Chandan Kumar

Chandan Kumar, mononymously known as 'Chandan', is an actor who works in television and Kannada cinema. He is known for his work in the television soap opera Radha Kalyana and later Lakshmi Baramma, in which he played the role of Chandu, that was aired on Colors Kannada from 2012. During the time, he was offered several films for which he had to step out of the serial mid-way. His first film to be released was Parinaya in 2014 which took two years in the making. Subsequently, he starred in few low-budget films until the multi-starrer film, Luv U Alia (2015) directed by Indrajit Lankesh. Now he is seen in daily soap sarvamangala mangalye on star suvarna as Mahashankara an ardent follower of dharma and a strong believer of Lord Shiva.

Apart from serials and films, Chandan has been contestant for the reality shows such as Pyate Mandi Kadige Bandru, "Dancing Stars season 1" and Bigg Boss Kannada 3.

Television
From 2011 to 2014, Chandan appeared in a television soap, Radha Kalyana, portraying the lead role of Vishu, that was aired on Zee Kannada. Subsequently, he was roped in for another soap, Lakshmi Baramma aired on Colors Kannada channel. The latter serial shot him to fame and made him hugely popular actor in Television. He also participated in the reality show "Pyaate Mandi Kadige Bandru" in 2010 end. He became Runner up of Bigg Boss Kannada 3 which was aired on Colors Kannada during 2016.