Naveen Chandra
Naveen while talking to reporter
Born
Ballari, Karnataka, India
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present

Naveen Chandra is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Telugu films. He starred in the romance film Andala Rakshasi (2012), and won critical acclaim for his performance before playing leading roles in Tamil films.[1]

Early life

Naveen Chandra was born in a Telugu family in Devi Nagar,Ballari.[2] His father was a head mechanic at KSRTC. Chandra obtained a diploma in Mechanical Engineering and worked as a multimedia animator before he forayed into films.[2]

Career

Chandra made his debut as a hero in Telugu with the movie Sambhavami Yuge Yuge under the stage name Anji in the year 2006, and later acted in the movie Kalyanam under the stage name Chandu. Chandra made his debut as a hero in Tamil with Pazhaniappa Kalloori under the stage name Pradeep.[3] His next film Agarathi never saw a theatrical release.[4] In 2012, he starred in the Telugu movie Andala Rakshasi which garnered him positive responses from viewers and critics for his performance in his role as Surya.[5] He shot for the Tamil film Therodum Veedhiyile with Payal Ghosh in 2012.

In the bilingual film Dalam, Chandra played an ex-naxalite who struggles to return to a normal life. For his role in Sathyashiva's Sivappu, he lived incognito as a labourer in his friend's construction company for two weeks in order to get into his character. The film also released in 2014.[6] He was also signed as the second lead in the Tamil film Brahman.[7][8] He was signed on for the lead role in producer C. V. Kumar's Sarabam. He next appeared in Miss India starring Keerthy Suresh under the direction of Narendra Nath.

Filmography

Telugu films

YearFilmRole Notes
2006Sambhavami Yuge YugeAnjicredited as Anji[9]
2007Kalyanamcredited as Chandu
2012Andala RakshasiSurya
2013DalamAbhi
2014Naa RakumaruduVaishnav
2015Bham BolenathKrishna
TripuraTripura's husband
2016Lacchimdeviki O LekkundiNaveen
Meelo Evaru KoteeswaruduPrashanth
2017Nenu LocalSI Siddharth Varma
Juliet Lover of IdiotVara
2018DevadasAjay
Aravinda Sametha Veera RaghavaBala Reddy
2019EvaruDSP Ashok Krishna
2020Bhanumathi & RamakrishnaRamakrishna
Miss IndiaVijay Anand
2021Super OverKaasi
MosagalluSid
Ardha Shathabdham Ranjith
Mission 2020ACP Jayanth
#BroMadhav
1997
Nenu Leni Naa Prema Katha
2022 GhaniAadi
Virata ParvamRaghu
Ranga Ranga VaibhavangaArjun Prasad
Ammu Ravi
Thaggedele Eshwar
Repeat Vikram
2023 Veera Simha Reddy Sekhar
Mayagadu Ravi
Month of Madhu Madhusudhan Rao
TBAGame Changer Filming

Tamil films

YearFilmRole Notes
2007Pazhaniappa KallooriParthicredited as Pratheep
2014BrammanMadankumar
KoottamAbhi
SarabhamVikram
2015SivappuPandian
2020PattasNilapparai "Nilan"
2023Jigarthanda DoubleXDSP Rathna Kumar

Television

Year Series Role Network Notes
2021-present Parampara Gopi Disney+ Hotstar

References

  1. ↑ "Need to prove myself as an actor first : Naveen Chandra". 29 January 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 Pecheti, Prakash. "Meet the real-life Ramakrishna". Telangana Today. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  3. ↑ Kumar, S. R. Ashok (28 December 2007). "Flooded with new faces -- Pazhaniappa Kalloori". The Hindu.
  4. ↑ "Pradeep is a lucky guy!". The Times of India.
  5. ↑ "ACTOR NAVEEN CHANDRA INTERVIEW". 22 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  6. ↑ "Variety of roles needed for lasting career: Naveen Chandra". Sify. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Gupta, Rinku. "Returning to his Roots". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Naveen Chandra's upcoming starrer launched". Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Reviews : Movie Reviews". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
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