Chethan Kumar (director)
| Chethan Kumar | |
|---|---|
| Born | Kollegal, Karnataka, India |
| Residence | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Occupation | Lyric Writer, Screenwriter, Dialogue Writer, Director |
| Years active | 2009 – present |
Chethan Kumar is an Indian Film Lyric Writer, Screenwriter, Dialogue Writer, Director who works in Kannada Cinema. He rose to fame with his debut directional venture 2014 film Bahaddur.
Career
Chethan Kumar stepped into film industry unexpectedly. He was writing dialogues for theatre plays in Kalamandir, Mysore through one of his friend he came to know about Tushar Ranganath. He joined Tushar Ranganth and worked with him as a dialogue writer for Devru, Kari Chirathe, Gange Bare Tunge Bare, Kanteerava.
Music director Arjun Janya noticed his talent and gave him a chance to write a song lyric for Varadhanayaka. As Arjun Janya said, he wrote "Baite Baite" song which became popular song of that year and made him a songwriter. Then he wrote "Auto Raja Auto Raja" for Auto Raja (2013 film), "I wanna sing a songu" for Sweety Nanna Jodi, "Bossu Nam Bossu" for Bhajarangi including songs for Rajani Kantha, Shatru, Pulakeshi, Jackson (2015 film), Ranna (film) and also "Starade" , "Subbalakshmi" for his debut directional 2014 film Bahaddur & He is known for introductions songs he wrote for all stars including Darshan (Jaggudada), Yash (Santhu Straight Forward), Puneeth Rajkumar (Anjaniputra), Sudeep (Hebbuli), Ganesh (Pataki), Duniyaviji (Jackson), Sharan (Jai Maruthi800), Shivarajkumar (Killing Veerappan and Bhajarangi) Dhananjaya (Badmash), Madarangi Krishna (Charlie), Nikhil Kumarswamy (Jaguar) and for more than 50 films. He also worked with directors Mahesh Babu, Nagashekar, Preetham Gubbi, A.P.Arjun before becoming an independent director. In 2012 he did a documentary Starring Chandan Shetty called as "Yen Madli?".
He made his directional debut in 2014 with Block buster Bahaddur. His next film is Bharjari starring Dhruva Sarja, Rachita Ram, Hariprriya and Vaishali Deepak became Mega Blockbuster hit of 2017. He is now working with Roaring Star SriiMurali for his 3rd venture. Mean while he wrote dailogues for Anjaniputra, College Kumara, Darshan's sir Yajamana and ShivarajKumar's sir SRK.
Personal life
Chethan Kumar was born in Kollegal, Karnataka and brought up in Mysore.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Credited as | Language | Notes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Story | Screenplay | Dialogues | |||||
| 2014 | Bahaddur | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Kannada | Chithrasante - Best Director Award, Best Dialogues, Best Lyrics, Best Movie Nominated - SIIMA Award for Best Director, Best Lyrics, Best Movie |
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| 2017 | Bharjari | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Kannada | 10th Bangalore International Film Festival - Second Most Popular Kannada Entertainment Cinema | |
| 2018 | Bharaate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Kannada | ||