Ravi Kishan appeals PM Modi to help actors get royalty

A Story by Jasmine Kaur

Introduction

Ravi Kishan, a member of Parliament and actor, proposed royalty for actors in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

Ravi said the BJP government has always looked after the film industry, ensuring that lyricists and singers receive royalties and helping actors as well.

In Hollywood and China, this tradition exists, and we should have it here in India as well. Currently, actors only receive a fee. Actors like Bharat Bhushan, among others, who must go through sad days at the end of their careers, could benefit from this, the actor said.

A percentage of royalty can also be determined based on the screen time of the actor. 

About Ravi Kishan

The actor, politician, film producer, and television personality Ravindra Shyamnarayan Shukla (born 17 July 1969) is also known as Ravi Kishan. He represents Gorakhpur in the Lok Sabha. He has primarily worked in Bhojpuri and Hindi cinema, as well as Telugu cinema. He has also acted in Kannada and Tamil films.

A version of Big Brother called Bigg Boss was the Indian version of Big Brother in 2006.  He was the second runner up. He participated in the 2012 season of ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’.

Personal life

In 1969, Ravi Kishan was born in Bombay, Maharashtra, India. He attended Rizavi College in Mumbai only until the 12th grade. He lived for about seven years in Kerakat, Jaunpur district in Varanasi division, Uttar Pradesh, where his family hails from.

Kishan is married to Priti, and they have four children, one son and three daughters.

Acting

Kishan won the Most Popular Actor award at the ‘ETV Bhojpuri Cinema Samman 2008’ event in June 2008. In recent years, popular reality shows such as Bigg Boss and Ek Se Badh kar Ek – Jalwe Sitaron Ke have brought him to the forefront of the top Indian television actors. He began hosting the celebrity dance reality show Bathroom Singer in 2008, followed by Naman:EkSansani and Ek Se Badh karEk – Jalwe Sitaron Ke on Zee. He also hosted the reality show Raaz PichhleJanam Ka on NDTV Imagine for two seasons. In 2010, he worked with film directors ShyamBenegal and Mani Ratnam.

The film Jala DebhDuniyaTohraPyar Mein, starring Kishan and produced by PUN Films, was shown in the India Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival 2010.

Kishan was a judge on the reality show Sales Ka Bazigar on ETV in 2013. This show aimed to find the best salesperson in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Su-kam Power Systems, the presenter of the show, was to hire the ten people who made it to the finals. A package of ten lakhs per annum would be given to the winner, followed by a package of six lakhs per annum to the runner-up. It was the first show of its kind to find the best salesperson in India, and over 10,000 people participated from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Kishan made his South Indian film debut with Race Gurram in 2014. In 2017, he made his Kannada debut with Hebbuli and his Tamil debut with MonishaEn Monalisa. He had a role in the film MLA in 2018.

Politics

During the 2014 general elections, Kishan, a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) from Jaunpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh, secured only 42,759 votes or 4.25 percent of the total votes and finished in sixth place. Kishan joined the BJP in February 2017 after leaving the Congress Party.

The Bharatiya Janata Party released its candidate list for the 2019 general election on 15 April. During the 2019 general elections, Ravi Kishan ran against Samajwadi party candidate Rambhual Nishad in the Gorakhpur constituency of Uttar Pradesh. Shishan defeated Rambhual Nishad by over 3,01,664 votes. Ravi Kishan received 7,17,122 votes, while Rambhual Nishad received 4,15,458 votes.

Dubbing

Kishan dubbed Tobey Maguire’s role as Spider-Man in Spider-Man 3 into Bhojpuri in 2008. In addition to Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu dubs, this is the first Hollywood blockbuster to feature a Bhojpuri voice. Kishan decided to create his own superhero film as a result.