Chandunath G. Nair, professionally credited as Chandhunadh, is an Indian actor who appears in

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Early life

His father retired as a

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and mother was a

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language professor at

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. Chandhunadh hails from

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. He went to college at

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for

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and to

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for post-graduation. He took

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in English language and literature. He also took M. Phil. Later, he worked as an English teacher at schools and colleges at Bangalore and Thiruvananthapuram, while simultaneously working in theatre too at these academies. He was a theatre instructor teaching acting skills. He has also scripted English plays. He was an active member of a theatre alumni collective called Kanal Samskarika Vedi. Before debuting in films he was in

for four years.

Career

Chandhunath made his film debut with ''Himalayathile Kashmalan'' (2017) directed by Abhiram Suresh Unnithan, his college mate. He originally won the audition for a big budget film by Abhiram, but that film did not materialize. But he was subsequently cast in Abhiram's debut directorial ''Himalayathile Kashmalan''. For his second film ''

Pathinettam Padi ''Pathinettam Padi'' () is a 2019 Indian Malayalam-language coming of age drama film, written and directed by Shankar Ramakrishnan and produced by Shaji Nadesan under the banner of August Cinema.The film features Chandunadh,Harisankar SG (main ...

'' (2019), he was initially selected as an

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. But after seeing him taking workshops for the debutant actors in the film, he was cast in the role of Joy Abraham Palackal, a teacher and brother of

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's character. In 2022, he dubbed for the Malayalam version of '' K.G.F: Chapter 2'' for the character Anand Ingalagi played by Ashok Sharma. He played one among the 12 principal characters in the crime thriller '' 12th Man'', released on

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. He also worked in ''

Paappan Paappan is a 2022 Malayalam-language crime thriller film directed by Joshiy and produced jointly by Gokulam Gopalan, David Kachappilly and Raaffi Mathirra.The film was written by RJ Shaan.The film stars Suresh Gopi in the title role along with ...

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and CBI 5: The Brain''. He is set to appear in

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's upcoming film,

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. He plays the role of a journalist in the film.

Personal life

Chandhunadh is married to Swathy, his college girlfriend at

. She is a singer and a former contestant in the reality TV singing talent show ''

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''. They have a son named Neelamsh. In 2020, they released ''Swa'', a mashup music video of songs of Vidyasagar, produced by Chandhunath and sung by Swathy.

Filmography

References

External links

* Male actors in Malayalam cinema Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{India-actor-stub