Archive · 8 Aug 2026
Ravi Kishan Opens Up About Traumatic Childhood With Father
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.
Ravi Kishan, a Bhojpuri actor and Lok Sabha member, recalled his childhood trauma on Raj Shamani's podcast about a year ago.
He said his father, a priest, beat him every day and that he interpreted the beatings as his father's way of showing love and communicating.
His father was furious when he learned Ravi played Goddess Sita in Ramleela, and wanted him to farm, sell milk, or take a government job - anything but dancing.
After a beating so severe he feared his skin would peel off, his mother gave him Rs 500 and urged him to run away.
After achieving success as a Bhojpuri star, his father tearfully apologised, saying 'Please forgive me. I misunderstood you.'
- Who
- Ravi Kishan, a Bhojpuri actor and Lok Sabha member, discussing his late father, a priest.
- What
- Recalled being beaten every day during childhood and later reconciling with his father after achieving success.
- When
- Ravi Kishan shared the story on Raj Shamani's podcast about a year ago; the childhood incidents happened decades earlier.
- Where
- India, within the context of Ravi Kishan's Bhojpuri film career and political life.
- Why
- He wanted to prove to his father, who called him good for nothing, that he could achieve something in life.
- 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