Early life

Chandrachur Singh is a native of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. He was born on 11 October 1968 in New Delhi, India. His father is an ex-MP from Khair, Uttar Pradesh and his mother is the daughter of the Maharaja of Bolangir in Odisha. He attended Welham Boys' School, The Doon School, Dehradun and St. Stephens, New Delhi. He was a music teacher in Doon School before his acting career took off.

Personal life

Singh has two younger brothers : Aditya Singh and Abhimanyu Singh.

Career

Chandrachur Singh made his acting debut in 1996 in Tere Mere Sapne which was produced under Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited. Later that year he starred alongside Tabu in Maachis for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut. He appeared in several films as a leading actor which failed to do well but he had success with his lead roles in the multi-starrers Daag: The Fire (1999) opposite Sanjay Dutt, Kya Kehna (2000) opposite Preity Zinta and Josh (2000) opposite Aishwarya Rai and Shah Rukh Khan. He was nominated for filmfare awards on two occasions, in different categories. He won the best male debut award for the movie Maachis.

After initial successes, his career went into a low, because of multiple dislocation of his shoulder joint, which he suffered while water skiing in Goa. Because of the pain on his shoulder, he couldn't work out or stay fit which caused him to gain weight and lose roles. His last few releases included Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiyaa (2001), Bharat Bhagya Vidhata (2002) and the delayed release Sarhad Paar which was shot in 2002 and released in 2006. All three films flopped at the box office.

In 2012, he made a comeback with the multi-starrer film Chaar Din Ki Chandni. The film featured Tusshar Kapoor, Kulraj Randhawa, Anupam Kher, Om Puri and Farida Jalal in lead roles amongst others. Chaar Din Ki Chandni received mixed response from critics, and turned out to be a flop at most places in Box office India. From 2012-present, he has joined Bollywood once again as an actor. That same year he played a small role in the English language film The Reluctant Fundamentalist. He last appeared in Zilla Ghaziabad which had been delayed for years, however got released in August 2013.

Awards

Year	Award Show	Award	Film	Winner
1996	Filmfare Award	Filmfare Best Debut Award	Maachis	Yes
2000	Filmfare Award	Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award	Kya Kehna	No

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Title	Year	Role
Tere Mere Sapne	1996	Rahul Mehta
Maachis	1996	Kripal Singh 'Pali'
Betaabi	1997	Sameer
Sham Ghansham	1998	Sham
Dil Kya Kare	1999	Som Dutt
Daag: The Fire	1999	Ravi Varma
Silsila Hai Pyar Ka	1999	Abhay Sinha
Josh	2000	Rahul
Kya Kehna	2000	Ajay
Aamdani Atthani Kharcha Rupaiyaa	2001	Ravi
Junoon	2002
Bharat Bhagya Vidhata	2002	Shabbir Jehangir Khan
Mohabbat Ho Gayi Hai Tumse	2005
Sarhad Paar	2006	Ravi
Maruti Mera Dost	2009
Kemiti Ae Bandhana (Oriya movie)	2011	Tanmay Patnaik
Chaar Din Ki Chandni	2012	Prithvi Singh
Zilla Ghaziabad	2013	Karamvir
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (film)	2013	Bandy Uncle
Hum Tum Aur Ghost 2	2014

[ Source: Wikipedia ]