Chandan Shetty
Shetty entered the music industry in 2012 as lyricist and assistant music director for the movie Alemaari, under the music director, Arjun Janya. Then he worked for several other movies such as Varadanayaka, Power, Chakravyuha, and Bhajarangi. He was engaged to his co-contestant of Bigg Boss Kannada Season 5, Niveditha Gowda on 21 October. He won in the reality show Bigg Boss Kannada Season 5. He married her on 25 February 2020.
Shetty gained fame as a solo artist with Kannada language singles such as “Halagode”, “3 Peg”, “Chocolate Girl”, “Tequila” “Fire” and “Party Freak. He debuted into Tollywood with the film Pogaru (2021).
Controversies
August 2020
Chandan Shetty stoked a controversy by presenting his version of the folk song ‘Kolumande Jangamadeva’. A section from the Old Mysuru region has objected to this song claiming that Shetty distorted the very history of Malemadeshwara Swamy, to whom the song is dedicated, thus hurting their religious sentiments. Several people have also objected to the way the song has been depicted. They said that Sharane Sankamma has been insulted in this song and, thus, the entire Sharana tradition has also been insulted by the rap singer. Following the outrage, Anand Audio Company had deleted the song from YouTube.
October 2019
During Dasara celebrations of 2019, he proposed to reality TV star Niveditha Gowda on the Yuva Dasara stage, which is meant for cultural events. Chandan was performing at the government-sponsored Dasara programme at the Maharaja’s College grounds. District in-charge minister V Somanna said, “I have told the police to issue a show-cause notice. We will consider action as per the law. It is wrong to misuse the platform.”
Singles – Youtube Channels
- Halagode – Chandan Shetty
- 3 PEG {Ft. Aindrita Ray} – Chandan Shetty
- Chocolate Girl {Ft. Neha Shetty} – Chandan Shetty
- Tequila {Ft. Shalni Gowda} – Chandan Shetty
- Kirik Keerthi Namma Bengaluru {Ft. Chandan Shetty} – KirikKeerthi
- Nanna Preethi Sullalla – Chandan Shetty
- Fire – Chandan Shetty
- Shokilala {Ft. Ashvithi Shetty, Raashi} – Lahari Music | T-Series
- Bad Boy {Ft. Mateen Hussain} – Lahari Music | T-Series
- Get High {Ft. Niveditha Chandan} – Chandan Shetty
- Kolumunde – Anand Audio
- Party Freak {Ft. Nishvika Naidu} (Kannada) – United Audios
- Party Freak {Ft. Nishvika Naidu} (Telugu) – United Audios
- Salige {Ft. Nikhil Joshi} – Chandan Shetty
- Salige {Ft. Nikhil Joshi} – Chandan Shetty
- Laka Laka Lambargini {Baby Bindya K} – Chandan Shetty
