Krishnakumar Balasubramanian is an Indian actor and art director who predominantly works in Tamil cinema.
Krishnakumar made his debut playing the lead role in the film Kadhalagi (2010).
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.[1]
In 2024, he gained further recognition and critical acclaim after portraying Lord Krishna in Nag Ashwin's dystopian science fiction film Kalki 2898 AD.
Krishnakumar is the artistic director of The Little Theatre Group.[2][3][4] He has scripted and directed many stage plays, namely the Christmas pantomimes Alice in iLand (2011) and The Free Musketeers (2012); and the musicals Atita (2010) and Gapsaa - Fully Loaded (2012) 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 India Today’ in its 37th-anniversary issue with Ranbir Kapoor and Virat Kohli in December 2012.[5]
Krishnakumar is a member of the Global Shapers community, an initiative of the World Economic Forum (2012). He was a panelist 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.[6][7]
| † | 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 |
| Soorarai Pottru | Chaitanya 'Che' Rao | ||
| 2022 | Maaran | Inspector Arjun | [8] |
| 2024 | Kalki 2898 AD | Krishna | Telugu film[9] |
| Sarfira | Chaitanya Rao | Hindi Film [10] | |
| TBA | Walking/Talking Strawberry Icecream † | TBA | [11] |
