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Chandni Chowk to China

Chandni Chowk to China (चांदनी चौक टू चाइना, CC2C) is a 2009 Hindi action comedy directed by Nikhil Advani, Warner Bros.' first Bollywood film and the first Hindi film shot in China, starring Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone; it flopped at the box office.

Chandomanjari

Chandomanjari (छन्दोमञ्जरी, "garland of metres") is a Sanskrit treatise on prosody by Gaṅgādāsa, dated between 1300 and 1500, long used as an elementary textbook of Sanskrit meter.

Chandombudhi

Chandombudhi (Candōmbudhi), meaning "The Ocean of Prosody," is the earliest surviving treatise on Kannada prosody, composed in the 10th century by Nagavarma I, describing Kannada meters alongside Sanskrit and Prakrit forms.

Chandoo Mondeti

Chandoo Mondeti is an Indian Telugu film director and screenwriter from West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, known for Karthikeya (2014), the National Award-winning Karthikeya 2 (2022), and Thandel (2025), with Mahakaal and Karthikeya 3 upcoming.

Chandos portrait

Chandos portrait, an oil-on-canvas portrait believed to depict William Shakespeare, attributed to John Taylor, c. 1600–1610, 55.2 × 43.8 cm, first acquisition (NPG 1) of the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Chandra Davis

Chandra Davis (Chandra London Davis), known as Deelishis or London Charles, born 1978 in Detroit, is the Flavor of Love season 2 winner, model, "Rumpshaker" singer, and reality TV personality, distinct from other people named Chandra or Davis.

Chandra Kumar Agarwala

Chandra Kumar Agarwala (চন্দ্ৰকুমাৰ আগৰৱালা; 1867–1938) was an Assamese poet, publisher, and tea-planter who served as first editor and financier of Jonaki and pioneered Romanticism in Assamese poetry.

Chandra Mohan (చంద్ర మోహన్) (Telugu actor)

Chandra Mohan, born Mallampalli Chandrasekhara Rao, was an Indian actor in Telugu cinema from 1966 to 2017, appearing in about 932 films and winning a Filmfare Award and two Nandi Awards.

Chandra Mukhi (चन्द्रमुखी)

Chandra Mukhi (चन्द्र मुखी), 1993 Hindi fantasy film directed by Debaloy Dey, starring Sridevi as a heavenly princess seeking her magical leaf and Salman Khan as Raja Rai; Karishma International, music Anand-Milind, released 22 October 1993.

Chandra Nandini (चंद्र नंदिनी)

Chandra Nandini (चन्द्र नन्दिनी), an Ekta Kapoor Balaji Telefilms Hindi historical drama on Star Plus (2016–2017, 286 episodes), starring Rajat Tokas as Chandragupta Maurya and Shweta Basu Prasad as the fictional queen Nandini.

Chandra Sekhar Rath

Chandra Sekhar Rath (ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରଶେଖର ରଥ; 1929–2018) was an Odia-language novelist, essayist, poet, and translator from Odisha, India, whose first novel Yantrarudha (1967) became a significant post-independence work.

Chandra Sekhar Yeleti

Chandra Sekhar Yeleti (చంద్రశేఖర్ ఏలేటి), born 1973 in Tuni, Andhra Pradesh, is a Telugu film director and screenwriter known for Aithe, Anukokunda Oka Roju, Sahasam, Manamantha, and Check, and for Nandi and National Film Award-winning work.

Chandra Wilson

Chandra Wilson (born 1969, Houston) is an American actress and director, best known as Dr. Miranda Bailey on ABC's Grey's Anatomy since 2005; also a Theatre World Award-winning stage actress and Emmy-nominated director.

Chandrabati Ramayana

The Chandrabati Ramayana (চন্দ্রাবতীর রামায়ণ) is a sixteenth-century Bengali retelling of the Rama story from Sita's viewpoint, composed by Chandrabati, the first Bengali woman poet, in Mymensingh.

Chandrachur Singh (चंद्रचूर सिंह)

Chandrachur Singh (चंद्रचूर सिंह), born 1968, is a Hindi film actor known for Maachis (1996), Josh (2000), and Kya Kehna (2000); Filmfare Best Male Debut winner whose career declined after a 2000 Goa water-skiing injury, with a 2020 web comeback in Aarya.

Chandradhar Barua

Chandradhar Barua (চন্ৰধৰ বৰুৱা, 1874–1961) was an Assamese poet, playwright, and lawyer of the Jonaki era who served as president of the Asam Sahitya Sabha.

Chandradhar Sharma Guleri

Chandradhar Sharma Guleri (चंद्रधर शर्मा गुलेरी, 1883–1922) was a Hindi writer from Jaipur, author of Usne Kaha Tha, widely regarded as the first modern Hindi short story.

Chandragupta

Chandragupta (চন্দ্রগুপ্ত) is a 1911 Bengali historical play by Dwijendralal Ray, dramatizing how Chandragupta Maurya, aided by Chanakya, defeated Dhanananda to gain the throne of Magadha.

Chandragupta Maurya (2018 TV series)

Chandragupta Maurya (चंद्रगुप्त मौर्य) is a Hindi historical TV series on Sony TV, 14 November 2018 to 30 August 2019, produced by Siddharth Kumar Tewary's One Life Studios as a sequel to Porus, starring Kartikey Malviya, Faisal Khan, Tarun Khanna, and Saurabh Raj Jain.

Chandrahasan

Chandrahasan (சந்திரஹாசன், 1936–2017), Indian Tamil film producer and actor, elder brother of Kamal Haasan, executive producer of Raaj Kamal Films International behind Virumandi, Vishwaroopam, and Hey Ram; distinct from other people named Chandrahasan.

Chandrakant Kulkarni

Chandrakant Kulkarni is an Indian theater and film director based in Mumbai since 1988, known for the eight-hour Elkunchwar trilogy and the National Award-winning film Aajcha Divas Majha.

Chandrakant Sheth

Chandrakant Sheth (ચંદ્રકાન્ત શેઠ) was an Indian Gujarati poet, essayist, critic, and editor who won the 1986 Sahitya Akademi Award for his childhood memoir Dhoolmani Paglio.

Chandrakanta (2017 TV series)

Chandrakanta (चंद्रकांता), 2017: two rival Hindi fantasy TV remakes of Devaki Nandan Khatri's novel. Life OK's Prem Ya Paheli (Kritika Kamra, 52 episodes) and Colors' Ek Mayavi Prem Gaatha (Balaji Telefilms, Madhurima Tuli, 24 June 2017).

Chandramukhi (2005 soundtrack)

Chandramukhi (சந்திரமுகி) is the six-song soundtrack of the 2005 Tamil film starring Rajinikanth, composed by Vidyasagar, released on 5 March 2005 and topped Tamil charts before the film opened.

Chandramukhi (சந்திரமுகி)

Chandramukhi (சந்திரமுகி) is a 2005 Tamil horror-comedy directed by P. Vasu, starring Rajinikanth, Jyothika, and Nayanthara; a remake of Manichitrathazhu via Apthamitra, it ran 890 days at Shanti Theatre, Chennai.

Chandramukhi 2

Chandramukhi 2 (சந்திரமுகி 2), 2023 Tamil comedy horror film directed by P. Vasu, sequel to Chandramukhi (2005), starring Raghava Lawrence and Kangana Ranaut; released September 28, 2023, panned by critics, a box-office failure, now on Netflix.

Chandraprakash Dwivedi (चंद्रप्रकाश द्विवेदी)

Chandraprakash Dwivedi (चंद्रप्रकाश द्विवेदी), Indian director, screenwriter, and actor born 1960 in Rajasthan; creator-star of Doordarshan's Chanakya (1991), director of Pinjar (2003) and Samrat Prithviraj (2022), Padma Shri recipient.

Chandrashekhara Kambara

Chandrashekhara Kambara, born January 2, 1937, in Ghodageri, Belagavi, Karnataka, is an Indian Kannada poet, playwright, and folklorist who won India's highest literary honor, the Jnanpith Award, in 2010.

Chandu Champion (चंडू चैंपियन)

Chandu Champion (चंडू चैंपियन) is a 2024 Hindi biographical sports drama by Kabir Khan starring Kartik Aaryan as Murlikant Petkar, India's first Paralympics gold medallist (1972); released 14 June 2024, it earned ₹88.73 crore worldwide and won Aaryan a National Film Award.

Chandu Salim Kumar

Chandu Salim Kumar (ചന്തു സലിംകുമാർ), elder son of Malayalam actor Salim Kumar, is a Malayalam film actor known for Manjummel Boys (2024), Painkili (2025), and Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra (2025).