Tennis Krishna is a Kannada actor and comedian. He has acted in over 600 movies and has a record of appearing in 100 movies with comedy actress Rekha Das.[1]

Tennis Krishna
Born (1961-06-05) 5 June 1961 (age 63)
Bengaluru
OccupationActor

Life

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His background is from Kannada theatre.[citation needed] Since Krishna was a common name in the film industry, he got the moniker Tennis Krishna to differentiate himself since he used to be a tennis coach.[2]

He acted with Kannada actor Dr. Rajkumar in the movie Jeevanachaitra.[citation needed] His first released Kannada, in a lead role for the first film was Appa Nanjappa Maga Gunjappa in 1994. After the success of Appa Nanjappa Maga Gunajappa, Tennis Krishna acted in many more films mainly in comedy roles including Bannada Neralu and Ond Chance Kodi.[3]

Filmography

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As actor

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As singer

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  • 2002 - Yaarige Beda Duddu!
  • 2002 - Neela Megha Shyama
  • 2009 - Veera Madakari

Television

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References

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  1. ^ "Century pair, Rekha Das and Tennis Krishna". indiaglitz.com. 3 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Comedian 'Tennis' Krishna steps into politics, joins AAP in Karnataka". 4 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Tennis Krishna filmography". Oneindia. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
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