If
one
wants
to
enter
the
present
film
industry,
he/she
should
be
related
to
some
film
personality.
If
not,
he/she
should
have
either
an
influential
godfather
or
extra-ordinary
acting
talents
as
well
as
good
looks.
Our
hero
belongs
to
third
category.
While
his
father
and
mother
are
practicing
medicine
in
US
expecting
their
son
to
get
into
their
shoes,
he
started
nurturing
his
hidden
acting
talents
since
his
childhood.
Do
you
know
whom
I
am
talking
about?
He
is
none
other
than
upcoming
actor
Chetan
Kumar.
Chetan
Kumar
was
born
on
February
24,
1983
in
Chicago,
IL,
USA
and
did
his
primary
education
at
Marist
High
School.
He
studied
South
Asian
Studies
with
an
Emphasis
on
Comparative
Theater
Studies
in
BA
and
passed
his
graduation
with
distinction
from
Yale
University,
US
in
2005.
He
received
a
Fulbright
Scholarship
to
come
to
India
in
2006.
In
2004,
he
studied
South
Indian
Oral
Traditions
—
Living
(the)
Kannada
Nataka.
As
a
research
student,
he
documented
the
dialectics
of
caste,
class,
and
gender
in
various
village/folk
and
urban
forms
of
South
Indian
drama
through
a
self-proposed
project
on
Indian
theater.
Chetan
has
also
been
serving
as
Rural
School
Instructor,
Mullur,
Karnataka
from
September
2005.
He
has
been
voluntarily
teaching
critical
thinking
and
analytical
skills
at
Vinayaka
Gnana
Vidya
Shale,
a
K-10
village
school
25km
away
from
Mysore,
Karnataka.
He
is
also
a
Kannada
Stage
Performer.
As
theater
artist,
he
has
acted
in
two
Kannada
plays
like
'Sethu
Maadhavana
Sallaapa'
and
'Sooryasthadinda
Sooryodayadavarage'
with
Bangalore-based
theater
group
Vistara
in
May
2006
and
August
2006.
His
artistic
activities
that
span
over
twenty
years
also
include
modern
dance,
mono
acting,
instrumental.
Since
his
college
days
he
has
been
a
choreographer/instructor/stage
dancer
of
Bhangra,
actor
in
English
and
Kannada
plays.
He
performs
Indian
classical
music
(Carnatic)
and
jazz
on
the
saxophone.
After
coming
to
India
in
September
2005,
Chetan
debuted
as
hero
in
Kannada
films
through
director
KM
Chaitanya"s
debut
directorial
venture
Aa
Dinagalu.
It
was
a
realistic
film
set
in
1985-86
Bangalore.
He
got
Udaya
TV"s
Best
Debut
Actor
Award
for
his
performance
in
it.
Although
his
second
movie
Birugaali,
which
was
released
in
February
2009,
was
not
a
commercially
hit
film,
he
got
rave
reviews
from
the
critics
for
his
performance.
Showing
his
six-packs
body,
he
even
created
a
bunch
of
female
fans
following.
Currently,
Chetan
is
busy
publicizing
for
an
action-based
love
story
Suryakaanti,
which
features
him
alongside
actress
Regina.
Directed
by
KM
Chaitanya
the
movie
is
set
in
Uzbekistan,
Uttaranchal,
Belgaum,
Goa,
&
Bengaluru.
He
has
lots
of
expectations
from
the
movie,
which
is
releasing
this
month
(December
2009).
Chetan
Kumar
|
Suryakaanti
|
Aa
Dinagalu
|
Birugaali