Chakravarthy Chandrachud
Chakravarthy Chandrachud (born 1977) is a journalist, writer, actor and director, known for his works in Kannada. Early life and career. Chakravarthy Chandrachud was born on 15 August 1977 in Devanoor, a village of Chikamagalur district in Karnataka. After completing his Engineering in Instrumental Technology at Jayachama Rajendra College in Mysore, he did post graduation in Psychology at the University of Mysore. Chandrachud founded and has actively conducted many social events through his organization Darvesh Chuki for the past 15 years. He has been a journalist for the Kannada tabloid "Lankesh Patrike". Personal life. He married Shruti (actress ) winner of Big Boss Kannada season 3, which ended up in a divorce in less than a year. He has a daughter from his first marriage. Activism and literature. Chandrachud was attracted to the work of Rajendra Singh. He visited Kishori-Bhikampura, in Thanagazi tehsil, near Sariska Tiger Reserve and Ralegan Siddhi and studied the works of Rajendra Singh and Anna Hazare. Chandrachud was inspired with the work done by Rajendra Singh in the field of water conservation. To initiate and popularise water conservation in Karnataka, he came out with his first book "Jala Jana Kranti" in Kannada. Symbolically this  book was released in the dry lake at Channarayapatna, Hassan district. This book was very well received and widely appreciated. His second book "Khali Shilube" ("Empty Cross"), an anthology of poems, was released in 2014. This book was released at a cemetery at Bangalore. He has written two more poetry collections called "Mailu Tutta" and "Saava Kolluvavarige Shikshe Illa." Cinema. His first movie "Janma" was released in April 2013. The movie tackled issues like the Kaveri River water dispute and Rajkumar's kidnapping. These issues were interlocked with a love track. The movie was a failure. He has written scripts  and dialogs for several Tamil movies. Being an activist, Chakravarthy Chandrachud directed a documentary "Mahamarana" based on Kalasa Banduri Issue. Currently he is working on his next Kannada movie "Ravani". Television. He is a wildcard contestant in the eighth season of the television reality show Bigg Boss Kannada (season 8).