Chandhunath | |
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Born | Chandunath G. Nair India |
Education | Mar Ivanios College (Bachelors) Christ University (M. Phil) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2017 – present |
Spouse | Swathy |
Children | 1 |
Chandunath G. Nair, professionally credited as Chandhunadh, is an Indian actor who appears in supporting roles in Malayalam cinema. [1] [2]
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]
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.
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]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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2017 | Himalayathile Kashmalan | Jose | [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 | Jithesh | OTT release | [11] | |
Paappan | Siddharthan | [12] | ||
Ini Utharam | S.I. Prashanth Varma | [13] | ||
Kakkipada | [14] | |||
2023 | Divorce | Gagan | [15] | |
Lovefully Yours Veda | Sijo | [16] | ||
Phoenix | Freddy | [17] | ||
2024 | Secret Home | Saran | [18] | |
TBA | Khjuraho Dreams† | TBA | Filming | [19] |
Thrayam† | TBA | Post-production | [20] | |
Ram † | TBA | [21] | ||
Hunt† | TBA | [22] | ||
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