Chandhunadh

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Chandhunath
Born
Chandunath G. Nair

India
EducationMar Ivanios College (Bachelors) Christ University (M. Phil)
OccupationActor
Years active2017 – present
SpouseSwathy
Children1

Chandunath G. Nair, professionally credited as Chandhunadh, is an Indian actor who appears in supporting roles in Malayalam cinema. [1] [2]

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Early life

His father retired as a forest range officer and mother was a Hindi language professor at University of Kerala. [3] Chandhunadh hails from Thiruvananthapuram. [4] He went to college at Mar Ivanios College for bachelor's degree and to Christ University, Bangalore for post-graduation. [5] He took master's degree in English language and literature. [4] He also took M. Phil. Later, he worked as an English teacher at schools and colleges at Bangalore and Thiruvananthapuram, while simultaneously working in theatre too at these academies. [5] He was a theatre instructor teaching acting skills. He has also scripted English plays. He was an active member of a theatre alumni collective called Kanal Samskarika Vedi. Before debuting in films he was in Bangalore for four years. [4]

Career

His commercial film was , Pathinettam Padi (2019) by Shankar Ramakrishnan. But after seeing him taking workshops He played a teacher and brother of Mammootty's character. [5] In 2022, he dubbed for the Malayalam version of K.G.F: Chapter 2 for the character Anand Ingalagi played by Ashok Sharma. [6] He played one among the 12 principal characters in the crime thriller 12th Man , released on Disney+ Hotstar. He also worked in Paappan, Twenty One Gms and CBI 5: The Brain in minor supporting roles.

Personal life

Chandhunadh is married to Swathy, his college girlfriend at Mar Ivanios College. She is a singer and a former contestant in the reality TV singing talent show Idea Star Singer . [3] They have a son named Neelamsh. In 2020, they released Swa, a mashup music video of songs of Vidyasagar, produced by Chandhunath and sung by Swathy. [7]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2017Himalayathile KashmalanJose [8]
2019 Pathinettam Padi Joy Abraham Palakkal [9]
2021 Malik SP Rishab
2022 Twenty One Gms Martin
CBI 5: The Brain Bhasuran [10]
12th Man JitheshOTT release [11]
Paappan Siddharthan [12]
Ini Utharam S.I. Prashanth Varma [13]
Kakkipada [14]
2023DivorceGagan [15]
Lovefully Yours Veda Sijo [16]
Phoenix Freddy [17]
2024 Secret Home Saran [18]
TBAKhjuraho DreamsTBAFilming [19]
ThrayamTBAPost-production [20]
Ram TBA [21]
HuntTBA [22]

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