Ravi Kishan's most recent, and successful, shot to popularity was his participation in Bigg Boss, the Indian version of Big Brother. There, not only did he make his name known outside the Bhojpuri community in a big way, but also, almost became a household name. He belongs to Jaunpur. He is married to Priti and 3 daughters and a son

He has also starred in a number of commercially successful Bhojpuri films, frequently starring opposite Nagma. He has been quoted by the BBC as saying "Bhojpuri cinema is like home-cooked food."

He is now hosting a popular television show Bathroom Singer. He is hosting a television show in zee TV with the name ek se badhkar ek - Jalwe sitaron ke. A total of 16 stars will participate in this show in a total of 8 jodis. Each pair will comprise one dancer and one singer. These teams will then appeal to the viewers for votes in order to win the coveted title of "Sabse Badkar Jodi".

Years ago a baby was born in the household of a Pujari family of Pandit Shyam Narain Shukla on 17th July. That baby is now the king of Bhojpuri Cinema as well as emerging as the uncrowned king of entertainment in Hindi Cinema and TV serials too. Ravi Kishan Shukla, popularly known as Ravi Kishan, has been called as Mahanayak by none else than the cult figureof Hindi Cinema Amitabh Bachchan. He has been awarded as the best Bhojpuri Actor time and again. In June 2008 he was awarded the Most Popular Actor at ETV Bhojpuri Cinema Samman 2008 function. Recently he has been declared Best Actor in regional film category by Journalist Association of India in a function held at Delhi where the award was given to Ravi Shukla by Shila Dixit, Chief Minister of Delhi. This versatile actor has proved his talent of versatile acting in Bhojpuri as well as several Hindi films. Now he has proved his worthyness in anchoring too. Famous reality show Big Boss was made popular by his presence and now Ek se badhkar Ek is showing his charm where Ravi Kishan is the anchor. But Ravi was not made a Super Star overnight. He had to undergo a struggle in his early days when he arrived in Mumbai and presented himself to various directors and producers all in vain. Those were the days when Bollywood was in the grip of Star Sons. No body took notice of a simpleton young boy of Jaunpur who has no family history of filmi career.Ravi still remembers the midnight when he visited the Bandra residence of Grand patriarch of Bhojpuri Cinema MohanJi Prasad. Brajesh Tripathi has taken him there. That very night the seed of the grand revival of Bhojpuri Film Industry was planted when Ravi Kishan was offered lead role in Sainya Hamaar. Everything thereafter is history. Bhojpuri Cinema is now a 100 crore industry giving livelihood to nearly forty thousand people directly or indirectly. Bhojpuri Films are crating a rush on the Box Office where Hindi Films are facing one flop after another.Ravi Kishan has started his own company Mahadev Production which plans to produce good Bhojpuri Films. First film of the company, Bihari Mafia has completed its shooting schedules is now on the editing table.

It is rumored that Ravi is the highest paid star on Bigg Boss, but Ravi said in one of the interviews that he is in it to de-toxicate himself, as he has been working a lot and also has some problems at personal front in recent past. So, he said, he would use his time at Bigg Boss' house to gain control of himself in more than one way. In the house there were rumors of Ravi having an affair with his house mate Carol.

At Bigg Boss, Ravi lived a non-bitching, non-conspiring, in-the-face life - much to the appreciation of the masses. May be that is the reason he was among the last three of the housemates, before the public crowned Rahul Roy the winner.

Again, Rahul and Ravi became good friends as housemates, and most of the people give fair bit of credit of Rahul's win to Ravi.

He is also not much appreciated by Hindi speaking viewers of the zee TV due to his hosting style and his usage of the Hindi Language words such as 'adbhoot' and 'babu'.

Ravi Kishan was best friends with Sandeep Rajbhar who always taught him acting. Ravi says that sandeep rajbhar was his role model and a langotiya yaar.