Kishan Shrikanth, the youngest director of a film, Care of Footpath passed his 7th standard examination at the age of 9 years. Believe it or not, now in his adolescence, this young boy is getting a direct entry to a post graduate course.
The 16-year-old actor-director is all set to join Master of Arts in Multimedia and Animation directly at this age.
Kishan will be attending classes for his degree course in two weeks time.
“When I was in my 10th standard, I learnt about my Bachelors degree. But when I referred to the syllabus, I realised that I had covered majority of the portions which constituted the syllabus for Bachelors. In fact, I have already learnt a few subjects for my Masters course. I then approached people at various levels. It took me a year to get permission from KSOU (Karnataka State Open University) to take up this course. Finally, the Vice Chancellor of KSOU Rangappa considered my case and allowed me to do my Masters,” explains the actor.
Kishan was recognised by Oprah Winfrey as one of the ‘ten Genius Children’ in the world and Singapore Media Corp recognised him as one of Asia’s six best genius children and Guinness authorities proclaimed him as the ‘World’s Youngest Director’ of a professionally made feature length film.
The young achiever who always thinks 10 years ahead of his age believes that success can only be achieved when one starts dreaming big at a very young age. “It is a goal of mine, which I want to pursue and it is just not limited to doing MA or films in Kannada. I want to gravitate to Hollywood. Nobody thought that Steven Speilberg will become a star by directing a film at the age of 16. For example, Formula One racers start driving at the age of 5. I have always thought at that level,” he explains.
Kishan has completed shooting for his film, Teenage and is now doing the final post-production of his film, directed by his father Srikanth. “I would be winding up editing in one week’s time as we plan to release the film in September,” he says.
Inspired by former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam’s Vision 2020, Kishan says the only way India can achieve this goal is through parents recognising the talent of their children .