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Chandrachur Singh is a Actor Indian born on 11 october 1968 at New Delhi (Inde)

Chandrachur Singh

Chandrachur Singh
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Nationality Inde
Birth 11 october 1968 (55 years) at New Delhi (Inde)

Chandrachur Singh (born 11 October 1968) is an Indian actor, who works in Bollywood films. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut for his performance in Maachis.

Biography

Singh has two younger brothers : Aditya Singh and Abhimanyu Singh. He married Avantika Kumari, daughter of Ajai Singh of Glenmoor Cottages, Mcleodganj, Dharamshala. She was educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar. They have a son.

Usually with

Akash Chandra Khurana
Akash Chandra Khurana
(4 films)
Shakti Kapoor
Shakti Kapoor
(4 films)
Sanjay Dutt
Sanjay Dutt
(4 films)
Johnny Lever
Johnny Lever
(4 films)
Om Puri
Om Puri
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Chandrachur Singh (15 films)

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The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013)
, 2h10
Directed by Mira Nair
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films based on the September 11 attacks, Films about religion, Films about terrorism, Political films, Films about Islam, Disaster films, Films about hijackings
Actors Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber, Riz Ahmed, Kiefer Sutherland, Meesha Shafi, Om Puri
Roles Bandy Uncle
Rating67% 3.39823.39823.39823.39823.3982
In 2011, Anse Rainier (Gary Richardson), an American professor at Lahore University, is kidnapped soon after he leaves a movie theatre. A ransom video is sent to the US embassy, demanding the release of 690 detainees from a Muslim concentration camp in Kot Lakhpat and €700,000 for the children of Waziristan. Bobby Lincoln (Liev Schreiber), an American journalist and undercover CIA informant in Pakistan, arranges to interview a colleague of Rainer, Changez Khan (Riz Ahmed), who he suspects is involved in the kidnapping.
Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya
Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya (2001)
, 2h30
Directed by K. Raghavendra Rao
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Juhi Chawla, Govinda, Tabu, Chandrachur Singh, Johnny Lever, Vinay Anand
Roles Ravi
Rating48% 2.4073452.4073452.4073452.4073452.407345
This is a family story. Jhoomri and her husband, Bhimsha, move into a new neighbourhood. Their immediate neighbours are three squabbling couples: Vijay and Anjali who are newly married; Appu Khote and Vimla, who are married and have four children; and Ravi and Meena, who are married and have one child. Slowly the husbands are running out of money so they trick their wives and go out for a vacation. Meanwhile their wives are struggling to pay their rents and decide to work even though their husbands told them not to. When the husbands come back, they kick their wives out of the house since they got jobs. The wives go to live with Jhoomri and Bhishma.
Kya Kehna
Kya Kehna (2000)
, 2h35
Directed by Kundan Shah
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan, Chandrachur Singh, Anupam Kher, Farida Jalal, Mamik Singh
Roles Ajay
Rating58% 2.9001052.9001052.9001052.9001052.900105
The story is about Priya Bakshi (Preity Zinta), the daughter of Gulshan (Anupam Kher) and Rohini Bakshi (Farida Jalal). Priya's parents, brothers and best friend, Ajay (Chandrachur Singh) love and support her. Ajay is secretly in love with her, and wishes to marry her in the future. But as she enters her first year in college, she catches the eye of Rahul (Saif Ali Khan) who quickly becomes attracted to her. She succumbs to his charm but her brothers and parents are unsure about Rahul. His womanizing worries them and they tell her to stay away from him. However, Priya is unable to leave Rahul. She convinces her parents to meet him but when they talk about marriage he backs off and he leaves Priya. Priya is devastated but moves on with her life. She later learns that she is pregnant with Rahul's child. Her parents go back to Rahul to talk about marriage but to their shock he refuses to marry her. Priya is faced with a decision, and she chooses to keep the child. Her decision prompts her father to chuck her out the house. Alone and neglected Priya is devastated. Later; however her parents and brothers find it hard to live without her and they bring her back. But now she has to face the society and overcome the disdain of her neighbors, among others. Society virtually ostracizes her and her family. Upon going back to college she finds out that all of her friends now mock her, and girls prefer to stay away from her due to her bleak character. During all this time Ajay sticks by her like a true savior, and Priya starts falling for him. With his support and with the courage she was nurturing in her womb, she makes people realize that she isn't a fornicator, but a girl who loved someone immensely. She could have gotten rid of the child she holds in her body, but she didn't because her child was a being and not a piece of trash. She says that if only she had gotten married, maybe the scenarios would have been different, maybe her child would have been loved and valued, rather than abused and insulted. With these words, she eventually gains the support of those who had earlier disrespected her. Her friends finally accepted her the way they did before and she was having a back to normal life. At the same time she manages to change Rahul's views as well and he decides to marry her. in a fit of a moment, Ajay and Rahul both propose her. Priya, who had already started feeling for Ajay selects him over Rahul stating a spineless guy like Rahul can never be a reliable husband.
Josh
Josh (2000)
, 2h42
Directed by Mansoor Khan
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Shahrukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai, Sushant Singh, Chandrachur Singh, Priya Gill, Boman Irani
Roles Rahul Sharma
Rating60% 3.049313.049313.049313.049313.04931
The film is set in a town called Vasco in Goa, named after Alberto Vasco, a Portuguese noble who owned most of the town during the colonial era. There are two rival gangs in Vasco, called the Bichhoos (Scorpions in Hindi), who are Hindus, and the Eagles, who are Christians.
Daag: The Fire
Daag: The Fire (1999)
, 2h39
Directed by Raj Kanwar
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Sanjay Dutt, Chandrachur Singh, Harish Patel, Mahima Chaudhry, Shakti Kapoor, Sachin Khedekar
Roles Ravi Varma
Rating48% 2.4117852.4117852.4117852.4117852.411785
This action-packed movie is about an unflinching former soldier Karan (Sanjay Dutt) who has on the brain the revenge of the death of his upright father who allegedly dies in jail because of a lawyer Ravi Verma (Chandrachur Singh) and his crooked associates, i.e. his father-in-law Singhal (Raj Babbar) & his allies. In a shot of revenge, Karan one day fires at Ravi and his wife Kajal (Mahima Chaudhry) in which Kajal is killed and Ravi is mentally impaired as he loses his memory. As a medication to restore Ravi's memory, a Kajal's lookalike Kajri (Mahima Chaudhry, in a dual role) is engaged by Singhal to represent Kajal, with Ravi under Singhal's stronghold. But an obstinate Karan is ready for a war to the knife to kill Ravi. With the help of Kajri Ravi starts to get back his memory. Suddenly he starts to behave like a good guy and when he comes to know about Karan who is trying to kill him, he pacifies with Karan with the help of kajri and promises Karan that he will prove his father was innocent. Learning this Singhal and his allies try to kill Ravi, Kajri and Karan. In the final fight Karan wins over the baddies and his father is proved innocent.
Dil Kya Kare
Dil Kya Kare (1999)
, 2h39
Directed by Prakash Jha
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Ajay Devgn, Mahima Chaudhry, Kajol, Chandrachur Singh, Farida Jalal, Laxmikant Berde
Roles Som DUtt (as Chandrachud Singh)
Rating51% 2.5558352.5558352.5558352.5558352.555835
Anand Kishore (Ajay Devgan), an architect, his wife, Kavita (Mahima Chaudhry), and their only child, an adopted daughter, Neha (Akshita Garud), live a happy and serene life in Delhi, India. Their happy and lovely life together is turned upside down when Kavita finds out that Neha is being stalked by a woman named Nandita (Kajol), who comes to see her at school every day. Though Neha insists that Nandita is a sweet "Aunty", Kavita is frantic and confronts Nandita. She is then told that Nandita is the biological mother of Neha.
Maachis
Maachis (1996)
, 2h48
Directed by Gulzar
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about terrorism
Actors Tabu, Om Puri, Chandrachur Singh, Jimmy Shergill, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Kanwaljit Singh
Roles Kripal Singh
Rating76% 3.8451653.8451653.8451653.8451653.845165
The film is set in mid-to-late 1980s in the Indian state of Punjab which had been wrecked by a violent insurgency in the aftermath of Operation Blue Star, the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and the subsequent 1984 Anti-Sikh riots. The story is relayed by a series of flashbacks.
Tere Mere Sapne
Tere Mere Sapne (1996)

Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Chandrachur Singh, Arshad Warsi, Priya Gill, Simran, Amitabh Bachchan, Pran Krishan Sikand
Roles Rahul Mehta
Rating61% 3.0976253.0976253.0976253.0976253.097625
The plot of the movie is broadly similar to Twain's The Prince and the Pauper. Two boys are born on the same day. One is Rahul Mehta (Chandrachur Singh), born with a silver spoon in his mouth to a rich family in England; another is Baalu (Arshad Warsi), born in a middle-class Brahmin family somewhere in Mumbai. Both grow up until they are destined to exchange places on their 22nd birthday.