---
name: "Yash"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yash"
fi1m_id: "yash"
imdb_id: "nm5232139"
tmdb_id: 1293681
wikidata_id: "Q15721444"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 January 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-22T04:23:24.926117+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Yash

## Identity

Yash

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yash
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yash
- **IMDb ID:** nm5232139
- **TMDB ID:** 1293681
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15721444
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yash_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15721444, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5232139/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1293681

Actor. Born 8 January 1986 in Hassan, Karnataka,  india.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 January 1986, Hassan, Karnataka,  india
- **Active:** 2022–present
- **Also known as:** Naveen Kumar Gowda
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yash_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15721444, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5232139/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1293681

## Coming up

- *Ramayana* (2026-11-05), as Ravana — [page](https://film.one/film/ramayana.md)
- *Ramayana: Part Two* (2027-11-05), as Ravana

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*K.G.F: Chapter 2*](https://film.one/film/k-g-f-chapter-2.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Yash

> Yash makes an action hero’s unreasonable confidence enjoyable. His calm amid the violence is the chief pleasure of *K.G.F: Chapter 2*, though the film asks his presence to compensate for too much repetitive writing.

In *K.G.F: Chapter 2* (2022), Yash faces violence with so little apparent concern that we watch him rather than worry for him. Rocky stays composed while Prashanth Neel’s film works hard to make every confrontation feel enormous. That calm is persuasive even when the story is not, and it explains much of his appeal as an action lead. The difficulty is making a confrontation matter when its central figure seems unlikely to be troubled by it.

Yash was already an established Kannada leading man through films such as *Googly* (2013) and *Mr & Mrs Ramachari* (2014). *K.G.F: Chapter 1* (2018), directed by Prashanth Neel, carried that appeal to a wider Indian audience. Its sequel puts considerable faith in his ability to sustain attention through extravagant action. Our enthusiasm is more qualified: the actor earns our attention sooner than the film realises.

Neel’s screenplay depends heavily on Rocky’s confidence to make its wildness palatable. Yash finds room for sly humour alongside the ferocity, giving us another reason to enjoy his lack of hesitation. We were excited by the fights, then worn down by the relentless sound and the refusal to let an exciting passage finish. Abrupt editing adds to the exhaustion, and the film keeps demanding a response that its leading actor has already earned.

The larger limitation is how little the writing gives him between confrontations, leaving his presence to cover stretches that become repetitive. His apparent invincibility also narrows our interest to how a fight will look, with little reason to fear what it might cost him. We would welcome a part that lets the composure slip, without requiring him to abandon the physical confidence that makes Rocky watchable. Choose *K.G.F: Chapter 2* if extravagant action is your pleasure, but allow for the noise.

## Biography

Yash, also credited as Naveen Kumar Gowda, is an Indian actor and film producer who works primarily in Kannada cinema. Born on 8 January 1986 in Boovanahalli, Hassan district, Karnataka, he began his career in theatre and television before entering films.

He gained widespread recognition for his lead role as Raja Krishnappa Bairya, known as Rocky, in the K.G.F films directed by Prashanth Neel: *K.G.F: Chapter 1* (2018) and *K.G.F: Chapter 2* (2022). He is set to portray Ravana in the 2026 film *Ramayana* and appears in *Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-ups* (2026), for which he is also credited as a writer. Yash has received three Filmfare Awards South and five SIIMA Awards.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, starsunfolded.com, indiatoday.in.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *K.G.F: Chapter 2* (2022), Fi1m 65, as Raja Krishnappa Bairya 'Rocky' — [page](https://film.one/film/k-g-f-chapter-2.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Ramayana: Part Two* (2027), as Ravana
- *Ramayana* (2026), as Ravana · Co-Producer — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/ramayana.md)
- *Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-ups* (2026), as Raya / Ticket · Co-Producer, Writer
- *K.G.F: Chapter 2* (2022), as Raja Krishnappa Bairya 'Rocky' — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/k-g-f-chapter-2.md)
- *K.G.F: Chapter 1* (2018), as Rocky / Raja Krishnappa Bairya
- *Santhu Straight Forward* (2016), as Santhu
- *Masterpiece* (2015), as Yuva
- *Mr & Mrs Ramachari* (2014), as Ramachari
- *Gajakessari* (2014), as Krishna / Bahubali
- *Chandra* (2014), as Cameo appearance in song "Tasse Otthu"
- *Raja Huli* (2013), as Raja Huli
- *Googly* (2013), as Sharath
- *Drama* (2012), as Venkatesha
- *Jaanu* (2012), as Siddharth
- *Lucky* (2012), as Vikram / Lucky
- *Kiraathaka* (2011), as Nandisha
- *Raajadhaani* (2011), as Raaja
- *Modalasala* (2010), as Karthik
- *Thamassu* (2010), as Cameo
- *Gokula* (2009), as N. Raja
- *Rocky* (2008), as Rocky
- *Moggina Manasu* (2008), as Rahul
- *Jambada Hudugi* (2007), as Lakshmikanth
- *K.G.F: Chapter 3*, as Raja Krishnappa Bairya 'Rocky'

## Gallery

- ![Yash](https://film.one/media/person/96479/gallery-132dedd831fc.jpg) Yash — Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3e/Yash_kgf_event.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Easwari Rao, Prashanth Neel, Yash, Srinidhi Shetty Promote KGF Chapter 2 in Chennai (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/96479/gallery-9115aabb2a6a.jpg) Easwari Rao, Prashanth Neel, Yash, Srinidhi Shetty Promote KGF Chapter 2 in Chennai (2022) — Sriram Narasimhan Silverscreen Media Inc. (https://silverscreen.in), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Easwari_Rao%2C_Prashanth_Neel%2C_Yash%2C_Srinidhi_Shetty_Promote_KGF_Chapter_2_in_Chennai.jpg/1280px-Easwari_Rao%2C_Prashanth_Neel%2C_Yash%2C_Srinidhi_Shetty_Promote_KGF_Chapter_2_in_Chennai.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Prashanth Neel, Yash Promote KGF Chapter 2 in Chennai](https://film.one/media/person/96479/gallery-6275fa4d11bc.jpg) Prashanth Neel, Yash Promote KGF Chapter 2 in Chennai — Sriram Narasimhan Silverscreen Media Inc. (https://silverscreen.in), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Prashanth_Neel%2C_Yash_Promote_KGF_Chapter_2_in_Chennai.jpg/1280px-Prashanth_Neel%2C_Yash_Promote_KGF_Chapter_2_in_Chennai.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Yash, Vishal, Srinidhi Shetty at the ‘KGF’ Press Meet in Chennai (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/96479/gallery-42001d8af7f5.jpg) Yash, Vishal, Srinidhi Shetty at the ‘KGF’ Press Meet in Chennai (2018) — Dani Charles Silverscreen Media Inc. (https://silverscreen.in), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Yash%2C_Vishal%2C_Srinidhi_Shetty_at_the_%E2%80%98KGF%E2%80%99_Press_Meet_In_Chennai.jpg/1280px-Yash%2C_Vishal%2C_Srinidhi_Shetty_at_the_%E2%80%98KGF%E2%80%99_Press_Meet_In_Chennai.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Yash](https://film.one/media/person/96479/gallery-7f81e74591a2.jpg) Yash — Image via TMDB
- ![Yash](https://film.one/media/person/96479/gallery-c10d494b378a.jpg) Yash — Image via TMDB
- ![Yash](https://film.one/media/person/96479/gallery-d9b06d97e386.jpg) Yash — Image via TMDB
- ![Yash Actor (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/96479/gallery-241f89ed0a28.jpg) Yash Actor (2022) — Anish1121, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Yash_Actor.jpg/1280px-Yash_Actor.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Yash Actor (2022)](https://film.one/media/person/96479/gallery-5fa971bbe582.jpg) Yash Actor (2022) — Anish1121, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Yash_Actor_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Yash](https://film.one/media/person/96479/gallery-b9265f33e73b.jpg) Yash — Image via TMDB
- ![Yash](https://film.one/media/person/96479/gallery-43bcffe51592.jpg) Yash — Image via TMDB

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