Chethan Kumar (director)

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.

Chethan Kumar
Born (1988-02-22) 22 February 1988
Kollegal, Karnataka, India
Occupationlyric writer, screenwriter, dialogue writer, director
Years active2009 – present

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
Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released

All films are in Kannada, the language is otherwise noted.

Year Film Credited as Notes
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

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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
    1. "'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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