Krishnakumar Balasubramanian

Krishnakumar Balasubramanian is an Indian actor and art director who predominantly works in Tamil cinema.

Career

Krishnakumar made his debut playing the lead role in the film Kadhalagi.
He made his Tamil film comeback in 2020, where he acted in the Amazon Prime anthology film Putham Pudhu Kaalai. Later that year, he played a pivotal role in Soorarai Pottru as a friend of actor Suriya's character.
In 2022, he played a supporting role in Maaran as Dhanush's character's friend.
In 2024, he gained further recognition and critical acclaim after portraying Lord Krishna in Nag Ashwin's science fiction film Kalki 2898 AD.

Krishnakumar is the artistic director of The Little Theatre Group. He has scripted and directed many stage plays, namely the Christmas pantomimes Alice in iLand and The Free Musketeers ; and the musicals Atita and Gapsaa - Fully Loaded for the Little Festival, an international theater festival for young audiences.
He was also the theater director of Kalakshetra Foundation's dance theater production on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birthday celebration "Shanthi Sutra".

Krishnakumar was featured as one of the 37 Indians of tomorrow by ’ in its 37th-anniversary issue with Ranbir Kapoor and Virat Kohli in December 2012.
Krishnakumar is a member of the Global Shapers community, an initiative of the World Economic Forum. He was a panelist at the World Economic Forum on India 2012 with Sarah Brown and Ulhas Yargop President, IT Sector, Mahindra & Mahindra, India.

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2010	Kadhalagi	Thyagu
2020	Putham Pudhu Kaalai	Arun Krishnan	Anthology Series Segment; Ilamai Idho Idho
2020	Soorarai Pottru	Chaitanya 'Che' Rao
2022	Maaran	Inspector Arjun
2024	Kalki 2898 AD	Krishna	Telugu film
2024	Sarfira	Chaitanya Rao	Hindi Film
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