Bhojpuri actor and BJP candidate Ravi Kishan who contested on a BJP ticket as won/lost the Lok Sabha seat in Gorakhpur. Ravi Kishan contested on one of the most important seats in Uttar Pradesh. There is a total of ten contenders for the seat. Although the main competition was between Ravi, Congress’ Madhusudan Tripathi and SP’s Rambhual Nishad.  Catch all the LIVE election updates for General Elections 2019 here. 

Ravi began his political journey in the year 2014, when he joined the Congress and contested in the General Elections from Jaunpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh. In February 2017, Ravi left Congress and joined BJP. When BJP released their list of candidates for Lok Sabha Elections 2019, Ravi was up for the seat in Gorakhpur Loksabha constituency. Ravi was playing second fiddle to Yogi Adityanath appearing alongside the CM in the polling rallies. Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Bhojpuri Stars Ravi Kishan and Dinesh Lal Yadav ‘Nirahua’ Depend on ‘Modiji’ for Victory.

Ravi Kishan has been dominantly known for his work in the Bhojpuri movies. His body of work in the regional film industry earned him the kind of popularity that would even give some Bollywood stars a run for the money. Ravi Kishan was also a participant on the debut season of Bigg Boss and became popular in the Hindi region as well. While Bollywood may have reduced Ravi to character roles, he continues to be a leading man in the Bhojpuri cinema. He has some brilliant acting roles to his credit. You have got to check out super cool movies like Humar Devdas, Kehu Hamse Jeet Na Payi, Prem Vidrohi etc.

Ravi Kishan was also a participant on the dance reality show, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa season 5 and we learnt the guy has some sick dance moves. He is the kind of guy who becomes the life of a party. Let us see how he fares as the member of a political party, now.

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