirzapur The Movie Box Office Collection Day 5: Pankaj Tripathi’s film eyes Rs 200 crore worldwide

September 09, 2026 12:39 pm

Mirzapur The Movie Day 5 Box Office Collection Report: Ali Fazal-Pankaj Tripathi film continued its steady run at the box office, collecting Rs 15.85 crore nett and taking its worldwide gross collection to Rs 176.97 crore.

‘We got scared’: Mirzapur makers feared Ravi Kishan’s Babban would outshine Guddu, Munna

September 08, 2026 7:43 pm

Mirzapur: The Movie makers Gurmmeet Singh and Puneet Krishna reveal why Ravi Kishan’s Babban became so likeable that they feared audiences would stop rooting for Guddu, Bablu and Munna.

Ravi Kishan's 'Money Follows My Brother' is now a T-Series song; fans say, 'Mauke pe chauka'

September 08, 2026 2:03 pm

Actor-politician Ravi Kishan and T-Series have collaborated for an upcoming track based on his viral meme, 'Money follows my brother'.

Mirzapur The Movie Box Office Collection Day 2: Pankaj Tripathi, Ravi Kishan film races past Rs 80 cr mark

September 06, 2026 4:07 pm

Mirzapur The Movie earned Rs 32 crore net on its second day across 11,256 shows. This brings its total India gross collection to Rs 69.30 crore and total India net collection to Rs 57.75 crore. The film's worldwide gross collection stands at Rs 79.55 crore.

RAVI KISHAN PHOTOS

Mukkabaaz: Five reasons to watch the Vineet Kumar Singh and Jimmy Shergill starrer

January 11, 2018 6:30 am

Bollywood stars Daisy, Anil, Celina at TV awards

September 10, 2014 1:17 pm

A number of celebrities from the Television and Film world attended the 13 Indian Telly Awards on Tuesday (September 9) including Daisy Shah, Anil Kapoor, Celina Jaitley and Pooja Bedi.

RAVI KISHAN VIDEOS

Rangbaaz stars get their gangster mode on

June 22, 2020 6:07 pm

The team of Zee5's Rangbaaz, including Saqib Saleem, Aahana Kumra and Bhav Dhulia, talk about the unique nature of their gangster show. The team also show off their Rangbaaz attitude as they decode the local language.