Chethan Kumar (director)
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Chethan Kumar | |
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| Born | 22 February 1988 |
| Occupation(s) | lyric writer, screenwriter, dialogue writer, director |
| Years active | 2009 – present |
Chethan Kumar is an Indian film lyric writer, screenwriter, dialogue writer, and director who works in Kannada cinema. His debut directional venture was the 2014 film Bahaddur.
Career
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, "I wanna sing a songu" for Sweety Nanna Jodi, "Bossu Nam Bossu" for Bhajarangi including songs for Rajani Kantha, Shatru, Pulakeshi, Jackson, Ranna 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. His next film is Bharaate starring Sriimurali, Sreeleela became Mega Blockbuster hit of 2019. He is now working with Puneeth Rajkumar for his 4th venture. Meanwhile, he wrote dialogues for Anjaniputra, College Kumara, Yajamana and Orange.
Personal life
Chethan Kumar was born in Kollegal, Karnataka and brought up in Mysore.
Filmography
| † | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
All films are in Kannada, otherwise noted the langauge.
| Year | Film | Credited as | Notes | |||
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| Director | Story | Screenplay | Dialogues | |||
| 2014 | Bahaddur | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Chithrasante - Best Director Award, Best Dialogues, Best Lyrics, Best Movie Nominated - SIIMA Award for Best Director, Best Lyrics, Best Movie |
| 2017 | Bharjari | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 10th BIFF - Second Most Popular Kannada Entertainment Cinema |
| 2019 | Bharaate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2020 | James[1]† | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2020 | Tootu Madike† | No | No | No | Yes | |
Advertising director
- Agriculture Advertisement with Dr Shivarajkumar
Awards
- Siima 2019 Best Lyricist Award Kannada – Yenammi Yenammi (Movie: Ayogya)
- Chithrasante 2019 Popular Lyricist Award Kannada (Movie: Ayogya)
- Hungama Music 2019 - Sound of Fame Award - Song of the year Kannada - Yenammi Yenammi(Movie: Ayogya)
- Chithra Rising Star 2019 - Chethan Kumar
Footnotes
References
- ^ "'James' is a fresh movie in Kannada film industry: Director Chethan Kumar - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
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