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'''Chakravarthy Chandrachud''' (born 1977) is a journalist, writer, actor and director, known for his works [[Kannada language|Kannada]].

==Early life and career==
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Chakravarthy Chandrachud was born on 15 August 1977 in Devanoor, a village of Chikamagalur district in Karnataka. After completing his Engineering in Instrumental Technology at Jayachama Rajendra College in Mysore, he did post graduation in Psychology at the [[University of Mysore]].
Chandrachud founded and has actively conducted many social events through his organization Darvesh Chuki for the past 15 years.{{vague|date=June 2014}} He has been a journalist for the Kannada tabloid ''[[Lankesh Patrike]]''.

==Personal life==

He married [[Shruti (actress)]] winner of Big Boss Kannada season 3, which ended up in a divorce in less than a year. He has a daughter from his first marriage . First marriage is not found yet

==Activism and literature==
Chandrachud was attracted to the work of [[Rajendra Singh (environmentalist)|Rajendra Singh]]. He visited Kishori-Bhikampura, in Thanagazi tehsil, near Sariska Tiger Reserve and [[Ralegan Siddhi]] and studied the works of [[Rajendra Singh (environmentalist)|Rajendra Singh]] and [[Anna Hazare]]. Chandrachud was inspired with the work done by Rajendra Singh in the field of water conservation. To initiate and popularise water conservation in Karnataka, he came out with his first book ''Jala Jana Kranti'' in Kannada. Symbolically this book was released in the dry lake at [[Channarayapatna]], [[Hassan, Karnataka|Hassan]] district. This book was very well received and widely appreciated.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dada786.wordpress.com|title=ನಿಷೇಧಿತ ಪ್ರದೇಶ|website=ನಿಷೇಧಿತ ಪ್ರದೇಶ}}</ref>
His second book ''Khali Shilube'' (''Empty Cross''), an anthology of poems, was released in 2014. This book was released at a cemetery at [[Bangalore]]. He has written two more poetry collections called ''Mailu Tutta'' and "Saava Kolluvavarige Shikshe Illa."

==Cinema==
His first movie ''Janma'' was released in April 2013. The movie tackled issues like the [[Kaveri River water dispute]] and [[Rajkumar (actor)|Rajkumar]]'s kidnapping. These issues were interlocked with a love track. The movie was a failure.{{citation needed|date=June 2014}} He has written scripts and dialogs for several [[Tamil language|Tamil]] movies.
Being an activist, Chakravarthy Chandrachud directed a documentary "Mahamarana" based on Kalasa Banduri Issue.
Currently he is working on his next [[Kannada]] movie ''Ravani''.

== Television ==
He is a wildcard contestant in the eighth season of the television reality show [[Bigg Boss Kannada (season 8)]].

==References==
<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://sapnaonline.com/khali-shilube-12741106|title=Khali Shilube by Chakravarthy Chandrachud}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/3-for-summer-treat--kannada-news-93119|title=3 For Summer Treat! - Kannada Movie News - IndiaGlitz.com|date=2013-04-26}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/columns/code-560/Moody-Woody/articleshow/34123057.cms|title=Moody Woody}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://darveshchauki.wordpress.com|title=ದರ್ವೇಶ್ ಚೌಕಿ|website=ದರ್ವೇಶ್ ಚೌಕಿ}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/janma-kannada-movie-review-15366|title=Janma review. Janma Kannada movie review, story, rating - IndiaGlitz.com}}</ref>
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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dada786.wordpress.com|title=ನಿಷೇಧಿತ ಪ್ರದೇಶ|website=ನಿಷೇಧಿತ ಪ್ರದೇಶ}}</ref>

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[[Category:Kannada-language writers]]
[[Category:1977 births]]
[[Category:People from Chikkamagaluru district]]

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