# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nitish-bharadwaj
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:59:18.423Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nitish-bharadwaj"
name: "Nitish Bharadwaj"
slug: "nitish-bharadwaj"
description: "Nitish Bharadwaj is an Indian television and film actor, director, screenwriter, film and TV programme producer, veterinary science graduate from Mumbai Veterinary college and former Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha. He is best known for his role as Krishna in B. R. Chopra's television series Mahabharat, as well as for his portrayal of Vishnu and several avatars of Vishnu in some of Chopra's other great works, such as Vishnu Puran. His debut directorial film in Marathi titled Pitruroon won accolades from audiences and critics. He now focuses on his film career entirely through screenwriting, directing and dancing."
tagline: "Indian actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Photos-Cast-of-Mahabharat-visit-the-sets-of-The-Kapil-Sharma-Show-5_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
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birthDate: "1963-06-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.139834666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    handle:    "nitishbharadwaj.krishna"
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    title: "Nitish Bharadwaj"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump