Chethan Kumar (director): Difference between revisions

| name               = Chethan Kumar

| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1988|2|22|df=y}}

| birth_place       = [[Kollegal]], [[Karnataka]], India

| yearsactive       = 2009–present

| occupation         = Lyrics writer, screenwriter, dialogue writer, director

'''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]]''.

Kumar stepped into film industry unexpectedly. He was writing dialogues for theatre plays in [[Kalka Mandir, Delhi|Kalamandir]], Mysore through one of his friend he learned of [[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 (2013 film)|Auto Raja]], "I wanna sing a songu" for [[Sweety Nanna Jodi]], "Bossu Nam Bossu" for [[Bhajarangi]] including songs for [[Rajani Kantha]], Shatru, Pulakeshi, [[Jackson (2015 film)|Jackson]], [[Ranna (film)|Ranna]] and also "Starade" , "[[Subbalakshmi]]" for his debut directional 2014 film [[Bahaddur]] and he is known for introductory songs he wrote for all stars including [[Darshan (actor)|Darshan]] (Jaggudada), [[Yash (actor)|Yash]] (Santhu Straight Forward), [[Puneeth Rajkumar]] (Anjaniputra), [[Sudeepa|Sudeep]] (Hebbuli), [[Ganesh (actor)|Ganesh]] (Pataki), [[Duniya Vijay|Duniyaviji]] (Jackson), [[Sharan (actor)|Sharan]] (Jai Maruthi800), [[Shiva Rajkumar|Shivarajkumar]] (Killing Veerappan and Bhajarangi) [[Dhananjaya (actor)|Dhananjaya]] (Badmash), Madarangi Krishna (Charlie), Nikhil Kumarswamy (Jaguar) and for more than fifty films. He also worked with directors [[Mahesh Babu (director)|Mahesh Babu]], [[Preetham Gubbi]], [[A. P. Arjun|A.P. Arjun]] before becoming an independent director. In 2012 he did a documentary Starring Chandan Shetty called as "Yen Madli?".

 

He is now working with [[Puneeth Rajkumar]] for his fourth venture. Meanwhile, he wrote dialogues for [[Anjani Putra|Anjaniputra]], [[College Kumar (2017 film)|College Kumara]], [[Yajamana (2019 film)|Yajamana]] and [[Orange (2018 film)|Orange]].

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| style="text-align:left;" | ''SRK''

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===As lyricist===

| rowspan="6" | 2013

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| ''[[Rajani Kantha]]''

| ''Shatru''

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| ''[[Sweety Nanna Jodi]]''

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| rowspan="4" | 2014

| ''Pulakeshi''

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|''Paravashanadenu''

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| ''Subramani''

| rowspan="3" | 2015

| ''[[Jackson (2015 film)|Jackson]]''

| ''Katte''

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| ''[[Charlie (2015 Kannada film)|Charlie]]''

| rowspan="10" | 2016

| ''[[Killing Veerappan]]''

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| ''Jwalantham''

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| ''[[Akira (2016 Kannada film)|Akira]]''

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| ''[[Sipaayi (2016 film)|Sipaayi]]''

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| ''[[Santhu Straight Forward]]''

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| ''[[Badmaash (2016 film)|Badmaash]]''

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| ''[[Jaguar (2016 film)|Jaguar]]''

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| ''[[John Jani Janardhan (2016 film)|John Jani Janardhan]]''

| rowspan="11" | 2017

| ''[[Srikanta (film)|Srikanta]]''

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| ''[[Chowka]]''

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| ''[[Hebbuli]]''

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| ''[[Srinivasa Kalyana]]''

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| ''Veera Ranachandi''

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| ''[[Pataki (film)|Pataki]]''

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| ''[[College Kumar (2017 film)|College Kumar]]''

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| ''[[Mass Leader]]''

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| ''[[Athiratha]]''

| rowspan="11" | 2018

| ''[[Seizer]]''

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| ''Tribaahu''

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| ''[[Samhaara]]''

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| ''Preethiya Rayabhari''

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| ''[[MLA (2018 Kannada film)|MLA]]''

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|''Prayanikara Gamanakke''

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| ''[[Ambi Ning Vayassaytho]]''

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| ''Gaanchali''

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| ''[[Tharakaasura]]''

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|''[[Orange (2018 film)|Orange]]''

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| rowspan="12"| 2019

|''[[Yajamana (2019 film)|Yajamana]]''

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|''[[Padde Huli]]''

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|''Hangover''

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|''[[Sinnga (film)|Sinnga]]''

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|''Randhawa''

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|''[[Nanna Prakara]]''

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|''Udumba''

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|''[[Geetha (2019 film)|Geetha]]''

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|''[[Adyaksha in America]]''

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|''[[Ellidde Illi Tanaka]]''

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|''[[Brahmachari (2019 film)|Brahmachari]]''

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|''[[Bharaate]]''

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| rowspan="8" | 2020

|''[[Khaki (2020 film)|Khaki]]''

| style="text-align:left;"|''Navelru... Half Boiled''

| style="text-align:left;"|''[[Kaanadante Maayavadanu]]''

| style="text-align:left;"|''Super Star''

| style="text-align:left;" |''[[3rd Class]]''

| style="text-align:left;" |''Navarathna''

| style="text-align:left;"|''Yellow Board''

| style="text-align:left;" |''Kshatriya''

|''Kanasu Maratakkide''

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|''[[James (2020 film)|James]]''<ref name="indiatimes.com">{{cite web |title='James' is a fresh movie in Kannada film industry: Director Chethan Kumar - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/james-is-a-fresh-movie-in-kannada-film-industry-director-chethan-kumar/articleshow/74654666.cms |accessdate=19 March 2020 |website=The Times of India}}</ref>

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| ''[[Tootu Madike (2020 film)|Tootu Madike]]''

| style="text-align:left;"|''[[Pogaru]]''

| style="text-align:left;"|''Kadala Theerada Barghava''

| style="text-align:left;"|''Rajamarthanda''

| style="text-align:left;"|''[[Salaga (film)|Salaga]]''

|"I Love You Sanjana" Song

| style="text-align:left;"|''Natabhyankara''

| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Madhagaja]]''

| style="text-align:left;"|''Mugil Pete''

| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Rider (2021 film)|Rider]]''

| style="text-align:left;"|''Dear Sathya''

| style="text-align:left;"|''Bumper''

| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Badava Rascal]]''

| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Trivikrama (film)|Trivikrama]]''

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| style="text-align:left;" |''Old Monk''

| style="text-align:left;" |''Godra''

| style="text-align:left;" |''Maichal''

| style="text-align:left;" |''Vidyarthi Vidyarthiniyaru''

| style="text-align:left;" |''Chinnada Gombe''

| style="text-align:left;" |''Bellary''

| style="text-align:left;" |''Shivagami''

|| 2022

| style="text-align:left;" |''[[Garuda (2022 film)|Garuda]]''

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