- By Vridhi Soodhan
- Wed, 23 Jul 2025 05:14 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Ravi Kishan is a known name in Bhojpuri as well as in Bollywood industry. Although he has been an actor for decades now, and has starred in countless movies, the star got his shot to fame in Bollywood with Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies. He played the role of a police inspector, and due to his incredible performance, he received a lot of praise from the masses. The actor made his acting debut in 1992 with the Bollywood film Pitambar, starring Mithun Chakraborty in the lead role. However, his road to fame and stardom wasn’t easy.
Ravi Kishan recently appeared on Raj Shamani’s podcast and talked about several aspects of his life before becoming a star. He shared that people who face struggles in their life consider him their hero as his story inspires them. He said, “Yet, people have been watching me for years now. They have seen me everywhere: on stage, on television, and that too across various languages. Where have I not been there? 750 films is a huge number. You go anywhere, you can see me or hear my voice. I consider that Mahadev’s blessing.”
He further continued to express his tale of facing extreme poverty in his early days and said, “I have seen a lot of poverty. I saw so much poverty that I was disgusted by it. I grew up seeing as many as 12 people (his family) eating the same Khichdi that contained only a little bit of rice and so much water. We all slept in a 10×12 room, sometimes even on top of each other. Even the toilet was situated outside the house. I was extremely poor and was fed up with poverty as well as the taunts. I did not want to hear my father being ridiculed any more.”
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Ravi Kishan further shed light on the issue of casteism and revealed that he would have become a star no matter what caste he came from. “Ravi Kishan would have been Ravi Kishan no matter which caste he belonged to. This is because I was blessed by Lord Shiva. And I didn’t want to die an anonymous man. Once I decided that I didn’t want to die unknown, I was ready to do whatever it took. What’s the benefit of you coming to earth if even your neighbour doesn’t know that you passed away?” he explained.
“You are not here to just make children or buy a bungalow. Recognition is what matters, and money will follow. Name or price? Name! Once you attain a name, everything will come running after you,” Ravi Kishan added.
On being asked how a person can establish himself the way he has done, he said that one needs to wake up and watch the sunrise. Going to the gym, or simply running for 3-4 kilometres and eating soaked channa can help you in magical ways.