Chandra Prakash Pant (( ne, चन्द्र पन्त); born 28 November 1987) is a Nepalese action director known for his work in Nepali and

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language films. He started his career as a

stuntman A stunt performer, often called a stuntman or stuntwoman and occasionally stuntperson or stunt-person, is a trained professional who performs daring acts, often as a career. Stunt performers usually appear in films or on television, as opposed ...

in 2008 and professionally as an action director in 2012 in the film ''Raavan''. He was a national player in

taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. T ...

boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

, and

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. Chandra is the most awarded action director in Nepal and has achieved 5th dan black belt level in taekwondo, which he teaches in New York.

Early life

Pant is the son of Omkar Pant and Dhana Devi, and was born on 28 November 1987 in Mahendranagar Kanchanpur,

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

. He attended school at Modern Montessori English Boarding School up to class 5 and MahendraNagar Higher Secondary School up to class 10, then later to

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for further studies. He did his higher secondary from Andra Loyola College. After his high schooling, he went to Kathmandu for MBBS studies. His love of sports and the movie industry pushed him to join the

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as a

Filmography

National awards and nominations

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pant, Chandra 1987 births Living people Nepalese film directors Nepalese male taekwondo practitioners Stunt performers People from Kanchanpur District