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Nikhil Kumar
Nikhil Kumarswamy (2019)
Born
Nikhil Kumaraswamy

(1988-01-22) 22 January 1988 (age 36)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India[1]
NationalityIndian
Other namesNikhil Gowda
Occupations
  • Actor
  • politician
Years active2016–present
Political partyJanata Dal (Secular)
Spouse
Revathi
​
(m. 2020)​
Children1
Parent(s)H. D. Kumaraswamy (Father)
Anitha Kumaraswamy ( Mother)
FamilyH. D. Deve Gowda (grandfather)
H. D. Revanna (uncle)

Nikhil Kumaraswamy is an Indian actor and politician known for his work in Kannada films.[2] He made his acting debut with the Kannada-Telugu bilingual film Jaguar (2016).[3]

Personal life

Nikhil Kumarswamy is the son of former Karnataka Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy[4] and grandson of former India Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda.[2][3]

On 10 February 2020 it became public that Nikhil got engaged to Revathi, the grand-niece of Congress leader and realtor M. Krishnappa at Taj West End Bangalore.[5][6] The wedding took place on 17 April 2020[7] near Janapada Loka in Ramanagara.[8] The couple has a son.[9]

Political career

Nikhil ran in the 2019 Indian general election in Karnataka (Lok Sabha) from Mandya district as a Janata Dal (Secular) candidate.[10] 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.[11][12] He lost in the elections to Sumalatha wife of late Ambareesh by a margin of 128,876 votes.[10].

2023 assembly elections

He was files nomination papers for Ramanagara Assembly constituency to contest 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).[13] |- | rowspan="2" |2019 ! scope="row"|Seetharama Kalyana | Arya | ||[14][15] |- ! scope="row"|Kurukshetra | Abhimanyu || ||[16] |- |2021 ! scope="row"|Rider | Surya | |[17] |- | 2022 ! scope="row" style="background: #FFD; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: left; " class="partial table-partial"|Yaduveera † |data-sort-value="" style="background: #DDF; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="skin-invert no table-no2" | TBA |Filming || [18] |}

Awards

Film Award Category Result Ref.
Jaguar 6th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Debutant Actor - Kannada Won [19]
Best Debutant Actor - Telugu Nominated

References

  1. ^ Joy, Prathibha. "Jaguar is my big debut: Nikhil Kumar". The Times of India.
  2. ^ a b Joy, Prathibha. "Nikhil Gowda's first interview is here". The Times of India.
  3. ^ a b "Former PM Deve Gowda and family revel in opening of grandson Nikhil Kumar's film Jaguar". Indianexpress.com. 13 October 2016.
  4. ^ "HD Kumaraswamy's son in costliest film". The Times of India.
  5. ^ "HD Kumaraswamy's Son Nikhil Engaged To Congress Leader's Grand-Niece". NDTV.com. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Nikhil Kumaraswamy engaged to former Cong min's grandniece Revathi in Bengaluru". www.thenewsminute.com. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Preparation begins for Nikhil's wedding - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Kumaraswamy extends open invite; lakhs may turn up at his son's wedding in April". Hindustan Times. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Kannada Actor Nikhil Kumaraswamy and Wife Revathi Name Their Son Avyaan Dev". News18. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  10. ^ a b "Karnataka Lok Sabha Election Results: Kumaraswamy's son Nikhil loses in Mandya". The Times of India. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  11. ^ Swamy, Rohini (27 May 2019). "It's down to 86-yr-old Deve Gowda to revive JD(S) as family politics, poll rout threaten party". ThePrint. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  12. ^ Narayanan, Nayantara. "2019 results: With BJP sweeping Karnataka, will the Congress-JD(S) government survive?". Scroll.in. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  13. ^ "H. D. Kumaraswamy's son Nikhil debuts with Jaguar". 17 December 2015. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  14. ^ "Harsha to direct Nikil". Indiaglitz.com. 23 November 2017.
  15. ^ "Rachita Ram roped in for Nikhil's next". News Karnataka.com. 9 December 2017.
  16. ^ "Nikhil Gowda's 'Kurukshetra' is ready, but needs Election Commission clearance". The News Minute. 14 March 2019.
  17. ^ Vaishnavi. "Kannada Film Review: ರೈಡರ್". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd (in Kannada). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  18. ^ "Nikhil Kumar to play titular role in Yaduveera". The New Indian Express. 24 January 2022.
  19. ^ "SIIMA AWARDS | 2017 | winners | |". siima.in. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
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