Mylari Ramiah Chandru (born 7 February 1980) is an Indian film writer, director and producer who works primarily in

Kannada cinema Kannada cinema, also known as Sandalwood, or Chandanavana, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Kannada language widely spoken in the state of Karnataka. The 1934 film ''Sati Sulochana'' directed ...

. He is most Known for the 2008 film ''

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''.

Early life

R Chandrashekar was born to M Ramaiah and Lakshmi Devamma in Keshavavara, Chikkaballapur. He developed the art of writing from his early childhood and also published a few of his stories on Kannada news papers. His early adulthood was mostly spent helping his father in agriculture.

Career

R Chandru started his film career as an assistant to director

S. Narayan S. Narayan (born 5 June 1962) is an Indian filmmaker, director, actor and lyricist of Kannada films. After Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, Narayan is the second director to direct Dr. Rajkumar and all his three sons. He has given many hits with Vishnu ...

for a serial Bhageerathi. In the year 2008, Chandru made his debut as a director and writer in the '

' Starring Ajay Rao and

Pooja Gandhi Pooja Gandhi (born Sanjana Gandhi in 1983) is an Indian actress, who mainly works in Kannada, Hindi language, Hindi and Tamil language, Tamil films. Pooja Gandhi after starring in the commercially successful 2006 film ''Mungaru Male'', became ...

. Followed by 2009 movie Prem Kahani. in the year 2010 he directed one of the blockbuster Kannada cinema

Mylari ''Mylari'' ( kn, ಮೈಲಾರಿ) is a 2010 Kannada film that has Shiva Rajkumar and Sadha in the lead and is directed by R. Chandru of ''Taj Mahal'' (movie) fame. Cast * Shiva Rajkumar as Mylari * Sadha as Anitha * Sanjjanaa Galrani ...

starring Shivrajkumar and Sadha. Most of his films are musical entertainers. Likewise he directed and produced one of the famous movies of Kannada Film Industry Charminar in the year 2013. After achieving considerable success in the industry, Chandru has opened a production house under the banner 'Sri Sideshwara enterprises' with an intention of helping budding talents. Chandru is directing mass action entertainer Kabzaa which will be released in 2024. The movie is made with the budget of over 100 crores. The film will be released in Kannada, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Marathi and Bengali. The movie stars Upendra and Sudeep in the lead roles, while Shriya Saran plays the female lead. The music for this film has been composed by Ravi Basrur.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

* Won the Best Director and Best Producer award for the movie Charminar at

Karnataka State Award Karnataka State Film Awards are the most notable and prestigious film awards given for Kannada film industry in Karnataka, India. These are considered the highest awards for Kannada language films. They are given annually by the Government ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chandru, R. Living people Kannada film directors 21st-century Indian film directors Indian male screenwriters Indian lyricists People from Chikkaballapur district Film directors from Karnataka 1980 births