Krishan Niranjan Singh (1 September 1908 – 31 January 2000), known as K. N. Singh in Indian cinema,
was a prominent villain and character actor. He appeared in over 200
Hindi films over a long career stretching from 1936 to the late 80s.
The son of Chandi Prasad Singh, an erstwhile Indian prince and a
prominent criminal lawyer, K.N. Singh was a sportsman who once dreamt of
being in the army. Born in Dehradun, Singh was expected to follow in
the footsteps of his father and become a lawyer. However, his father's
skillful defence, which saved an obviously guilty man from the gallows,
turned him away from the profession.
Turning his energy to sports, K.N. Singh came to excel in Javelin throw and Shot Put. He was selected to represent India in the 1936 Berlin Olympics before circumstances compelled him to go to Calcutta to attend on his ailing sister. There he met his family friend Prithviraj Kapoor, who introduced him to director Debaki Bose, who offered him a debut role in his film Sunehra Sansar (1936).
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