Kinshuk Sen

Kinshuk Sen is an Indian actor and singer born and raised in New Delhi, India. He is best known for his work as Lt. Shiva Raina in Jiya Jaye (2017) and Hari Mohan Tripathi in Iktarfa (2018). He is the son of the famous Indian singer Palash Sen, best known as the founder and frontman of India's Rock/Pop band Euphoria. He graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). In September of 2016, Kinshuk was cast as Lt. Shiv Raina in a short film called Jiya Jaye (2017) distributed by Royal Stag Barrel Selects Large Short Films. The film was released in late 2017, and crossed a million views in March 2018 on YouTube and 2 million views on Facebook. In 2017, Kinshuk won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Jiya Jaye (2017) at the Southern Shorts Awards (2017) in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2017, Kinshuk signed on to be in a second short film to be produced by Royal Stag Barrel Selects Large Short Films called Iktarfa (2018). The movie was released in August 2018. The film crossed 1 million views within the first month of its debut, becoming an even bigger success than the former film. In March of 2019, it was announced that Shorts TV had bought both films and were now showcasing it across India on national television on their channels provided by Airtel, TATA Sky, DishTV, and other network providers. TATA Sky also bought Jiya Jaye (2017) for it's "Short Stories" channel.