He contested the 2019 general elections against Samajwadi party candidate Rambhual Nishad in Gorakhpur constituency of Uttar Pradesh. On 15 April 2019 Bharatiya Janata Party released a candidate list for the 2019 general election. In February 2017, Kishan left the Congress Party and joined the BJP. Kishan joined Indian National Congress (INC) from Jaunpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh, and contested in the 2014 general elections where he secured only 42,759 votes or 4.25 per cent of the total votes and finished 6th. In 2017 he made his Kannada debut in Hebbuli and Tamil debut with Monisha En Monalisa. Kishan made his South Indian debut with the 2014 Telugu film Race Gurram. This show was the first of its kind to find the best salesperson in India, and saw participation from over 10,000 people from regions across Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. The winner would get a package of ten lakhs per annum, followed by the first runner-up winning a package of six lakhs per annum. The top ten people who made it to the finales were to be employed by the presenter of the show Su-kam Power Systems. The show aimed to find the best salesperson in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
In 2013, Kishan was one of the judges on the reality TV show Sales Ka Bazigar, telecast on ETV. He worked with film directors Shyam Benegal and Mani Ratnam in 2010.Ī film starring Kishan, Jala Debh Duniya Tohra Pyar Mein, produced by the American film company PUN Films, was shown in the India Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival 2010. Kishan also hosted the reality show Raaz Pichhle Janam Ka, on NDTV Imagine for two seasons. In 2008, he started co-hosting the celebrity dance-based reality show Bathroom Singer, Naman:Ek Sansani and Ek Se Badhkar Ek – Jalwe Sitaron Ke on Zee. Popular reality shows such as Bigg Boss, and more recently Ek Se Badhkar Ek – Jalwe Sitaron Ke have brought him to the front line of top Indian television actors. In June 2008, Kishan was awarded the Most Popular Actor award at the ETV Bhojpuri Cinema Samman 2008 function. Kishan is married to Priti, and they have four children, one son and three daughters. His family hails from Kerakat, Jaunpur district of Uttar Pradesh, where Kishan lived for about seven years. He studied only upto 12th at Rizavi College, Mumbai. Ravi Kishan was born on 17 July 1969 in Bombay, Maharashtra.