Naveen Krishna is an Indian actor, director and writer based in Kannada Film Industry.^{[citation needed]} After having starred in many films as a child actor, he made his adult debut in the film Shrirasthu Shubhamasthu (2000) and has since then acted in various films, mostly in supporting roles, in films such as Kadamba (2004), Nenapirali (2005), Dheemaku (2008) and Mathond Madhuvena (2011). His lead roles in the films, Haggada Kone (2014) and Actor (2016) won him several laurels and appreciations.

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In 2013, Naveen announced that he would direct and script a film titled Lakshmi Bar which is yet to release.^[1] He did the co-direction for the film Bidalare Endu Ninna (2013).

Naveen was born in Bangalore, Karnataka to actor Srinivasa Murthy and Pushpa. He has three siblings of whom his brother Nitil Krishna is also a film actor. He has changed his screen name twice before as Akshay Krishna and later S. S. Krishna to try his luck according to the numerology.^[2] However he retained his original name after having found no satisfactory results.^{[citation needed]}