Chakravarthy Chandrachud

15 Aug, 1977 | Devanur, Chikmagalur District, Karnataka

Actor

Biography

Chakravarthy Chandrachud is a journalist, writer, and director, fondly known as Dada in the contemporary Kannada literary field. He is active in social and cultural activities through his organization Darvesh Chauki. Early Life Chakravarthy Chandrachud was born on 15 August 1977 in Devanoor, a village of Chikkamagalur district, India. In the same village, famous Kannada poet Lakshmisa wrote much celebrated epic Jaimini Bharatha After completing his Engineering in Instrumental Technology at Jayachama Rajendra College, Mysore he did post graduation in psychology at the University of Mysore. During his student life, he was an active member of organisations like DYFI and SFI. Chandrachud founded and has actively conducted many social events through his organization Darvesh Chuki. Since 15 years he has been a journalist for the Kannada tabloid Lankesh Patrike.   Activism and literature Chandrachud was attracted to the work of Rajendra Singh. He visited Kishori-Bhikampura, in Thanagazi tehsil, near Sariska Tiger Reserve and Ralegan Siddhi and studied the works of 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 district. This book was very well received and widely appreciated. His second book Khali Shilube (Empty Cross), an anthology of poems, was released in 2014. This book was released at a cemetery at Bangalore. His two more poetry collections Mailu Tutta and "Saava kolluvavarige shixe illa", are ready for release. Film Career His first movie Janma was released in April 2013. The movie tackled issues like the Kaveri River water dispute and Rajkumar's kidnapping. These issues were interlocked with a love track. The movie was well appreciated. He has written scripts and dialogs for several 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.  Personal Life Chakravarthy married actress  Shruti  winner of Big Boss Kannada season 3, which ended up in a divorce in less than a year. Bigg Boss Kannada Season 8 Chakravarthy participated in the most controversial reality show Bigg Boss 8 in Kannada along with other contestants. He enterted the house as wild card entry on 31 and he evicted on Day 107 in mid day eviction from Bigg Boss House.