He also appeared in K.G.F: Chapter 2 which was released in 2022 with highly positive reviews. The success of the film gave him pan Indian recognition, receiving significant following in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Hindi languages. It emerged as the highest-grossing film in the Kannada industry, collecting over ₹250 crores. In 2018 he starred in K.G.F: Chapter 1, which was released in Kannada along with dubbed versions in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam. KGF, pan-India acclaim, and recent work (2018–present)
In 2016, he starred in Santhu Straight Forward which performed fairly well at thebox officee by collecting ₹30 crore. In 2015, he acted in Masterpiece, which emerged as a commercial hit at the box office. Ramachari opposite Radhika Pandit had its theatrical release on 25 December 2014, and opened to positive reviews and collected an estimated ₹50 crore, and went on to become one of the highest grossing Kannada cinema. In 2014, he starred in Gajakesari, which was directed by Krishna, and became commercially successful at the box office. Directed by Pavan Wadeyar, the film performed well and was one of the year's highest-grossing Kannada films. In his first release of 2013, Googly, a romance drama he played a young and dynamic businessman Sharat who falls for Swati, played by Kriti Kharbanda. Commercial success and establishment (2013–2017) The film was one of the major grossers of 2012. His next film of the same year, the romantic comedy Drama directed by Yograj Bhat was a commercial success. In 2012, he had two major releases, Lucky (opposite Ramya) and Jaanu, both of which met with a mixed response upon release and became average grosses at the box office. Yash received positive reviews for his performance in the village comedy film. The same year, his next film Kirataka was a commercial success. He then starred as lead characters in the films Rocky (2008), Kallara Santhe (2009), Gokula (2009). He won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film. He acted in Moggina Manasu directed by Shashank in 2008, where he appeared in a supporting role alongside his Nanda Gokula co-star Radhika Pandit. He went on to appear in several other tele-serials such as Malebillu "Mukta" and Preeti Illada Mele. Yash started his acting career with the teleserial Nanda Gokula directed by Ashok Kashyap, which aired on ETV Kannada. Career Television, debut in films and early career (2004–2012) Post his studies, he joined the Benaka drama troupe which was formed by dramatist B. He spent his childhood days in Mysore, where he did his pre-university course (PUC) at Mahajana Education Society (MES).
Yash's father Arun Kumar worked in the KSRTC transport service, and later in the BMTC transport service as a driver, and his mother, Pushpa, is a homemaker. When he entered the film industry, he shortened Yashwanth to Yash and adopted it his stage name, as he felt it was unique for an actor in Karnataka. He was given two names on his birth: while his legal name was Naveen, his mother's side of the family referred to him as Yashwanth.
Yash was born as Naveen Kumar Gowda on 8 January 1986 in Boovanahalli, a village in Hassan district of Karnataka.
2.1 Television, debut in films and early career (2004–2012).