Nikhil Kumar (actor)

Nikhil Kumarswamy is an Indian actor and politician.[3] He has acted in the Kannada and Telugu film industries. He made his acting debut with the Kannada-Telugu bilingual film Jaguar (2016).[4]

Nikhil Kumar
Born
Nikhil Kumaraswamy

22 January 1988
Bangalore, Karnataka, India[1]
NationalityIndian
Other namesNikhil Gowda
Occupation
  • Actor
  • politician
Years active2016–present
Political partyJanata Dal (Secular)
Spouse(s)
Revathi
​
(m. 2020)​
Parent(s)H. D. Kumaraswamy (father)
Anitha Kumaraswamy (mother)
Family H. D. Deve Gowda (grandfather)

H. D. Revanna (uncle) Radhika Kumaraswamy (Stepmother) [2]

Shamika Kumaraswamy (step sister)

Personal life

Nikhil Kumarswamy is the son of former Karnataka Chief Minister H. D. Kumaraswamy[5] and grandson of former India Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda.[3][4]

Feb 10, 2020 it became public that Nikhil got engaged to Revathi, the grand-niece of Congress leader and realtor M. Krishnappa at Taj West End, Bengaluru.[6][7] The wedding took place on April 17, 2020[8] near Janapada Loka in Ramanagara[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][13] He lost in the elections to Sumalatha wife of late Shri. Ambareesh by a margin of 128,876 votes[10]

Filmography
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Role Language Notes Ref.
2016 Jaguar Krishna Kannada
Telugu		 Bilingual Film [14][15]
2019 Seetharama Kalyana Arya Kannada[16][17]
Kurukshetra Abhimanyu[18]
2020 RIDER TBA Pre-production [19]

Awards
Film Award Category Result Ref.
Jaguar 6th South Indian International Movie Awards Best Debutant Actor - Kannada Won [20][21]
Best Debutant Actor - Telugu Nominated

References
  1. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/Jaguar-is-my-big-debut-Nikhil-Kumar/articleshow/54675799.cms. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Radhika Kumarswamy goes open on her Connections". Supergoodmovies.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  3. "Nikhil Gowda's first interview is here". The Times of India.
  4. "Former PM Deve Gowda and family revel in opening of grandson Nikhil Kumar's film Jaguar". Indianexpress.com. 13 October 2016.
  5. "HD Kumaraswamy's son in costliest film". The Times of India.
  6. "HD Kumaraswamy's Son Nikhil Engaged To Congress Leader's Grand-Niece". NDTV.com. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  7. www.thenewsminute.com https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/nikhil-kumaraswamy-engaged-former-cong-min-s-grandniece-revathi-bengaluru-117873. Retrieved 10 February 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "Preparation begins for Nikhil's wedding - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  9. "Kumaraswamy extends open invite; lakhs may turn up at his son's wedding in April". Hindustan Times. 24 February 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  10. May 23, PTI |; 2019; Ist, 21:41. "Karnataka Lok Sabha Election Results: Kumaraswamy's son Nikhil loses in Mandya | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 March 2020.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. "Mandya (Lok Sabha constituency)", Wikipedia, 29 February 2020, retrieved 6 March 2020
  12. 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.
  13. Narayanan, Nayantara. "2019 results: With BJP sweeping Karnataka, will the Congress-JD(S) government survive?". Scroll.in. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  14. "LAUNCHED: HDK's Son Nikhil Kumar Debut Movie 'Jaguar' (Video)". 17 December 2015.
  15. "H. D. Kumaraswamy's son Nikhil debuts with Jaguar". 17 December 2015. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
  16. "Harsha to direct Nikil". Indiaglitz.com. 23 November 2017.
  17. "Rachita Ram roped in for Nikhil's next". News Karnataka.com. 9 December 2017.
  18. "Nikhil Gowda's 'Kurukshetra' is ready, but needs Election Commission clearance". The News Minute. 14 March 2019.
  19. "Nikhil Kumaraswamy to collaborate with Krishna for a film - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  20. "SIIMA AWARDS | 2017 | winners | |". siima.in. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  21. "6th South Indian International Movie Awards", Wikipedia, 19 January 2020, retrieved 6 March 2020
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