Chandan Kumar
Chandan Kumar mononymously known as 'Chandan', is an actor who works in television and Kannada cinema. He is known for his work in the television soap opera Radha Kalyana and later Lakshmi Baramma, in which he played the role of Chandu, that was aired on Colors Kannada from 2012. During the time, he was offered several films for which he had to step out of the serial mid-way.[1] His first film to be released was Parinaya in 2014 which took two years in the making. Subsequently, he starred in few low-budget films until the multi-starrer film, Luv U Alia (2015) directed by Indrajit Lankesh. Now he is seen in daily soap sarvamangala mangalye on star suvarna as Mahashankara an ardent follower of dharma and a strong believer of Lord Shiva.
Chandan Kumar | |
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Born | Chandan Kumar 11 September 1986 |
Other names | Chandu, |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2010–present |
Apart from serials and films, Chandan has been contestant for the reality shows such as Pyate Mandi Kadige Hodru , "Dancing Stars season 1" and Bigg Boss Kannada 3.[2]
Television
From 2011 to 2014, Chandan appeared in a television soap, Radha Kalyana, portraying the lead role of Vishu, that was aired on Zee Kannada.[3] Subsequently, he was roped in for another soap, Lakshmi Baramma aired on Colors Kannada channel. The latter serial shot him to fame and made him hugely popular actor in Television. He also participated in the reality show "Pyaate Mandi Kadige Bandru" in 2010 end. He became Runner up of Bigg Boss Kannada 3 which was aired on Colors Kannada during 2016.
Television | |||||
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Year | Title | Role | Channel | Notes | Ref |
2011 | Pyate Mandi Kadige Bandru | Himself | Suvarna | ||
2011–2013 | Radha Kalyana | Vishal Bharadwaj | Zee Kannada | ||
2013–2014 | Lakshmi Baramma | Chandu | Colors Kannada | ||
2015 | Bigg Boss Kannada 3 | Himself | Runner up | ||
2018–present | Sarvamangala Mangalye | Maha Shankara | Star Suvarna | ||
2019–present | Savithramma Gari Abbayi | Balraju | Star Maa | Telugu debut |
Filmography
Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes | Ref |
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2011 | Lifeu Ishtene | Chandan | Kannada | Supporting role | |
2014 | Parinaya | Pretham | debut in lead | ||
2015 | Katte | Chandu | |||
2015 | Eradondla Mooru | Prem | |||
2015 | Luv U Alia | Kiran | Kannada / Hindi / Telugu | ||
2015 | Bangalore 560023 | Chandu | Kannada | ||
2018 | Prema Baraha | Sanjay | Kannada | ||
Solli Vidava | Tamil |
References
- "Who will replace Chandan in Lakshmi Baramma?". The Times of India. 16 December 2014.
- "Chandan Kumar Bigg Boss Kannada 3 Contestant". Youngster Choice.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- "Actor Chandan Radha Kalyana interview". Filmibeat. Retrieved 30 October 2015.