Chandan Prabhakar (born 29 September 1981), often informally referred to as Chandu, is an Indian comedian and actor.
Life and career Chandan completed his graduation in mechanical engineering from Hindu College in Amritsar. He has been married to Nandini Tandon since 2015, they have one child together. He is childhood friend with Kapil Sharma and have worked together in The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, Comedy Nights with Kapil and The Kapil Sharma Show. His most popular characters is Chandu chaiwala.
He first started his career as a contestant in comedy show The Great Indian Laughter Challenge in 2007, in which he emerged as runner up. Then in 2010, he appeared in his fellow comedian Sunil Pal directorial Bhavnao Ko Samjho. After then he appeared in three Punjabi language films, Power Cut (2011), Disco Singh (2014) and Judge Singh LLB (2015). In the last one, he co-produced and co-wrote screenplay. While reviewing Judge Singh LLB, The Guardian wrote Judge Singh LLB as scrappy, winning slacker comedy. Jasmine Singh of The Tribune reviewed film as the one definitely a bail-out from the usual storylines. ABP Sanjha reviewed film as a good courtroom drama in pollywood.
In 2013, he appeared in some episodes of Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe. He achieved recognition while appearing regularly in his friend Kapil Sharma shows like Comedy Nights with Kapil, The Kapil Sharma Show and Family Time With Kapil Sharma.
In 2014, Chandan Prabhakar Judged the finale of the show 'Laughter Da Master', aired on PTC Punjabi. He also worked as the content writer of the show.
In 2025, Chandan Prabhakar competed on Celebrity MasterChef India and was eliminated in 12th position.
Filmography Films Year Title Role Notes 2010 Thakur's son 2 2011 Power Cut LinemanPunjabi film 2014 Disco Singh Detective Pradyuman Sharma 2015 Judge Singh LLB Advocate Vijay Soni Punjabi film; screenwriter
Television Year Title Role Notes 2007 The Great Indian Laughter Challenge Self 2013 Comedy Circus Ke Ajoobe Various 2013-2016 Comedy Nights with Kapil Various 2016-2022The Kapil Sharma Show Various2018 Comedy Circus Himself 1 episodeFamily Time With Kapil Sharma ChandanKaun Banega Crorepati Himself 2025Celebrity MasterChef India Contestant12th Place 2026 –Maa Hai NaHimself
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