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Chances Are (film)

Chances Are (1989) is an Emile Ardolino romantic comedy-fantasy starring Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey Jr., Ryan O'Neal, and Mary Stuart Masterson: a reincarnated husband reunites with his widow via her daughter.

Chanchal (actress)

Chanchal (Zeb Ataullah, born 1934, Delhi) was a Hindi film actress, sister of Madhubala, active 1950–1961; known for Naata, Mother India (as Roopa), Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai, and Jhumroo; distinct from the Malayalam actress Chanchal and Chanchal Chowdhury.

Chancho en Piedra

Chancho en Piedra is a Chilean funk-rock quartet formed in Santiago in 1993, which released fourteen albums, including Ríndanse terrícolas, before entering an indefinite hiatus in 2023.

Chand Ka Munh Tedha Hai

Chand Ka Munh Tedha Hai (चाँद का मुँह टेढ़ा है; "The Moon's Face Is Crooked") is a Hindi poetry collection by Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh, published posthumously in 1964.

Chand Ke Paar Chalo (चाँद के पार चलो) (film)

Chand Ke Paar Chalo (चाँद के पार चलो) is a 2006 Hindi romantic drama directed by Mustafa Engineer, starring Preeti Jhangiani and Saahib Chopra; released 31 March 2006, music by Vishnu Narayan, distinct from the 2008 NDTV Imagine TV series.

Chand Mera Dil

Chand Mera Dil (चाँद मेरा दिल) is a 2026 Hindi romantic drama from Dharma Productions, directed by Vivek Soni, starring Ananya Panday and Lakshya as engineering students whose college romance is tested by early marriage; released 22 May 2026, streaming on JioHotstar.

Chand Sa Roshan Chehra

Chand Sa Roshan Chehra (चाँद सा रोशन चेहरा) is a 2005 Hindi romance film directed by Shabah Shamsi, produced by Salim Akhtar, starring Samir Aftab and Tamannaah Bhatia in her debut, with Jatin-Lalit music; a box-office disaster.

Chandahsutra

Chandahsutra (छन्दःसूत्रम्, also Chandaḥśāstra) is the earliest surviving treatise on Sanskrit prosody, attributed to Piṅgala around the 2nd century BCE and counted among the six Vedāṅgas.

Chandakausika

Chandakausika (चण्डकौशिकम्, "The Fierce Kauśika") is a Sanskrit drama in five acts by Kṣemīśvara, a tenth-century court poet at Kanauj, dramatizing the Hariścandra legend as told in the Mārkaṇḍeya Purāṇa, one of his two extant plays.

Chandalabhikshuki

Chandalabhikshuki (ചണ്ഡാലഭിക്ഷുകി) is a 1922 Malayalam narrative poem by N. Kumaran Asan, telling of a Buddhist monk who takes water from an untouchable girl and of her conversion to Buddhism.

Chandamama

Chandamama (Telugu: చందమామ), an Indian monthly magazine for children meaning "Uncle Moon," was founded by filmmakers B. Nagi Reddy and Chakrapani, published from July 1947 until its final issue in July 2013.

Chandan Ka Palna (चन्दन का पालना)

Chandan Ka Palna (चन्दन का पालना) is a 1967 Hindi drama directed by Ismail Memon, starring Meena Kumari, Dharmendra, Mehmood, and Mumtaz, with R.D. Burman music; it won the 1968 Filmfare for Best Art Director, Colour.

Chandassu

Chandassu (ఛందస్సు) is the Telugu system of prosody, the body of rules governing syllable weight, yati, and prasa in padyam, adapted from Sanskrit chandas, with the earliest treatise dating to the 10th century.

Chandayan

Chandayan (चंदायन) is a Sufi narrative poem in Awadhi composed by Mulla Daud around 1379, retelling the love story of Lorik and Chanda and beginning Hindi's premakhyan tradition.

Chandelier (song)

Chandelier is a 2014 electropop song by Australian singer Sia, written with Jesse Shatkin and produced with Greg Kurstin; lead single of 1000 Forms of Fear, about alcoholism, it peaked at No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and earned four Grammy nominations.

Chander Pahar

Chander Pahar (চাঁদের পাহাড়, Mountain of the Moon) is a 2013 Bengali action-adventure film directed by Kamaleswar Mukherjee, adapted from Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's 1937 novel, starring Dev as Shankar on a Rs 15 crore budget, the then highest in Bengali cinema.

Chanderi sari

The Chanderi saree is a sheer, lightweight handwoven saree from Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh, India, woven with silk warp, cotton weft, and gold or silver zari.

Chandi Purana

Chandi Purana (ଚଣ୍ଡୀ ପୁରାଣ) is a 15th-century Odia epic poem by Sarala Das that retells the goddess Durga's war against the buffalo demon Mahishasura and helped begin classical Odia literature.

Chandi Veeran (சண்டி வீரன்)

Chandi Veeran (சண்டி வீரன்) is a 2015 Tamil action-drama film directed by A. Sarkunam, produced by Bala's B Studios, starring Atharvaa and Anandhi, about a village water dispute, released 7 August 2015.

Chandidas

Chandidas (চণ্ডীদাস) is the name borne by one or more medieval Bengali Vaishnava poets, author of Srikrishnakirtan, whose disputed identity is known as the Chandidas problem.

Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui

Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui, 2021 Hindi romantic drama by Abhishek Kapoor, stars Ayushmann Khurrana and Vaani Kapoor as a Chandigarh bodybuilder and a transgender Zumba instructor; released 10 December 2021, streams on Netflix.

Chandimangal

Chandimangal (চণ্ডীমঙ্গল) is a Bengali mangal kavya, a narrative poem about the goddess Chandi establishing her cult, composed by Mukundaram Chakravarti in sixteenth-century West Bengal and valued for its picture of rural Bengal.

Chandini S. Sasha

Chandini S. Sasha (ಚಾಂದಿನಿ ಸಾಷಾ), also credited Chandni or Chandini Ssasha, is a Kannada film actress, heroine of Upendra's cult debut A (1998) and AK-47 (1999), later active in Bhojpuri, Gujarati, and Tamil cinema.

Chandini Tamilarasan (சந்தினி தமிழரசன்)

Chandini Tamilarasan (சந்தினி தமிழரசன்), Indian actress born 1992 in Chennai; debuted in Siddhu +2 (2010), works in Tamil and Telugu cinema, TV serial Rettai Roja, Netflix's The Game, Bigg Boss Tamil 10.

Chandler Bing

Chandler Bing (Chandler Muriel Bing), fictional character on NBC sitcom Friends (1994–2004), played by Matthew Perry; sarcastic, undefined office job (WENUS, "transponster"), marries Monica Geller, adopts twins Jack and Erica; ranked top Friends character in Ranker poll.

Chandler Kinney

Chandler Kinney (born 2000, Sacramento, California) is an American actress known as werewolf leader Willa in Disney's ZOMBIES films, Tabby Haworthe in Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, Riana Murtaugh in Lethal Weapon, and Kimberly in the 2026 Legally Blonde prequel Elle.

Chandler Massey

Chandler Massey (born 1990, Atlanta) is an American actor, three-time Daytime Emmy winner as Will Horton on Days of Our Lives (2010-2014, 2017-2020, recurring since), also in Hallmark films and a UCLA-trained data scientist.

Chandler Riggs

Chandler Riggs (born 1999, Atlanta) is an American actor known for eight seasons as Carl Grimes on The Walking Dead; later a director, Eclipse musician, and maker of the 2026 Resident Evil 7 fan film Biohazard.

Chandni (चाँदनी)

Chandni (चाँदनी), 1989 Yash Chopra Hindi romantic musical drama from Yash Raj Films starring Sridevi, Rishi Kapoor, and Vinod Khanna; released 14 September 1989, music by Shiv-Hari, revived the romantic genre in 1980s Hindi cinema.

Chandni Bar

Chandni Bar (चांदनी बार), 2001 Hindi crime drama by Madhur Bhandarkar starring Tabu and Atul Kulkarni; a ₹1.5 crore beer-bar-dancer story that won four National Awards and spawned a 2026 sequel.