''Chandu'' is a 2002

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 ...

romantic-drama film directed by Arun Prasad P.A. in his Kannada debut, featuring

Sudeep Sudeep Sanjeev (born 2 September 1971), also known as Kichcha Sudeepa, is an Indian actor, director, producer, screenwriter, singer and television presenter, who primarily works in Kannada cinema. He has also worked in Hindi cinema, Hindi, Te ...

and

Sonia Agarwal Sonia Agarwal is an Indian actress known for her works predominantly in Tamil cinema and a few Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She is best known for her performances in films '' Kaadhal Kondein'' (2003), ''7G Rainbow Colony'' (2004) and ' ...

. The film features background score and soundtrack composed by

Gurukiran Gurukiran Shetty, known mononymously as Gurukiran, is an Indian music director of the Kannada film industry in India. He started his career as a music director of the Kannada movie '' A'', directed and acted by Upendra. His music for his next m ...

and lyrics by

K. Kalyan K Kalyan (born 1 January 1975) is an Indian songwriter and music composer known for his works in Kannada film industry. He is also called as "Premakavi. Career K.Kalyan entered the film industry at the age of 17 as a Music director cum lyri ...

, Anant Kumar and V. Nagendra Prasad. The film was released on 10 May 2002.

Plot

A reckless guy named Chandu (Sudeep) has to deal with the misunderstanding between him and his lover Vidya(Sonia).

Cast

Production

This film marked the Kannada debut of Telugu director P. A. Arun Prasad and also his first collaboration with

made her Kannada debut through this movie.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

in his first collaboration with both

and Arun Prasad. The soundtrack was released by Ashwini Audio label.

Reception

A critic from ''

Chitraloka.com ''Chitraloka.com'' is an Indian website focused on the Kannada film industry. Launched on 26 June 2000 by K. M. Veeresh, it was the first dedicated online portal for Kannada cinema. The website provides news, updates, and features on Kannada f ...

'' wrote that "A few lovely scores, action extravaganza and well-weighed acting by key artistes is the highlight of ‘Chandu’".

References

External links

* 2002 films 2000s Kannada-language films 2000s Indian films Films scored by Gurukiran Films directed by P. A. Arun Prasad {{2000s-Kannada-film-stub