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Explore Mukhyamantri Chandru net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! Chandru was involved in Kannada language activities for the public, government, and mass media in the first decade of 21st century. He has also been instrumental in setting up organizations to enhance and encourage the classical language. In this article, we will discover how old is Mukhyamantri Chandru? Who is Mukhyamantri Chandru dating now & how much money does Mukhyamantri Chandru have?

Mukhyamantri Chandru Biography

Mukhyamantri Chandru is one of the most popular and richest Actor who was born on August 28, 1953 in Karnataka, India. Chandru’s film career began in 1983, when he was given a supporting role in Chakravyuha by N. Veeraswamy. He also played an overbearing landlord in Ganeshana Maduve (1990), which was his other notable role.

Chandru joined the Janata Party in 1985 and won the year’s assembly elections from Gauribidanur. Switching to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he became a member of the legislative council in 1998 and 2004. He served as the chairperson of the Kannada Development Authority till 2013 before quitting to join the Indian National Congress in 2014.

Chandru accepted the ticket offered by the ruling Janata Party to contest the assembly elections from Gauribidanur. This followed after actors Anant Nag and Shankar Nag denied. Chandru won the seat by a margin of over 6,600 votes. Speaking about an incident to The Times of India of his stint as the Member of the Legislative Assembly, he said that the officers who assisted him when he “decided to get tough with the sand-mining mafia controlled by a liquor baron in his constituency” were transferred, and when he complained to Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, he was to told to “get practical”. Following the term, he contested unsuccessfully from the Chikballapur constituency in the 1989 Lok Sabha elections. His party merged with two other parties at the time to become Janata Dal.

Chandru, who was then part of Kalagangotri’s troupe, was selected to play Krishna Dwaipayana Kaushal in 1978. He is the Chief Minister of Udayanchal, a fictional Indian state. After Lohithaswa, who was supposed to take the role, became ill, the role was given to Chandru. The play, Mukhyamantri (Chief Minister in Kannada), is an adaptation from a 1976 book by Ranjit Kapoor. The Chief Minister’s role in the play is abbreviated to KD Kaushal (or KeDi), a term that was used to describe a delinquent. Chandru “incorporated his own dialogues while acting, eventually making the serious drama a comedy.” The play was a huge success and Chandru received the nickname ‘Mukhyamantri’. The play had been shown 700 times across India and beyond by January 2020.

Honnasandra Narasimhaiah Chaudrashekar (born 28 Aug 1953) is an Indian politician and actor. He is best known for his roles in Kannada theatres and cinema. After the play that saw him playing the title role, the sobriquet Mukhyamantri (“Chief Minister”) stuck to his name. Chandru has been a well-known actor who has played a variety of roles, including those that are comical or negative. He has appeared in more than 500 films since his 1983 debut.

Chandru married actress Padma in June 1983. They appeared as a couple in the Oohh Lalaa and the latter played Chief Minister in the 2000s soap opera Maneyondu Mooru Bagilu. They have two sons together, Bharath and Sharath. Recognizing his contribution to Kannada theatre and activism in promoting and safeguarding Kannada-language, Chandru was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Gulbarga University.

Mukhyamantri Chandru Net Worth

Mukhyamantri is one of the richest Actor from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mukhyamantri Chandru's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: January 13, 2024)

Chandru was born 28 August 1953 to a family consisting of farmers Narasimhaiah in Honnasandra and Thimmamma, a village located in the taluk Nelamangala, Bangalore Rural district in the Indian State, Mysore (now known as Karnataka). After completing his schooling at Siddaganga Matha, Tumkur, he obtained his bachelor’s in science degree from Government Arts and Science College, Bangalore in 1974. After being a frequent viewer of plays at Ravindra Kalakshetra, he found theatre appealing. Later, he worked as a clerk at Bangalore University while also acting in plays.

Chandru pitched for making Kannada a compulsory subject from Classes I to V. In an interview with The Times of India in 2009, he had declared that his goal was to successfully implement Kannada as an administrative language in all government offices, and push for a legislation that mandates compulsory learning of Kannada from Classes I to IV.

In 2011, under Chandru’s chairpersonship, the KDA recommended to the Karnataka government to make it mandatory for immigrants in the State to clear the Class VII-level tests of the language. Chandru felt that if “outsiders … live off the resources here, they should also learn to understand the culture, history and language of the land”. Other recommendations included the use of Kannada software in cellphones, and to take over all ancient palm-leaf manuscripts in private possession and declare them state property. Chandru was instrumental in the Kempegowda International Airport authorities agreeing to display signboards and nameplates in Kannada, in 2012.

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In his tenure as the chairperson of the Kannada Development Authority (KDA), Chandru advocated very strongly for the protection and promotion of the Kannada-language. The beginning of his tenure saw a significant development in that, on 31 October 2008, Kannada was given the status of a classical language. Recommendations made by him in view of promoting the language in Karnataka were met with both praise and criticism. In December, he called for a compulsory display of vehicle registration plates of all vehicles of the State government in Kannada starting January 2009.

Who is Mukhyamantri Chandru Dating?

According to our records, Mukhyamantri Chandru married to Padma Chandru . As of January 13, 2024, Mukhyamantri Chandru’s is not dating anyone.

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In the early 1990s, with “rift between [Ramakrishna] Hegde and Deve Gowda worsening”, Chandru quit the Janata Dal. In 1991, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was nominated as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council in 1998 and for the second time in 2004, completing the term in 2010. In 2008, he was appointed the chairperson of the Kannada Development Authority. The position was the same rank of a cabinet minister, and Chandru was retained by the subsequent governments, despite his resignation from BJP in 2013. He cited “dedicat[ing himself] for the cause of the State and Kannada language” as the reason for the quitting. In March 2014, he joined the Indian National Congress.

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Mukhyamantri Ranked on the list of most popular Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Mukhyamantri Chandru celebrates birthday on August 28 of every year.

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