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Ravi Kishan Opens Up About Traumatic Childhood With Father

Ravi Kishan Opens Up About Traumatic Childhood With Father
'I Loved When My Father Hit Me': When Ravi Kishan Opened Up About His Traumatic Childhood · NDTV

Ravi Kishan is a very famous actor and a politician in India.

He talked about his childhood on a podcast with Raj Shamani.

His father was a priest who loved his religion very much.

But his father often hit him when he was a boy.

Ravi thought that being hit was his father's way of showing love.

His father wanted him to become a farmer or get a government job, not to dance.

Ravi's father got very angry when Ravi played a girl's role in a play.

One day, his father beat him so badly that his mother told him to run away and gave him 500 rupees.

Years later, Ravi became a big star, and his father cried and asked for forgiveness.

Ravi says he understands his father better now, but the beatings still hurt him deeply.

Key facts

Subject
Ravi Kishan, Bhojpuri actor and Lok Sabha MP
Age at interview
57
Father's profession
Priest
Podcast
Raj Shamani's podcast, aired about a year ago
Mother's support
Gave him Rs 500 and told him to run away
Father's apology
'Please forgive me. I misunderstood you.'
Award
IIFA award
Known films
Laapataa Ladies, Maa Behen, Dhamaal 4

Quotes

Ravi Kishan

Bhojpuri actor and Lok Sabha member

“"I was trying to prove to my father that I was worth loving," he confessed, while adding that he loved his father a lot.”
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“"I used to love that my father was hitting me. I used to think that was love," he shared during the podcast.”
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Sources

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