Happy Birthday Yash: Superstar Yash belongs to a very middle-class family. He was born in the Hassan district of Karnataka. Many people will be surprised to hear that Yash is the son of a bus driver of the Karnataka State Roadways Transport Corporation. Yash, who comes from a very middle-class family, has fought a long struggle before getting success in the films.
Yash may be recognised as a superstar by this name, but very few people know his real name. The real name of Yash is Naveen Kumar Gowda. Yash has studied in Mysore and then shifted to Bengaluru to make his career.
After coming to Bengaluru, Yash started to do theatre with the famous playwright B.V Karanth. After that, Yash started to do supporting roles on the TV. He worked in a famous TV serial like Nanda Gokula.
He then began to act in the supporting films. He got his first break in the Kannada film Jambada Hudugi in the year 2007 in which he made a cameo.
Yash has married the famous Actress Radhika Pandit. This couple has 2 cute children. Yash and Radhika met on the set of the TV serial Nanda Gokula for the first time.
Yash and Radhika have also created an NGO ‘Yoshomarga’ to help poor people.
Yash has achieved a lot of success in the last 10 years. At present, Yash is one of the highest-earning actors in the Kannada film industry. After KGF’s success, Yash takes a hefty fee of Rs 15 crore for each of his films. Yash became the first Kannada actor to register Rs 200 crore grosser films after the release of KGF.
Now the latest installment of KGF which is KGF Chapter 2 was also released on the occasion of Yash’s Birthday. This movie stars Sanjay Dutt, Raveena Tandon, and Yash in lead roles and will be released Pan-India. The makers believe it could be Kannada cinema’s maiden Rs 500 crore grosser. Happy Birthday Yash.