Chaithra J. Achar

Chaithra J Achar, also known as Chaithra Achar, is an Indian actress and singer of Kannada cinema. She was born in Bangalore. She made her acting debut in the Kannada film '' Mahira'' (2019). For her performance in ''Taledanda'', Chaithra won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Kannada.

Early life

Chaithra Achar was born in Bangalore, Karnataka. She grew up listening to music at home while her mother sang, she eventually acquired an interest in singing and went on to study Carnatic classical music. Since childhood she has been a part of many theatre productions. She participated in various competitions and received multiple awards.
Chaithra comes from a family that values education and arts, she studied in Parikrama Humanity Foundation, where her father used to be a teacher. Later, she went to M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology in Bangalore to study engineering and also worked as an intern at JNCASR.

Career

Acting

Chaithra, while still in college, began her professional acting career with Bengaluru Queens, a Kannada Web Series directed and produced by actor Anish Tejeshwar.
She made her Kannada feature film debut in 2019, with the action thriller ''Mahira'', directed by ''Mahesh Gowda''. Chaithra is well-known for her lead roles in films with astounding performances such as "''Gilky''", "''Taledanda''", and AaDrushya.

In 2023, she had two releases namely ''Toby'' with ''Raj B Shetty'' and ''Sapta Sagaradaache Ello Side-B'' alongside '' Rakshit Shetty, Rukmini Vasanth'' under Hemanth Rao. Her performance in both the movies were well received and widely appreciated by audience and critics. Her next release was ''Blink'' directed by debutant ''Srinidhi Bengaluru'', the film opened to critical acclaim with appreciation for all the actors.

Chaithra has a variety of projects lined-up namely Rakshit Shetty studio's "''Strawberry''", ''Rakesh Kadri's'' "''Happy Birthday To Me''", ''Shiva Ganeshan's'' "''Yaarigu Helbedi''" and other two untitled films, which are ready for release. She has also been roped in to play a pivotal role in Dhananjay starrer '' Uttarakaanda.''

Singing

Chaithra has always enjoyed music and singing. In truth, she had intended to be a professional singer, and acting came about by chance. She started as chorus singer in many feature films in 2019-20, eventually ventured into playback singing. Later on, she became one of the popular vocalists in the cinema industry. Chaithra's latest hit number is "Sojugaada Sooju Mallige" is talk of the town, composed by musician Midhun Mukundan from Garuda Gamana Vrishabha Vahana, chartbuster album of 2021. She frequently posts clips of her singing songs.

Filmography

Discography

Awards and nominations

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Indian film actresses
Actresses in Kannada cinema
Actresses from Bangalore
21st-century Indian actresses
Kannada actresses
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