Chethan Kumar (director)

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.

Chethan Kumar
Born	(1988-02-22) 22 February 1988 Kollegal, Karnataka, India
Occupation	lyric writer, screenwriter, dialogue writer, director
Years active	2009 – present

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, Sreeleela 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	Lyrics
2013	Varadhanayaka					Yes
2013	Auto Raja					Yes
2013	Rajani Kantha					Yes
2013	Shatru					Yes
2013	Sweety Nanna Jodi					Yes
2013	Bhajarangi					Yes
2014	Pulakeshi					Yes
2014	Paravashanadenu					Yes
2014	Bahaddur	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Chithrasante - Best Director Award, Best Dialogues, Best Lyrics, Best Movie Nominated - SIIMA Award for Best Director, Best Lyrics, Best Movie
2014	Subramani					Yes
2015	Jackson					Yes
2015	Katte					Yes
2015	Charlie					Yes
2016	Killing Veerappan					Yes
2016	Jwalantham					Yes
2016	Akira					Yes
2016	Jaggu Dada					Yes
2016	Sipaayi					Yes
2016	Santhu Straight Forward					Yes
2016	Jai Maruthi 800					Yes
2016	Badmaash					Yes
2016	Jaguar					Yes
2016	John Jani Janardhan					Yes
2017	Srikanta					Yes
2017	Chowka					Yes
2017	Hebbuli					Yes
2017	Srinivasa Kalyana					Yes
2017	Veera Ranachandi					Yes
2017	Pataki					Yes
2017	Bharjari	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	10th BIFF - Second Most Popular Kannada Entertainment Cinema
2017	College Kumar				Yes
2017	Mass Leader					Yes
2017	Athiratha					Yes
2017	Anjani Putra					Yes
2018	Seizer					Yes
2018	Tribaahu					Yes
2018	Samhaara					Yes
2018	Preethiya Rayabhari					Yes
2018	MLA					Yes
2018	Prayanikara Gamanakke					Yes
2018	Ayogya					Yes
2018	Ambi Ning Vayassaytho					Yes
2018	Gaanchali					Yes
2018	Tharakaasura					Yes
2018	Orange				Yes
2019	Yajamana				Yes	Yes
2019	Padde Huli					Yes
2019	Hangover					Yes
2019	Sinnga					Yes
2019	Randhawa					Yes
2019	Nanna Prakara					Yes
2019	Udumba					Yes
2019	Geetha					Yes
2019	Adyaksha in America					Yes
2019	Ellidde Illi Tanaka					Yes
2019	Brahmachari
2019	Bharaate	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2020	Khaki					Yes
2020	Navelru... Half Boiled					Yes
2020	Kaanadante Maayavadanu					Yes
2020	3rd Class					Yes
2020	Navarathna					Yes
2020	Kshatriya				Yes
2020	Super Star					Yes
2020	Yellow Board					Yes
2021	Kanasu Maratakkide					Yes
2021	James	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
2021	Tootu Madike					Yes
2021	Pogaru					Yes
2021	Roberrt					Yes
2021	Sugar Factory				Yes
2021	SRK			Yes	Yes	Yes
2021	Kadala Theerada Barghava					Yes
2021	Rajamarthanda					Yes
2021	Salaga					Yes
2021	Natabhyankara					Yes
2021	Madagaja					Yes
2021	Mugil Pete					Yes
2021	Rider					Yes
2021	Dear Sathya					Yes
2021	Bumper					Yes
2021	Badava Raskal					Yes
2021	Garuda					Yes
2021	Trivikrama					Yes
2021	Old Monk					Yes
2021	Godra					Yes
2021	Maichal					Yes
2021	Vidyarthi Vidyarthiniyaru					Yes
2021	Chinnada Gombe					Yes
2021	Bellary					Yes
2021	shivagami					Yes

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

External links

• Chethan Kumar on IMDb