Kishan Shrikanth

Kishan Shrikanth (born January 6 1996fact|date=March 2007, professionally known as Kishan or Master Kishan.p, is a Indian-language actor from India. As of January 2006, having acted in 24 films and a popular Indian soap opera, he was in the process of directing a feature film, "C/o Footpath" ("Care of Footpath"), about an orphaned boy who wants to go to school. ["Meet the director…] The film is adapted from a short story he wrote himself, [Kishan gets Guinness nod] and the cast includes prominent Indian actors Jackie Shroff, Saurabh Shukla, and Taara. ["Meet the director…] Kishan himself plays the lead. [Verma] The film is scheduled for an April 2006 release. Kishan will be, in all likelihood, the youngest director ever to release a commercial feature film. ["Meet the director…] Shroff said of Kishan: "He is such a genius that I had to work in his film. He is constantly thinking about his next shot, constantly innovating to make it better. He is sure about what he wants from his actors". ["Film director, 10, calls the shots" (BBC).] ( He is almost as scary as a twelve year old boy with the same name Who lives in the C-town).

Kishan counts Arnold Schwarzenegger among his favourite actors. [Nelson]

In November 2006, Kishan found place in the "Guinness Book of Records" as the youngest person to direct a professional feature film [Kishan gets Guinness nod] .He replaces Sydney Ling, who was thirteen in 1973 when he directed the Dutch film "Lex the Wonderdog".

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References

* [http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2006/jan/12footpath.htm Meet the director, all of nine years old!] , Rediff, January 12, 2006. Accessed 13 January 2006.
* [http://www.viggy.com/english/chow_master_kishan.asp Master Kishan aiming for Guinness Record!] , Viggy.com, undated. Accessed 13 January 2006.
* Dean Nelson, [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2003744,00.html Director, 9, calls shots in Bollywood] . "The Sunday Times" (London), January 22 2006. Accessed 4 February 2006.
* Varuna Verma, [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1051002/asp/look/story_5295785.asp Super kids are here] , "The Telegraph" (Calcutta), October 2, 2005. Accessed 13 January 2006.
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4640000/newsid_4646700/4646754.stm CBBC newsround report on Kishan and the shooting of C/O Foothpath] . BBC. Accessed January 25 2006.
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4644222.stm Film director, 10, calls the shots] . BBC, 24 January 2006. Accessed 4 February 2006.
*R.G. Vijayasarathy, [http://in.rediff.com/movies/2006/nov/13kishan.htm Kishan gets Guinness nod] . "Rediff", November 13, 2006. Accessed November 13 2006.

External links

* [http://chitraloka.com/careoffootpath/index.html "C/o Footpath"] official site. Uses Macromedia Flash on home page, but that can be bypassed by starting with [http://chitraloka.com/careoffootpath/banner.html this link] .