Naveen Chandra

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Naveen Chandra
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Naveen in 2019
Born3 December 1982 (1982-12-03) (age 41)
Other namesAnji
Pradeep
OccupationActor
Years active2006–present

Naveen Chandra (born 3 December 1982) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Telugu cinema, alongside few Tamil films. [1]

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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

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006 Sambhavami Yuge Yuge Anjicredited as Anji [12]
2007Kalyanamcredited 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 2020ACP Jayanth
Bro Madhav
1997
Nenu Leni Naa Prema Katha
2022 Ghani Aadi
Virata Parvam Raghu
Ranga Ranga Vaibhavanga Arjun Prasad
Ammu Ravi
Thaggedele Eshwar
RepeatVikram
2023 Veera Simha Reddy Sekhar
MayagaduRavi
Month of Madhu Madhusudhan Rao
2024 Satyabhama TBA [13]
2024ElevenTBA [14]

Tamil films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 Pazhaniappa Kalloori Parthicredited as Pradeep
2014 Bramman Madankumar
Koottam Abhi
Sarabham Vikram
2015 Sivappu Pandian
2020 Pattas Nilapparai "Nilan"
2023 Jigarthanda DoubleX DSP Rathna Kumar
2024ElevenTBA [14]

Television

YearTitleRoleNetworkLanguageRef.
2021–present Parampara Gopi Disney+ Hotstar Telugu
2024 Inspector Rishi Rishi Amazon Prime Video Tamil [15]

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