Krishnakumar Balasubramanian

Krishnakumar Balasubramanian is an Indian film and stage actor. He is the artistic director of The Little Theatre (India).[1][2][3] He has scripted and directed many stage plays for The Little Theatre (India) namely the Christmas pantomimes 'Alice in iLand' in 2011 and 'The Free Musketeers' in 2012, 2 musicals 'Atita' in 2010 and 'Gapsaa - Fully Loaded' in 2012 for the 'Little Festival' - an international theatre festival for young audiences. He is considered to be one of the hardworking actor having years of experience.

He has acted in a short film directed by Ritesh Batra in October 2018

He was the theatre director of Kalakshetra Foundation’s dance theatre production on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th Birthday celebration ‘Shanthi Sutra’

Acted as Captain Chaitanya Rao ‘Che’ in the Suriya starrer ‘Soorarai Pottru’ released in November 2020.

Career

He played the lead role in the full-length feature film Kadhalagi with actor Prakash Raj. It was released in May 2010. The 26-year-old was also featured as one of the 37 Indians of tomorrow by ‘India Today’ in its 37th Anniversary issue with Ranbir Kapoor and Virat Kohli – December 2012.[4]

He is a member of the Global Shapers community, an initiative of the World Economic Forum,(2012). He was a panellist at the World Economic Forum on India 2012 (South Asia's Children—Are We Thinking about South Asia's Tomorrow) with Sarah Brown (wife of ex Prime Minister, UK) and Ulhas Yargop President, IT Sector, Mahindra & Mahindra, India.[5][6]

Krishnakumar Balasubramanian aka KK, portrayed Captain Che(a)Chaitanya Rao in the film Soorarai Pottru, keeping the role in the Telugu dubbing as well.

He was announced to play a role in the upcoming Dhanush film directed by Karthick Naren.[7]

Filmography

Key
	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2010	Kadhalagi	Thyagu
2020	Putham Pudhu Kaalai	Arun Krishnan
2020	Soorarai Pottru	Che
2021	Untitled Karthick Naren project	TBA	[8]

References

S, Gowri (30 June 2020). "Chennai-based The Little Theatre introduces ArtsLab, a new alternative learning initiative" – via www.thehindu.com.
NANDI, DEBANJOLI (22 January 2020). "City bunch gets clowning". Deccan Chronicle.
"Putting fun back in science". The New Indian Express.
"KADHALAGI MOVIE REVIEW". Behind Woods.Com. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
"Krishnakumar Balasubramanian: Profile at Global Shapers". Global Shapers. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
Jayaram, Rahul. "All for a Stage Fight". India Today. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
"Soorarai Pottru star joins Dhanush's next interesting movie". Indiaglitz. 18 January 2021.
"D43: Dhanush-Karthick Naren movie goes on floors". Indian Express. 8 January 2021. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2021.

External links

Kadhalagi

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[1] S, Gowri (30 June 2020). "Chennai-based The Little Theatre introduces ArtsLab, a new alternative learning initiative" – via www.thehindu.com.

[2] NANDI, DEBANJOLI (22 January 2020). "City bunch gets clowning". Deccan Chronicle.

[3] "Putting fun back in science". The New Indian Express.

[Woods-4] "KADHALAGI MOVIE REVIEW". Behind Woods.Com. Retrieved 28 June 2013.

[GlobalShapers-5] "Krishnakumar Balasubramanian: Profile at Global Shapers". Global Shapers. Retrieved 28 June 2013.

[India-6] Jayaram, Rahul. "All for a Stage Fight". India Today. Retrieved 28 June 2013.

[7] "Soorarai Pottru star joins Dhanush's next interesting movie". Indiaglitz. 18 January 2021.

[8] "D43: Dhanush-Karthick Naren movie goes on floors". Indian Express. 8 January 2021. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 8 January 2021.