Chandan Raina(I)
- Actor
Chandan Raina, born in New Delhi, India and is an actor, musician and composer. He has worked on several indie music projects and has been a part of 3 music groups. He has also appeared in Katti Batti in a supporting role, alongside a web series on Hotstar and on Anuvab Pal's viral YouTube video on Tinder.
Chandan was born to a Dr. Satish Kumar Raina, a bio-technologist and Shashi Raina, a dancer and theater actor. By the age of 10, Chandan was participating in school plays and dance performances. He was hugely inspired by Michael Jackson and won a couple of dance battles as well!
By the age of 15, Chandan got involved in the Independant Music scene in Delhi and started attending shows of local bands. He picked up the guitar at this age and joined a band. Since then he has been pursuing music. He has been a part of 3 bands, 2 of which were released by major labels such as Universal Music.
Chandan moved to Mumbai by the age of 27 and decided to pursue acting as well. As a musician he had a lot of spare time and really enjoyed the nuances cinema so he decided to pursue it seriously. He appeared in several episodes of a comedy sketch show on cricket called One Tip One Hand which streamed online on the Star Network run Hotstar. He also appeared in the viral video called Tinder In India by Anuvab Pal.
It was after this that he bagged his first major Bollywood movie, Katti Batti. He was cast as a band member who helps the lead character on his journey.
Chandan was born to a Dr. Satish Kumar Raina, a bio-technologist and Shashi Raina, a dancer and theater actor. By the age of 10, Chandan was participating in school plays and dance performances. He was hugely inspired by Michael Jackson and won a couple of dance battles as well!
By the age of 15, Chandan got involved in the Independant Music scene in Delhi and started attending shows of local bands. He picked up the guitar at this age and joined a band. Since then he has been pursuing music. He has been a part of 3 bands, 2 of which were released by major labels such as Universal Music.
Chandan moved to Mumbai by the age of 27 and decided to pursue acting as well. As a musician he had a lot of spare time and really enjoyed the nuances cinema so he decided to pursue it seriously. He appeared in several episodes of a comedy sketch show on cricket called One Tip One Hand which streamed online on the Star Network run Hotstar. He also appeared in the viral video called Tinder In India by Anuvab Pal.
It was after this that he bagged his first major Bollywood movie, Katti Batti. He was cast as a band member who helps the lead character on his journey.