Kishan Shrikanth
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Kishan Shrikanth किशन श्रीकांत (born January 6, 1996, professionally known as Kishan SS or Master Kishan, is an India
n-language actor & director from India
. He is the "Youngest Director of a professionally made feature length film" as acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records (GBWR). , having acted in 24 films and in many popular Indian soap opera (more than 500 episodes), he was in the process of directing
a feature film
, C/o Footpath (Care of Footpath), about an orphaned boy who wants to go to school. The film is adapted from a short story he wrote himself, and the cast includes prominent Indian actors Jackie Shroff
, Saurabh Shukla
, B.Jayashree, Sudeep
and Tara
. Kishan himself plays the lead. The film has been dubbed into the 5 major Indian Languages and it has also been released in English Language
. It was first shot in Kannada and the Kannada version was released on 26 November 2006. The Tamil
version of the film called Sathanai was released in January 2007. The English
version of the film titled Care of Footpath
will seek its American and world premiere at SAIFF South Asian International Film Festival, New York on November 1st. The Malayalam and the Hindi
versions of the film are yet to be released late this year. Shroff said of Kishan: "He is such a genius that I had to work in his film. He is constantly thinking about his next shot, constantly innovating to make it better. He is sure about what he wants from his actors".
Kishan counts Arnold Schwarzenegger
, Tom Cruise
, Keanu Reeves
, Jim Carrey
, Amitabh Bachhan and many more among his favourite actors.
In November 2006, Kishan found place in the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest person to direct a professional feature film.
He replaces Sydney Ling, who was thirteen in 1973 when he directed the Dutch
film Lex the Wonderdog.
, India
to Shrikanth H R and Shylaja Shrikanth. He did his kindergarten and nursery at Starlet Nursery, Indiranagar, Bangalore
. He had an endless interest towards the entertainment/film industry since he was 3 years old and later, he was recommended to a film by a film producer and later got into acting in films. He studied until 1st Grade at Miranda Education Society in Bangalore. He used to balance his school life, social life as a public figure and his childhood in an interesting way. He then was offered roles in Television Soaps in local Indian Languages and was familiar to many Indians. He studied in Camlin English School, Bangalore
until 10th Grade and secured 93% in his Board Exams in 2011. He is currently studying his 11th Grade, or better known as 1st Year Pre-University College in Carmel Pre University College in Basaveshwarnagar, Bangalore
.
Kishan Shrikanth
adores Steven Spielberg
as an idol.
This is the success story of a street boy and is inspired by true life stories of great people like Thomas Alva Edison, Michael Faraday, and our Ex-President A.P.J.Abdul Kalam. The movie Care of Footpath
was released in Kannada language on 26, November, 2006 and successfully ran for more than 100 Days in Karnataka
Kishan Says About His First Directorial Venture C/O FOOTPATHH
"I was inspired to do this movie based on an incident that took place in my life when i was 7 yrs old, and since then i have been thinking about the under privileged who need some motivation and inspiration in their life to pursue their education in spite of all the requirements being attended by government, and be better human beings, and work towards one earth".
"I have dedicated this movie to all the underprivileged children of this world. This movie was made for the underpriviledged who want to fight their disabilities with courage .
The main message of my movie is "no matter what you are and no matter how weak you are, every thing is mind over matter and if one believes in this, nothing on this earth can stop them".
Inspired by true life stories of genius prodigies like Thomas Alva Edison, Michael Faraday, and Ex President of India A.P.J.Abdul Kalam sir, all three of them used to sell news papers, to study and to go to school or to make a living. And one day they could do something very big and phenomenal for the mankind.
, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar
, V Manohar, Tabala Naani, Jayashree, Lakshman, Sai Krishna, Shrijani and lots of other budding teen talents are introduced as well in this film. Currently, the film completed shooting about 60% of the film and it finished most of the talky portions recently at the Ebenezer International School Bangalore
in Electronic City, Bangalore
.
The filming for this multi-crore young teen's film in India has kicked off from late February 2010. The locations for this film includes Goa, Bangalore and other rich locations including Mangalore, Udupi across the coast of South India. It has made a big news in the Kannada film industry and is going to be the first young teen's film in Indian cinema.
This film being directed by Shrikanth HR is allegedly shooting the world's first Underwater Song at a large swimming pool in Bangalore. A virtual set of the sea bed shall be imitated in the swimming pool and amazing underwater shots are being shot. The director is using Underwater cameras, underwater PAR lights & Underwater Kino Flo
lights, Underwater Speaker Systems
and other imported equipment to make this expensive song. A special squad of experienced certified Scuba Divers
who shall monitor the event and provide sophisticated equipment to the whole crew which shall stay underwater for 3 straight days. An insurance for about a crore INR and 24 hour medical assistances are provided to the crew.
The song recording was held on July 5, 2010. The film Teenage is being produced by Salt and Pepper Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
This movie is going to create an impressive event in the pages of Guinness World Records
, by organizing an event where more than 40,000 teens from the age of 13 to 19 years will be dancing and singing for a single song simultaneously (synchronously) in multiple venues across Karnataka.
2. At an age of 6 years he became a play back singer and has sung in more than three feature films and four private albums.
3. He learnt Photo-designing and works on Adobe Photoshop and Corel Draw.
4. He learnt cinematography and the art of direction during his shooting schedules. As Kishan puts it… he learnt the art of Direction starting from a light boy up to the Cinematographers and from a clap boy to a Director on the sets when he was acting.
5. He is also an Editor. (He works on Final Cut Pro- FCP).
6. He is now learning 3D-computer graphics.
7. Master Kishan has directed the movie "Care of Footpathh" at the age of 9 years. One day when he watched street children selling newspapers on the street, he wondered as to why these children were not going to school. He wanted to inspire them and he wrote a story. This story was directed by him. He dedicated this film for all the underprivileged children on this earth. He is now the World’s Youngest Director as recognized by the Guinness books of World Records of a professionally made feature length film and also
• Winner National Award for Exceptional Achievement – Government of India 2008
• Winner State Jury Award - Best Film for “C/O Footpathh” 2006
• Winner State award - Best Child Actor 2006
• Opening film Kids for Kids International film festival-Cyprus 2006
• Winner Telephono Azzuro’s “Children’s Right Award” at the Giffoni International Film Festival-Italy 2007
• Winner Chamber of Deputies award (the second best film) at the Giffoni International Film Festival-Italy 2007
• Closing film Busan International Film Festival at South-Korea 2007
• Winner Children’s Right Award-The Film and Television association of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2007
• Official selection Chinh India film festival- New Delhi 2007
• Official selection Mumbai Children’s film festival 2007
• Winner Silver Elephant Award as the best child actor at the 15th Golden Elephant International Children’s Film Festival held at Hyderabad.
• Winner International Children’s Jury Prize - Cairo International Film Festival for Children Egypt, from March 3- 06 / 2008 and
• Special International Jury Prize – Cairo International Film Festival for Children – Egypt, from March 3- 06 / 2008 (Competition Section).
• Winner Alexandria international film festival award (Journalist Syndicate-Cairo)
• Winner South India Cinematographers Association Award, May 1, 2008
• Winner Special Honorary Award, Emotion Pictures 2nd International Festival, Documentary & Disability, Athens, Greece June 21 to 23, 2008.
• Official selection 22nd International Festival of Films for Children & Young Adults, International competition section, Tehran, Iran June 21–25, 2008.
• Closing Film Flicks International Film Festival for Children- Saskatoon, Canada. September 2008.
• Official selection Armenia International Film Festival for the Children and the young, Republic of Armenia October 16, 2008.
• Winner 5th International and Youth Film Festival, Spain, Europe, November 17–23, 2008.
Best Film – Children’s Jury Award
Best Actor Award
• Official Selection & American Premier - November 1, SAIFF (South Asian International Film Festival), New York 2009
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n-language actor & director from India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. He is the "Youngest Director of a professionally made feature length film" as acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records (GBWR). , having acted in 24 films and in many popular Indian soap opera (more than 500 episodes), he was in the process of directing
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
a feature film
Feature film
In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...
, C/o Footpath (Care of Footpath), about an orphaned boy who wants to go to school. The film is adapted from a short story he wrote himself, and the cast includes prominent Indian actors Jackie Shroff
Jackie Shroff
Jackie Shroff is an Indian actor. He has been in the industry for more than 28 years and has appeared in over 150 films.-Personal life:...
, Saurabh Shukla
Saurabh Shukla
-Early life:Shukla's family left Gorakhpur for Delhi when he was two years old. After completing his schooling, he did his graduation from Khalsa College, Delhi...
, B.Jayashree, Sudeep
Sudeep
Sudeep is an Indian actor, director, producer and singer from Shimoga, Karnataka, known in the Kannada film industry and Bollywood. He is also founder owner of his production company Kiccha Creations.Hence he is also famously known as 'Kiccha' Sudeep....
and Tara
Tara (Kannada actress)
Tara is a Kannada film actress. She won the Best Actress award in the 2005 National Film Awards for her role in the film Hasina , which also received the Best Film on Family Welfare award...
. Kishan himself plays the lead. The film has been dubbed into the 5 major Indian Languages and it has also been released in English Language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. It was first shot in Kannada and the Kannada version was released on 26 November 2006. The Tamil
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
version of the film called Sathanai was released in January 2007. The English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
version of the film titled Care of Footpath
Care Of Footpath
C/o Footpath is the first film produced by the Kiran Movie Makers of Bangalore, India. It was directed by the world’s youngest film director, Guinness Record Holder Kishan Shrikanth....
will seek its American and world premiere at SAIFF South Asian International Film Festival, New York on November 1st. The Malayalam and the Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...
versions of the film are yet to be released late this year. Shroff said of Kishan: "He is such a genius that I had to work in his film. He is constantly thinking about his next shot, constantly innovating to make it better. He is sure about what he wants from his actors".
Kishan counts Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....
, Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise
Thomas Cruise Mapother IV , better known as Tom Cruise, is an American film actor and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and he has won three Golden Globe Awards....
, Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves
Keanu Charles Reeves is a Canadian actor. Reeves is perhaps best known for his roles in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Speed, Point Break and the science fiction-action trilogy The Matrix...
, Jim Carrey
Jim Carrey
James Eugene "Jim" Carrey is a Canadian-American actor and comedian. He has received two Golden Globe Awards and has also been nominated on four occasions. Carrey began comedy in 1979, performing at Yuk Yuk's in Toronto, Ontario...
, Amitabh Bachhan and many more among his favourite actors.
In November 2006, Kishan found place in the Guinness Book of Records as the youngest person to direct a professional feature film.
He replaces Sydney Ling, who was thirteen in 1973 when he directed the Dutch
Netherlands
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film Lex the Wonderdog.
Personal life
Kishan was born on 6 January 1996 in BangaloreBangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
to Shrikanth H R and Shylaja Shrikanth. He did his kindergarten and nursery at Starlet Nursery, Indiranagar, Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
. He had an endless interest towards the entertainment/film industry since he was 3 years old and later, he was recommended to a film by a film producer and later got into acting in films. He studied until 1st Grade at Miranda Education Society in Bangalore. He used to balance his school life, social life as a public figure and his childhood in an interesting way. He then was offered roles in Television Soaps in local Indian Languages and was familiar to many Indians. He studied in Camlin English School, Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
until 10th Grade and secured 93% in his Board Exams in 2011. He is currently studying his 11th Grade, or better known as 1st Year Pre-University College in Carmel Pre University College in Basaveshwarnagar, Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
.
Kishan Shrikanth
Kishan Shrikanth
Kishan Shrikanth किशन श्रीकांत Kishan Shrikanth किशन श्रीकांत Kishan Shrikanth किशन श्रीकांत (born January 6, 1996, professionally known as Kishan SS or Master Kishan, is an Indian-language actor & director from India. He is the "Youngest Director of a professionally made feature length film" as...
adores Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg KBE is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, video game designer, and studio entrepreneur. In a career of more than four decades, Spielberg's films have covered many themes and genres. Spielberg's early science-fiction and adventure films were seen as an...
as an idol.
Care Of Footpath
This is the story of an orphan slum boy who is adopted by an old lady who finds him on a footpath. She brings him to live with her in the slum. With his friends, he makes a living picking up rags. An encounter with some school students who call him an uneducated brute, changes the life of this slum boy. This makes him take up a challenge to get educated. How this boy finds a way to live his dream: going to school to get an education, amidst all odds and evens is the line of the story.This is the success story of a street boy and is inspired by true life stories of great people like Thomas Alva Edison, Michael Faraday, and our Ex-President A.P.J.Abdul Kalam. The movie Care of Footpath
Care Of Footpath
C/o Footpath is the first film produced by the Kiran Movie Makers of Bangalore, India. It was directed by the world’s youngest film director, Guinness Record Holder Kishan Shrikanth....
was released in Kannada language on 26, November, 2006 and successfully ran for more than 100 Days in Karnataka
Karnataka
Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...
Kishan Says About His First Directorial Venture C/O FOOTPATHH
"I was inspired to do this movie based on an incident that took place in my life when i was 7 yrs old, and since then i have been thinking about the under privileged who need some motivation and inspiration in their life to pursue their education in spite of all the requirements being attended by government, and be better human beings, and work towards one earth".
"I have dedicated this movie to all the underprivileged children of this world. This movie was made for the underpriviledged who want to fight their disabilities with courage .
The main message of my movie is "no matter what you are and no matter how weak you are, every thing is mind over matter and if one believes in this, nothing on this earth can stop them".
Inspired by true life stories of genius prodigies like Thomas Alva Edison, Michael Faraday, and Ex President of India A.P.J.Abdul Kalam sir, all three of them used to sell news papers, to study and to go to school or to make a living. And one day they could do something very big and phenomenal for the mankind.
TEENAGE
Kishan is currently playing the role of the male protagonist as Aarya in a Kannada film titled "TEENAGE" Ee Vayasse Onthara (This age is somewhat different:in Kannada) (Title changed from "15"). The main star cast of the film "Teenage" includes Kishan ShrikanthKishan Shrikanth
Kishan Shrikanth किशन श्रीकांत Kishan Shrikanth किशन श्रीकांत Kishan Shrikanth किशन श्रीकांत (born January 6, 1996, professionally known as Kishan SS or Master Kishan, is an Indian-language actor & director from India. He is the "Youngest Director of a professionally made feature length film" as...
, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar
Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar
Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar is an Indian actress best known for her 2008 role as the teenage version of 'Latika', a character in the Academy Award-winning film Slumdog Millionaire...
, V Manohar, Tabala Naani, Jayashree, Lakshman, Sai Krishna, Shrijani and lots of other budding teen talents are introduced as well in this film. Currently, the film completed shooting about 60% of the film and it finished most of the talky portions recently at the Ebenezer International School Bangalore
Ebenezer International School Bangalore
Ebenezer International school is a residential and day school located in Electronic city, Bangalore, India.Founded in 2006 by Dr...
in Electronic City, Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
.
The filming for this multi-crore young teen's film in India has kicked off from late February 2010. The locations for this film includes Goa, Bangalore and other rich locations including Mangalore, Udupi across the coast of South India. It has made a big news in the Kannada film industry and is going to be the first young teen's film in Indian cinema.
This film being directed by Shrikanth HR is allegedly shooting the world's first Underwater Song at a large swimming pool in Bangalore. A virtual set of the sea bed shall be imitated in the swimming pool and amazing underwater shots are being shot. The director is using Underwater cameras, underwater PAR lights & Underwater Kino Flo
Kino Flo
Kino Flo is a manufacturer of lighting equipment for use in motion pictures, television and photography. Located in Burbank, California, Kino Flo is best known for its fluorescent tube-based systems that are optimized for the color temperature of film and digital video. These lights provide a...
lights, Underwater Speaker Systems
Synchronized swimming
Synchronized swImming is a hybrid form of swimming, dance and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronized routine of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music....
and other imported equipment to make this expensive song. A special squad of experienced certified Scuba Divers
Scuba diving
Scuba diving is a form of underwater diving in which a diver uses a scuba set to breathe underwater....
who shall monitor the event and provide sophisticated equipment to the whole crew which shall stay underwater for 3 straight days. An insurance for about a crore INR and 24 hour medical assistances are provided to the crew.
The song recording was held on July 5, 2010. The film Teenage is being produced by Salt and Pepper Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
This movie is going to create an impressive event in the pages of Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world...
, by organizing an event where more than 40,000 teens from the age of 13 to 19 years will be dancing and singing for a single song simultaneously (synchronously) in multiple venues across Karnataka.
Filmography
1. He started his career as a child model at 3 years and then began acting in films at the age of 4 years. At the age of 14 years now he has acted in 28 Feature films and featured in more than 300 Television episodes.2. At an age of 6 years he became a play back singer and has sung in more than three feature films and four private albums.
3. He learnt Photo-designing and works on Adobe Photoshop and Corel Draw.
4. He learnt cinematography and the art of direction during his shooting schedules. As Kishan puts it… he learnt the art of Direction starting from a light boy up to the Cinematographers and from a clap boy to a Director on the sets when he was acting.
5. He is also an Editor. (He works on Final Cut Pro- FCP).
6. He is now learning 3D-computer graphics.
7. Master Kishan has directed the movie "Care of Footpathh" at the age of 9 years. One day when he watched street children selling newspapers on the street, he wondered as to why these children were not going to school. He wanted to inspire them and he wrote a story. This story was directed by him. He dedicated this film for all the underprivileged children on this earth. He is now the World’s Youngest Director as recognized by the Guinness books of World Records of a professionally made feature length film and also
Awards and Accolades
• Winner Swarna Kamal- National Film Award for Best Children’s Film- 2006• Winner National Award for Exceptional Achievement – Government of India 2008
• Winner State Jury Award - Best Film for “C/O Footpathh” 2006
• Winner State award - Best Child Actor 2006
• Opening film Kids for Kids International film festival-Cyprus 2006
• Winner Telephono Azzuro’s “Children’s Right Award” at the Giffoni International Film Festival-Italy 2007
• Winner Chamber of Deputies award (the second best film) at the Giffoni International Film Festival-Italy 2007
• Closing film Busan International Film Festival at South-Korea 2007
• Winner Children’s Right Award-The Film and Television association of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2007
• Official selection Chinh India film festival- New Delhi 2007
• Official selection Mumbai Children’s film festival 2007
• Winner Silver Elephant Award as the best child actor at the 15th Golden Elephant International Children’s Film Festival held at Hyderabad.
• Winner International Children’s Jury Prize - Cairo International Film Festival for Children Egypt, from March 3- 06 / 2008 and
• Special International Jury Prize – Cairo International Film Festival for Children – Egypt, from March 3- 06 / 2008 (Competition Section).
• Winner Alexandria international film festival award (Journalist Syndicate-Cairo)
• Winner South India Cinematographers Association Award, May 1, 2008
• Winner Special Honorary Award, Emotion Pictures 2nd International Festival, Documentary & Disability, Athens, Greece June 21 to 23, 2008.
• Official selection 22nd International Festival of Films for Children & Young Adults, International competition section, Tehran, Iran June 21–25, 2008.
• Closing Film Flicks International Film Festival for Children- Saskatoon, Canada. September 2008.
• Official selection Armenia International Film Festival for the Children and the young, Republic of Armenia October 16, 2008.
• Winner 5th International and Youth Film Festival, Spain, Europe, November 17–23, 2008.
Best Film – Children’s Jury Award
Best Actor Award
• Official Selection & American Premier - November 1, SAIFF (South Asian International Film Festival), New York 2009