Krishna Janmashtami: Nitish Bharadwaj to Swwapnil Joshi, TV stars who portrayed Krishna

Janmashtami 2020 is being celebrated on August 11. special day marks celebration of  birth of Lord Krishna,  eighth avatar of Vishnu. Krishna Janmashtami is observed on Ashtami in Shravana month as per Hindu calendar. This is a two-day festival where  second day is celebrated as Dahi Handi. 

However, this year due to COVID-19 pandemic, organisers of Dahi Handi have cancelled same. On Krishna Janmashtami 2020, take a look at television celebs who played Shree Krishna in shows. 

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Nitish Bharwaj

Nitish Bharwaj was kwn for his breakthrough role as Lord Krishna in B. R. Chopra's television series Mahabharat. He played role of Krishna at of 23 and became an overnight star. Apart from being an impressive actor, he is also a director, screenwriter, producer, veterinary doctor and former Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha. Nitish Bharwaj is also kwn for his portrayal of several avatars of Vishnu in some of Chopra's or works, such as Vishnu Puran. 

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Swwapnil Joshi 

Marathi actor Swwapnil Joshi was seen in role of a teen Krishna in Ramanand Sagar's Krishna also kwn as Shri Krishna. He also shot to fame at of nine as Krushna in series Uttar Ramayana. Swwapnil Joshi is a qualified lawyer who has been featured in several TV shows including Campus, Hudd Kar Di, Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand and Ghar Ki Baat Hai besides many Marathi shows. 

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Ashok Kumar Balakrishnan

Ashok Kumar Balakrishnan is best kwn for his appearance in Ramanand Sagar's Shree Krishna serial. He played  role of Young Krishna who lived in Vrindavan. Currently, actor is working in Tamil and South Indian Film Industry. Gangs of Mras, Chithiram Pesuthi 2, Khal Solla Aasai and many ors are some of Ashok Kumar Balakrishnan's best films. 

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Sarvaman D. Banerjee

Sarvaman D. Banerjee is a regional langu actor best kwn for his portrayal as Krishna in Ramanand Sagar's hit television series Krishna (1993). He was also seen as Lord Vishnu as Krishna was avatar of Lord Vishnu in series. i Shankaracharya (1983) with Sarvaman D. Banerjee in titular role won National Film Award for Best Feature Film.

Saurabh Raaj Jain

Saurabh Raaj Jain played Krishna in new Mahabharat on Star Plus, premiered in 2013. He also played Lord Shiva in Mahakali and Lord Vishnu in Devon Ke Dev...Mahev. actor has portrayed different roles in several television serials. For instance in Kasamh Se as Rohit Chopra, Uttaran as Yuvraj Singh Bundela, Parichay as Anand, Chandragupta Maurya as Dhana Nanda and Patiala Babes as Neil Oberoi.