Five Star Krishna

Krishnakumar Ramakumar (born 18 October 1979), sometimes known as Five Star Krishna, is an Indian film director, filmmaker, and actor, who primarily works in the Tamil film industry. He is the founder of Black Box Films, a Chennai-based production house.

Early life Krishna was born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He studied Visual Communication at Loyola College, Chennai. Before entering films, he worked as an assistant director under Latha Menon and Rajiv Menon.

Career Acting Krishna made his acting debut with Five Star(2002), directed by Susi Ganesan, produced by Mani Ratnam and G. Srinivasan. His performance received positive reviews from critics. "there are scenes where he could have underplayed his emotions a little — but surely the young man has talent". . He later appeared in films including Cheran's Autograph, Mani Ratnam's Aaytha Ezhuthu, while also appearing as Dhanush's brother in the romantic comedy, Thiruda Thirudi. and several films directed by Vishnuvardhan, featuring in four consecutive ventures.

Advertisement filmmaking In 2009, Krishna founded Black Box Films, an advertisement production company based in Chennai. Since then, he has directed more than 500+ television and digital commercials for brands including Tanishq, Amazon, Myntra, Facebook, Zoho, Swiggy, Paper Boat, Pothys, Parle, Milk Bikis, OLX and GRT. His campaigns have featured several Indian actors and personalities, including Kamal Haasan.

Directing Krishna directed the episode Kaadhal Enbadhu Kannula Heart Irukkura Emoji in the anthology series Modern Love Chennai (2023).

In 2025, he made his feature film directorial debut with Oho Enthan Baby and was produced by Vishnu Vishal Studioz and Romeo Pictures. The post-theatrical streaming rights have been acquired by Netflix.

His latest film is the biopic G.D.N based on Gopalswamy Doraiswamy Naidu with R. Madhavan playing the title role. Produced by Varghese Moolan and Vijay Moolan under Varghese Moolan Pictures in association with Mediamax productions and R.Madhavan and Sarita Birje's banner, Tricolour Films.

Filmography Actor Year Film Role Notes2002 Five Star Ilango 2003 Thiruda Thirudi Vasu's brother Thirumalai Krishna 2004 Autograph Kamalakannan Aaytha Ezhuthu Trilok 2005 Arinthum Ariyamalum Krishna Daas Naseer 2006 Aathi Suicide Victim Saravana Krish Pattiyal Krishna 2007 Ninaithaley Narayanan 2008 Jayamkondaan Krishna Seval 2009 Ananda Thandavam Krishna Sarvam Krishna Naan Avan Illai 2 Mahalakshmi's husband 2010 Thillalangadi Venkat Vaadaa Muthu 2011 Aaranya Kaandam Astrologer Yuvan Yuvathi Krishna 2013 Madras Cafe Bomb Maker Moodar Koodam Naaikaran Arrambam Mango 2014 Aaha Kalyanam Akhilan 2015 Yatchan Logu Vellaiya Irukiravan Poi Solla Maatan Varma 2017 Kavan Ashok 2022 Trigger Prabhakaran's brother 2025 Oho Enthan Baby Astrologer Uncredited appearance; also directorMaareesan Siva Selvam 2026 G.D.N Cameo

Director Year Title Notes 2023 Modern Love Chennai Prime Video web series,director of episode "Kaadhal Enbadhu Kannula Heart Irukkura Emoji"2025 Oho Enthan Baby 2026 G.D.N