Naveen Chandra

Naveen Chandra
Naveen in 2019
Born	3 December 1982 (1982-12-03) (age 42) Ballari, Karnataka, India
Other names	Anji Pradeep
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2006–present

Naveen Chandra (born 3 December 1982) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Telugu cinema, alongside few 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.

He played pivotal roles in Month of Madhu^[9] and Jigarthanda DoubleX^[10] that released in 2023.

He will be next seen in an untitled film bankrolled by UV Creations where he pairs alongside Rashi Singh. ^[11]

Filmography

Telugu films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Sambhavami Yuge Yuge	Anji	credited as Anji[12]
2007	Kalyanam		credited as Chandu
2012	Andala Rakshasi	Surya
2013	Dalam	Abhi
2014	Naa Rakumarudu	Vaishnav
2015	Bham Bolenath	Krishna
	Tripura	Tripura's husband
2016	Lacchimdeviki O Lekkundi	Naveen
	Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu	Prashanth
2017	Nenu Local	SI Siddharth Varma
	Juliet Lover of Idiot	Vara
2018	Devadas	Ajay
	Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava	Bala Reddy
2019	Evaru	DSP Ashok Krishna
2020	Bhanumathi & Ramakrishna	Ramakrishna
	Miss India	Vijay Anand
2021	Super Over	Kaasi
	Mosagallu	Sid
	Ardha Shathabdham	Ranjith
	Mission 2020	ACP Jayanth
	Bro	Madhav
	1997
	Nenu Leni Naa Prema Katha
2022	Ghani	Aadi
	Virata Parvam	Raghu
	Ranga Ranga Vaibhavanga	Arjun Prasad
	Ammu	Ravi
	Thaggedele	Eshwar
	Repeat	Vikram
2023	Veera Simha Reddy	Sekhar
	Mayagadu	Ravi
	Month of Madhu	Madhusudhan Rao
2024	Satyabhama	TBA	[13]
2025	Eleven †	TBA	[14]
	Game Changer †	TBA

Tamil films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Pazhaniappa Kalloori	Parthi	credited as Pradeep
2014	Bramman	Madankumar
	Koottam	Abhi
	Sarabham	Vikram
2015	Sivappu	Pandian
2020	Pattas	Nilapparai "Nilan"
2023	Jigarthanda DoubleX	DSP Rathna Kumar
2025	Eleven †	TBA	[14]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Network	Language	Ref.
2021–present	Parampara	Gopi	Disney+ Hotstar	Telugu
2024	Inspector Rishi	Rishi	Amazon Prime Video	Tamil	[15]
	Snakes and Ladders	Leonard "Leo"			[16]

References

1. "Need to prove myself as an actor first : Naveen Chandra". 29 January 2014. Archived from the original on 29 January 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
2. Pecheti, Prakash. "Meet the real-life Ramakrishna". Telangana Today. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
3. Kumar, S. R. Ashok (28 December 2007). "Flooded with new faces -- Pazhaniappa Kalloori". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
4. "Pradeep is a lucky guy!". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
5. "ACTOR NAVEEN CHANDRA INTERVIEW". 22 February 2014. Archived from the original on 2 August 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. Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
8. "Naveen Chandra's upcoming starrer launched". Archived from the original on 9 October 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
9. Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (11 October 2023). "Naveen Chandra: I will cherish the 'Month of Madhu' experience all my life". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
10. Chandar, Bhuvanesh (10 November 2023). "'Jigarthanda Double X' movie review: Karthik Subbaraj's heartfelt, most political film dazzles with duality". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
11. Correspondent, D. C. (15 October 2021). "Dreams do come true". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 26 April 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
12. "Reviews : Movie Reviews". Telugucinema.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
13. "Satyabhama 2024 Film: Kajal Aggarwal is Back in Action". Bru Times News.
14. "Naveen Chandra's next is a Tamil-Telugu bilingual titled 'Eleven'". The Hindu. 17 August 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
15. "Prime Video locks premiere date for Tamil series 'Inspector Rishi'". The Hindu. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
16. Features, C. E. (7 October 2024). "Karthik Subbaraj's Snakes and Ladders gets premiere date". Cinema Express. Retrieved 19 October 2024.

External links

• Naveen Chandra at IMDb