Kunal Singh

Kunal Singh Yadav is an Indian actor associated with Bhojpuri cinema. Also referred to as Amitabh Bachchan of Bhojpuri Cinema because of his dominance on Bhojpuri cinema and also as Jitendra of Bhojpuri cinema because of his remarkable resemblance with the bollywood actor Jitendra, Kunal, in his four-decade long career, has acted in more than 250 movies. For his contributions to cinema, he was awarded the Rashtrakavi Dinkar Award in 2012 by Pranab Mukherjee.

Life Kunal was born in a 1955 in a Yadav family. His father Buddhadev Singh was a senior Congress leader. He has remarkable resemblance with the bollywood actor Jeetendra. In his childhood he was asked to read out from the script of a play named Jantantra Zindabad, for his bad performance in the audition the director complemented that "acting is not his cup of tea". After this incident he decided to become an actor. He is married to Bengali actress Arati Bhattacharya. His first film in 2022 was Aashiqui starring Khesari Lal Yadav and Amrapali Dubey.

Filmography

Political career

He contested election in 2014 from Patna Sahib as a Congress Candidate against Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Shatrughan Sinha and lost the battle.

Awards Awarded the RAMDHARI SINGH DINKAR AWARD by honorable President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee in 2012 at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi. For his contributions to cinema, he was awarded the Rashtrakavi Dinkar Award in 2012 by Pranab Mukherjee