Ashok Kumar Balakrishnan is an Indian actor who has appeared predominantly in Tamil films.
Career Originally from Thanjavur district, Ashok Kumar grew up in Mumbai. He was a Bharatanatyam dancer and won the Nrithyamayoor () Award from the Government of Maharashtra. He played Krishna in the Hindi television serial Krishna (1993–97). His film debut but was supposed to be Dishyum (2006), but he was subsequently removed from the film and replaced by Jiiva. He then made his feature film debut with R. T. Neason's Muruga (2007) and starred in Pidichirukku the following year. He made a special appearance as a Tamil actor in a song from the Malayalam film Mulla (2008). Ashok made his Telugu debut with the bilingual Kaki (2015), which was made by Vetrimaaran's assistant director. The film was released in Tamil two years later as Ka Ka Ka: Aabathin Arikuri (2017).
In 2019, he appeared in the multi-starrer movies such as Chithiram Pesuthadi 2 and Gangs of Madras. He also acted in the Malaysian film Unakkagathane released in 2020. He was seen in the crime series Kuruthi Kalam (2021) which was released on MX Player. In 2022, Ashok Kumar was seen successively in horror films such as Vidiyatha Iravondru Vendum, Bestie, and Mayathirai. In 2023, he was appeared in the action thriller, Vizhithelu. In 2024, he was appeared in the drama thriller E-mail.as well as part of a Kannada project called Sambhavami Yuge Yuge, and the fantasy thriller, Maya Puthagam. The, Ashok Kumar appeared in Lara (2025).
Filmography
Films All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted. + List of Ashok Kumar film credits Year Film Role Notes 2007 Muruga Murugan 2008 Pidichirukku Velu Mulla Himself Malayalam film; cameo appearance 2012 Kozhi Koovuthu Kumaresan 2013 Vetkathai Kettal Enna Tharuvaai Shiva 2014 Kadhal Solla Aasai Mahesh 2015 Kaki Karthik Telugu film 2017 Ka Ka Ka: Aabathin Arikuri Karthik 2019 Chithiram Pesuthadi 2 Salim Gangs of Madras Ibrahim 2020 Unakkagathane Ashok Singh Malaysian film 2022 Vidiyatha Iravondru Vendum Kathir Bestie Ashok Mayathirai Jeeva 4554 Karthi Therkathi Veeran Vasanth 2023 Vizhithelu Sivakumar Priyamudan Priya Markendya Are You Ok Baby? Thyagi 2024 E-mail Vimal Sambhavami Yuge Yuge Krishna Kannada film Maya Puthagam Guru 2025 Lara Maharoof 2026 Thiraivi Vikram
Television + List of Ashok Kumar television credits Year Title Role Language Channel Notes 1993 Shri Krishna Child Krishna Hindi DD National Debut TV showBest Child Actor Award 2021 Kuruthi Kalam Item Kumar Tamil MX Player 2024 - 2025 Mounam Pesiyadhe Shiva TamilZee Tamil
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