Chethan Kumar is an Indian filmmaker, lyrics writer, screenwriter, dialogue writer and director who primarily works in Kannada cinema. His debut directional venture was the 2014 film ''

Bahaddur ''Bahaddur'' ( kn, ಬಹದ್ದೂರ್) is a 2014 Indian Kannada-language masala film directed by Chethan Kumar and produced by R. Srinivas. The film stars Dhruva Sarja and Radhika Pandit in the lead roles. The supporting cast features P. ...

''.

Career

Kumar stepped into film industry unexpectedly. He was writing dialogues for theatre plays in Kalamandir, Mysore through one of his friend he learned of

Tushar Ranganath Tushar Ranganath (31 March 1974 – 20 December 2011), also known as Ranganth or Ranganna, was a Sandalwood movie director. Born and raised in Bangalore, India, Ranganath made his directorial debut with ''Gulama''. He died due to cardiac arres ...

. He joined Tushar Ranganth and worked with him as a dialogue writer for Devru,

Kari Chirathe ''Kari Chirathe'' ( kn, ಕರಿ ಚರಿತೆ) is a 2010 Indian Kannada-language film directed by K Madesh, starring Duniya Vijay, Sharmila Mandre, Yagna Shetty and Rangayana Raghu in lead roles. Cast * Duniya Vijay as Madha * Sharmila ...

, Gange Bare Tunge Bare,

Kanteerava ''Kanteerava'' is a 2011 Kannada-language action drama film directed by Tushar Ranganath and produced by Ramu. It is a remake of the Telugu film '' Simhadri'' (2003). The film features Duniya Vijay, Shuba Poonja and Rishika Singh in the lead r ...

. Music director

Arjun Janya Arjun Janya (born Lokesh Kumar) is an Indian Film composer, film score soundtrack composer and singer. Arjun made his film debut in the 2006 Kannada film ''Autograph Please''. Since then he has composed and scored music for successful films suc ...

noticed his talent and gave him a chance to write a song lyric for Varadhanayaka. As

said, he wrote "Baite Baite" song which became popular song of that year and made him a songwriter. Then he wrote "Auto Raja Auto Raja" for Auto Raja, "I wanna sing a songu" for Sweety Nanna Jodi, "Bossu Nam Bossu" for

Bhajarangi ''Bhajarangi'' is a 2013 Indian Kannada-language fantasy action film starring Shiva Rajkumar and Aindrita Ray. Directed by choreographer-turned-director Harsha, the film was released on 12 December 2013 and received positive response from critic ...

including songs for Rajani Kantha, Shatru, Pulakeshi,

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and also "Starade" , "Subbalakshmi" for his debut directional 2014 film

and he is known for introductory songs he wrote for all stars including Darshan (Jaggudada), Yash (Santhu Straight Forward),

Puneeth Rajkumar Puneeth Rajkumar (17 March 1975 – 29 October 2021), colloquially known as Appu, was an Indian actor, playback singer, television presenter, and producer, who worked in Kannada cinema. He was the youngest son of actor and matinee idol Dr. Rajk ...

(Anjaniputra), Sudeep (Hebbuli), Ganesh (Pataki), Duniyaviji (Jackson), Sharan (Jai Maruthi800), Shivarajkumar (Killing Veerappan and Bhajarangi) Dhananjaya (Badmash), Madarangi Krishna (Charlie), Nikhil Kumarswamy (Jaguar) and for more than fifty films. He also worked with directors Mahesh Babu, Nagashekar, Preetham Gubbi, A.P.Arjun before becoming an independent director. In 2012 he did a documentary Starring Chandan Shetty called as "Yen Madli?". He made his directional debut in 2014 with Block buster

. His next film is

Bharjari ''Bharjari'' is a 2017 Indian Kannada-language masala film written and directed by Chethan Kumar. The film stars Dhruva Sarja, Rachita Ram and Haripriya. It also features Sudharani, Srinivasa Murthy and Sai Kumar in the supporting roles. The m ...

starring

Dhruva Sarja Dhruva Sarja (born 6 October 1988), is an Indian actor who appears in Kannada films. He made his acting debut in the 2012 film, ''Addhuri''. Career Sarja debuted in films with the 2012 film ''Addhuri''. His portrayal of Arjun as the male lead, ...

Rachita Ram Bindhya Ram , known by her stage name Rachita Ram, is an Indian actress who is primarily known for her work in Kannada films. Rachita made her film debut with the 2013 film ''Bulbul (2013 film), Bulbul'' as the lead opposite Darshan (actor), D ...

Hariprriya Shruthi Chandrasena, known professionally as Haripriya, is an Indian actress and model who chiefly works in Kannada films, in addition to a few Tamil and Telugu films. Haripriya is currently engaged to Kannada actor Vasista.N. Simha. Early life ...

and Vaishali Deepak became Mega Blockbuster hit of 2017. His next film is

Bharaate ''Bharaate'' () is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language action drama film written and directed by Chethan Kumar. The film is produced by Suprith under the Sri Jagadguru Movies banner and presented by Sriimurali under Aagastya Enterprises. It features ...

starring Sriimurali,

Sreeleela Sreeleela (alternatively spelt as Sree Leela; born June 14, 2001) is an American actress of Indian origin who predominantly appears in Kannada and Telugu films. She debuted in 2019 with ''Kiss'', winning Best Female Debut – Kannada at the SII ...

became Mega Blockbuster hit of 2019. He is now working with Puneeth Rajkumar for his fourth venture. Meanwhile, he wrote dialogues for Anjaniputra, College Kumara, Yajamana and Orange.

Personal life

Chethan Kumar was born in

Kollegal Kollegal is one of the major taluks in the Chamarajanagara District of Karnataka State in the south of India. It is also the largest taluk in Karnataka, Kollegal is well known for its silk industry which attracts traders from all over the stat ...

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

and brought up in

Mysore Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude of ...

Filmography

All films are in

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 ...

, the language is otherwise noted.

As lyricist

Advertising director

*Agriculture Advertisement with Dr Shivarajkumar

Awards

* Chithrasanthe Award Best Director, Dialogues & Screenplay, Popular Lyricist, 2015 - Chethan Kumar (Movie: Bahaddur) * Bangalore International Film Festival Award (Movie: Bharjari) * Siima 2019 Best Lyricist Award Kannada – Yenammi Yenammi (Movie: Ayogya) * Chithrasante 2019 Popular Lyricist Award Kannada (Movie: Ayogya) * Hungama Music 2019 - Sound of Fame Award - Song of the year Kannada - Yenammi Yenammi(Movie: Ayogya) * Chithra Rising Star 2019 - Chethan Kumar

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* Living people Film directors from Bangalore Kannada-language lyricists Screenwriters from Bangalore Kannada film directors People from Chamarajanagar district 1988 births {{India-film-director-stub