Chetan (actor)

Chetan (born 30 September 1970) is an Indian actor who works in Tamil-language television and films. He is married to television actress Devadarshini who starred with him in Vidadhu Karuppu, part of the television series Marmadesam.^[2][3]

Chetan
Born	Chetan (1970-09-30) 30 September 1970 (age 54)[1] Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1996-present
Known for	Metti Oli serial
Television	Marmadesam Metti Oli Rudhraveenai
Spouse	Devadarshini
Children	Niyathi Kadambi

He has had regular roles in television serials such as Ananda Bhavan and Metti Oli.^[4]

Career

Chetan's top turnover was on the 811-episode Sun TV serial Metti Oli and the 1272-episode serial Athipookal, in which he starred along with his wife Devadarshini. ^[5]

His notable films include Polladhavan, Thamizh Padam,Tamizh Padam 2, Kaithi, Master, Ayothi, Viduthalai Part 1 and Viduthalai Part 2.^[6]

Personal life

His mother tongue is Kannada.^[7] He is married to frequent co-star Devadarshini.^[8] They have a daughter, Niyathi Kadambi who made her acting debut in '96 portraying the younger version of Devadarshini.^[9]

Filmography

Television

• Ramayanam
• Marmadesam: Vidathu Karuppu as Rajendran/Karuppusami
• Marmadesam: Iyanthira Paravai as Kasinathan
• Nimmathi Ungal Choice as Balram
• Kudumbam
• Irandam Chanakyan as Santhana Raman
• Vazhkkai as Rishi
• Nambikkai as Vasanth & Raja
• Thedathe Tholainthu Povai
• Kaveri
• Panchavarnakkili as Raghupathi
• Ananda Bhavan as Ganesh
• Thurupidikkum Manasu
• Metti Oli as Manikkam
• Ramany vs Ramany Part 1
• Adugiran Kannan as Kannan
• En Thozhi En Kadhali En Manaivi
• Malargal as Kathirvel
• Lakshmi as Aravind
• Athipookal as Manohar
• Simran Thirai: Kannamoochi Ray Ray
• Nagamma
• En Peyar Ranganayagi as Srikanth
• Rudhraveenai as Swaminathan
• Uthiripookkal as Sivanesan
• Anna (special appearance)
• Pyar Ka Pehla Naam: Radha Mohan as B. Yezhusaamy (special appearance)
• Thalaivettiyaan Paalayam (2024)

Films

As actor

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	H2O	Chennoor villager	Kannada-Tamil bilingual film
2007	Pollaadhavan	Prabhu's boss
	Puli Varudhu	Vetri
2008	Dhaam Dhoom	Sarasu's husband
	Saroja	Himself	Special appearance in "Aaja Meri Soniye"
2009	Padikathavan	Gowtham
	Rajathi Raja	Sub inspector Shakthivel
	Muthirai	Krishna
	Pudhiya Payanam	Devi's husband
2010	Dandam Dashagunam	Sivanesan	Special appearance
2014	Aadama Jaichomada	Mariadas
	Vilaasam	Dr.Naghendirababu
2015	Andhadhi	Durairaj	[10]
2016	Azhagu Kutti Chellam	Anandhi's husband
	Narathan
	Revelations
2017	Nibunan / Vismaya	Mariadaas	Bilingual film (Tamil and Kannada)
2018	Titanic Kadhalum Kavundhu Pogum		Unreleased
	Traffic Ramasamy
	Semma Botha Aagathey	Ram
	Thamizh Padam 2	B. Yezhusaamy
2019	House Owner	Mani
	Kennedy Club
	Kalavu	Sujeeth's father	Released on ZEE5
	Kaithi	Dr. Amudhan
2021	Master	Professor
	Annabelle Sethupathi	Sundhar Pandiyan
2022	Kuthiraivaal	Babu
	Dejavu	Chetan
	Kaatteri	Kesava Perumal
2023	Ayothi	Terminal Manager
	Viduthalai Part 1	Ragavendar
2024	Jama	Thandavam	[11]
	Viduthalai Part 2	Ragavendar
2025	Thug Life

As dubbing artist

Year	Title	Actor	Role	Notes
2004	Kanavu Meippada Vendum	Asim Sharma	Mohanasundaram
2007	Marudhamalai	Lal	Maasi
2009	Padikkadavan	Suman	Samarasimha Reddy
2010	Mandhira Punnagai	G. Dhananjayan	CEO - UTV South
2014	Anjaan	Manoj Bajpayee	Imran
2018	Imaikkaa Nodigal	Devan	Narayan Gowda
2018	2.0	Adil Hussain
2019	Saaho	Murali Sharma	David Karuna
2020	Darbar	Nawab Shah	Vinod Malhotra/ Vinod Prathap
2020	Dagaalty	Tarun Arora	Vijay Samrat
2021	Pushpa: The Rise	Sunil	Mangalam Srinu	For Tamil dubbed version
2022	Sita Ramam	Pawan Chopra	Musa Khan	For Tamil dubbed version
2022	Ponniyin Selvan: I	Yog Japee	Karuthiruman
2023	Varisu	Suman	Gautham
2023	Run Baby Run	Nagineedu	Priyanka’s father
2023	Ponniyin Selvan: II	Yog Japee Makarand Deshpande	Karuthiruman Chief Kalamugar
2024	Maharaja	Anurag Kashyap	Selvam
2025	Madha Gaja Raja	Sonu Sood	Karuguvel Viswanth

References

1. "Chetan profile". Cinechance. Archived from the original on 3 October 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
2. "It's a dream come true for Chetan". The Times of India. TNN. 26 March 2011. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
3. "Double impact". The Hindu. 5 April 2004. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
4. Chitra Swaminathan (20 July 2005). "I just strayed into acting". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 February 2007. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
5. "Interview: Chetan". chennaionline. 2004. Retrieved 2 September 2014.^{[dead link‍]}
6. Rajendran, Gopinath (20 December 2024). "'Viduthalai Part 2' movie review: Vijay Sethupathi powers Vetri Maaran's sequel where ideology outweighs intimate storytelling". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
7. Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (14 July 2012). "The big journey". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
8. "நாங்க ரெடி... நீங்க ரெடியா?". Kalki (in Tamil). 24 July 2005. pp. 72–75.
9. Subramanian, Anupama (9 March 2019). "Chetan wants to try out versatile roles". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
10. "Andhadhi Movie Review {1.5/5}: Critic Review of Andhadhi by Times of India", The Times of India, retrieved 29 August 2020
11. Features, C. E. (7 August 2024). "'Poda Po' video song from Jama out". Cinema Express. Retrieved 10 August 2024.