''Chandu'' is a 2002

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

romantic-drama film directed by Arun Prasad P.A. featuring

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

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 the films such as ''Kaadhal Kondein'' (2003), ''7G Rainbow Colony'' (2 ...

. The film features background score and soundtrack composed by

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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 lyrici ...

, Anant Kumar and

V. Nagendra Prasad V. Nagendra Prasad is a lyricist, composer and director who predominantly works for Kannada Cinema. He has penned more than 3000 songs, particularly for Kannada cinema. Early life He was born on 3 December 1975. He is the elder son to Cou ...

. The film 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

as Chandrashekar "Chandu" *

as Vidya *

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as Sowmya, Vidya's cousin *

Srinath Narayana Swamy (born 28 December 1944), known by his stage name Srinath, is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Kannada cinema. He holds the position of vice-president of the Kannada television channel Udaya TV. He is ...

as Vidya's father *

Ramesh Bhat Ramesh Bhat is a multiple-award–winning Indian actor. He has worked predominantly in Kannada films and television serials. Early life Ramesh Bhat was born in Kundapur. He completed his primary education at Manki and portrayed national leader ...

as Kumar, Chandu's brother-in-law *

Lohithaswa Lohithaswa T. S. (5 August 1942 – 8 November 2022) was an Indian Kannada film actor and playwright and an English professor. He acted in more than five hundred Kannada movies, stage plays, and television serials. He was popularly known for h ...

as Chandu's father *

Avinash Avinash Yelandur (born 22 December 1959) is an Indian actor who stars predominantly in South Indian language films, notably in the Kannada and Tamil film industries. He has been in the industry for two decades and has acted in over 200 films. Kn ...

as Swathi's father *

Arun Sagar Arun Sagar (born 23 October 1963) is an Indian actor, art director and comedian who mainly works in the Kannada film industry. He has been recognized as a leading art director throughout his career starting from his first movie, '' Bhoomi Gee ...

as Clinton, Chandu's friend *

Sadhu Kokila Sahaya Sheelan Shadrach (born 24 March 1966) known by his screen name Sadhu Kokila, is an Indian musician, actor, comedian, film director and producer, and an occasional screenwriter and lyricist who works in Kannada cinema. He began his care ...

as Thimma, servant *

Umashree Umashree (born 10 May 1957) is an Indian actress and politician. She is known for her portrayal of film roles spoken in the Kannada language (over 400), particularly comic roles. She received National Film Award for Best Actress for her role a ...

as Mary, women's hostel warden *

Chitra Shenoy Chitra Shenoy is an Indian actress and producer in South Indian movies and television series. She has acted in more than 600 films in Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Tulu, and Hindi. She is known as the 'young mother' in the Kannada film ind ...

as Vidya's mother *

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as Chandu's sister * Chethan as Soori * Amoolya as Akki, Chandu's daughter-in-law *

Kishan Shrikanth Kishan Shrikanth (born 6 January 1996), professionally known as Kishan SS or Master Kishan, is a film actor and director from Bangalore, Karnataka. , having acted in 24 films and in many popular Indian soap opera (more than 300 episodes), he dir ...

as Bablu, Chandu's son-in-law (credited as Master Kishan) * Amulya as child artist

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

for Ashwini Audio label.

References

External links

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