Chethan Kumar (director)

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

Career[]

Kumar stepped into film industry unexpectedly. He was writing dialogues for theatre plays in Kalamandir, Mysore through one of his friend he came to know about Tushar Ranganath. He joined Tushar Ranganth and worked with him as a dialogue writer for Devru, Kari Chirathe, Gange Bare Tunge Bare, Kanteerava.

Music director Arjun Janya noticed his talent and gave him a chance to write a song lyric for Varadhanayaka. As Arjun Janya 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 including songs for Rajani Kantha, Shatru, Pulakeshi, Jackson, Ranna and also "Starade" , "Subbalakshmi" for his debut directional 2014 film Bahaddur & He is known for introductions songs he wrote for all stars including Darshan (Jaggudada), Yash (Santhu Straight Forward), Puneeth Rajkumar (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 50 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 Bahaddur. His next film is Bharjari starring Dhruva Sarja, Rachita Ram, Hariprriya and Vaishali Deepak became Mega Blockbuster hit of 2017. His next film is Bharaate starring Sriimurali, became Mega Blockbuster hit of 2019. He is now working with Puneeth Rajkumar for his 4th venture. Meanwhile, he wrote dialogues for Anjaniputra, College Kumara, Yajamana and Orange.

Personal life[]

Chethan Kumar was born in Kollegal, Karnataka and brought up in Mysore.

Filmography[]

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

All films are in Kannada, the language is otherwise noted.

Year	Film	Credited as				Notes
		Director	Story	Screenplay	Dialogues
2014	Bahaddur	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Chithrasante - Best Director Award, Best Dialogues, Best Movie Nominated - SIIMA Award for Best Director, Best Movie
2017	Bharjari	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	10th BIFF - Second Most Popular Kannada Entertainment Cinema
2017	College Kumar				Yes
2018	Orange				Yes
2019	Yajamana				Yes
2019	Bharaate	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2020	Kshatriya				Yes
2021	James[1]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2021	SRK			Yes	Yes

As Lyricist[]

As Lyricist

Year	Film	Notes
2013	Varadhanayaka
2013	Auto Raja
2013	Rajani Kantha
2013	Shatru
2013	Sweety Nanna Jodi
2013	Bhajarangi
2014	Pulakeshi
2014	Paravashanadenu
2014	Bahaddur	Chithrasante - Lyrics, Nominated - SIIMA Award Best Lyrics
2014	Subramani
2015	Jackson
2015	Katte
2015	Charlie
2016	Killing Veerappan
2016	Jwalantham
2016	Akira
2016	Jaggu Dada
2016	Sipaayi
2016	Santhu Straight Forward
2016	Jai Maruthi 800
2016	Badmaash
2016	Jaguar
2016	John Jani Janardhan
2017	Srikanta
2017	Chowka
2017	Hebbuli
2017	Srinivasa Kalyana
2017	Veera Ranachandi
2017	Pataki
2017	Bharjari
2017	College Kumar
2017	Mass Leader
2017	Athiratha
2017	Anjani Putra
2018	Seizer
2018	Tribaahu
2018	Samhaara
2018	Preethiya Rayabhari
2018	MLA
2018	Prayanikara Gamanakke
2018	Ayogya
2018	Ambi Ning Vayassaytho
2018	Gaanchali
2018	Tharakaasura
2018	Orange
2019	Yajamana
2019	Padde Huli
2019	Hangover
2019	Sinnga
2019	Randhawa
2019	Nanna Prakara
2019	Udumba
2019	Geetha
2019	Adyaksha in America
2019	Ellidde Illi Tanaka
2019	Brahmachari
2019	Bharaate
2020	Khaki
2020	Navelru... Half Boiled
2020	Kaanadante Maayavadanu
2020	3rd Class
2020	Navarathna
2020	Kshatriya
2021	Super Star
2021	Yellow Board
2021	Kanasu Maratakkide
2021	James[1]
2021	Tootu Madike
2021	Pogaru
2021	Roberrt
2021	Sugar Factory
2021	SRK
2021	Kadala Theerada Barghava
2021	Rajamarthanda
2021	Salaga	song: "I Love You Sanjana"
2021	Natabhyankara
2021	Madagaja
2021	Mugil Pete
2021	Rider
2021	Dear Sathya
2021	Bumper
2021	Badava Raskal
2021	Garuda
2021	Trivikrama
2021	Old Monk
2021	Godra
2021	Maichal
2021	Vidyarthi Vidyarthiniyaru
2021	Chinnada Gombe
2021	Bellary
2021	shivagami

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

Footnotes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Chethan Kumar at IMDb

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