Chandan Achar (born 2 August 1990) is an Indian theatre and film actor who works in
Kannada
Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...
. He is known for his works in movies including
Kirik Party and ''
Chemistry of Kariyappa''. For his performance in the film Kirik Party, he got
SIIMA award for ''Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male)'' in 2017.
He was also a contestant in the reality show of
Bigg Boss Kannada (season 7).
Early life
Born and raised in Krishnarajanagar Town, Mysore, Chandan was an alumnus student of Journalism and Mass Communication Department in
Maharaja's College, Mysore
Maharaja's College, Mysore (1889) constituent college to Mysore University.
History
The college finds its origins in the English-school known as "Maharaja Patashala" established by Maharaja of Mysore, Krishnaraja Wadiyar III in 1833, at th ...
. He got trained in
Mandya Ramesh's institute ''Natana''.
Career
An active participant in drama and other activities in college days, Chandan first appeared in a small role in the
Diganth
Diganth Manchale (born 28 December 1983), known professionally as Diganth, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Kannada cinema, Kannada films. Diganth made his lead acting debut in ''Miss California (film), Miss California'' (2006) and ...
starrer Kannada movie
Parijatha in 2012. His first notable role was in the college drama
Kirik Party in 2016. Then he acted in
Mugulu Nage with
Ganesh
Ganesha or Ganesh (, , ), also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and most worshipped Deva (Hinduism), deities in the Hindu deities, Hindu pantheon and is the Supreme God in the Ganapatya sect. His depictions ...
.
Chandan did his first movie as a lead in the 2019 movie ''‛
Chemistry of Kariyappa’''. After Kirik Party, he again shared space with
Rakshit Shetty in the multilingual
Avane Srimannarayana. His next solo venture was
Mangalavara Rajaadina which was released in March 2020.
Chandan was also a part of the popular reality show
Bigg Boss Kannada (season 7) where he was a contestant and got evicted on the 99th day of the show.
Filmography
As actor
As singer
Awards
References
External links
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Male actors in Kannada cinema
21st-century Indian male actors
People from Karnataka
Living people
1993 births
Participants in Indian reality television series