Naveen Chandra | |
|---|---|
 Naveen in 2019 | |
| Born | 3 December 1982 (age 41) |
| 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]
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]
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]
| 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] |
| 2024 | Eleven† | TBA | [14] |
| 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 | |
| 2024 | Eleven† | TBA | [14] |
| Year | Title | Role | Network | Language | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–present | Parampara | Gopi | Disney+ Hotstar | Telugu | |
| 2024 | Inspector Rishi | Rishi | Amazon Prime Video | Tamil | [15] |
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