Chethan Ramarao
{{Short description|Indian actor}}
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| birth_date = 1937
| birth_place = Sindhagatta, Kingdom of Mysore
| death_date = 23 {{Death year and age|2016|1937|12}}
| death_place = Mysuru, Karnataka, India
| nationality = Indian
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| occupation = Actor
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| awards = Kannada Rajyothsava award
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Chethan Ramarao (1937–2016) was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu films.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/veteran-kannada-actor-chetan-ramarao-passes-away-359346-2016-12-24|title=Veteran Kannada actor Chetan Ramarao passes away|date=2016-12-24|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2018-08-09}}
Life
Ramarao was born in 1937 at Sindhaghatta in KR Pete taluk in Mandya district of Karnataka. He became interested in theatre when he was young and later joined Gubbi Veeranna's theatre company. He later entered film industry at the age of 19 and acted in more than 350 films in his five decades long career, mostly in supportive roles.{{cite web | title=Veteran actor Chetan Ramarao passes away | website=The Hindu | date=24 December 2016 | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/Veteran-actor-Chetan-Ramarao-passes-away/article16937195.ece | access-date=24 December 2016}}{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/Senior-Kannada-actor-Chethan-Ramarao-dies/articleshow/56160686.cms|title=Senior Kannada actor Chethan Ramarao dies - Times of India|date=2016-12-25|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-08-09}} Kala Vilasi Sangha was his debut film. His notable films are Post Master, Nanu Neenu Jodi, Anuradha, Kallu Sakkare and Bedi Bandavalu.
He died on 23 December 2016 in Mysuru, Karnataka{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/veteran-kannada-actor-chetan-ramarao-passes-away/story-IDpo1AAi5IYTmKEMO2cjvM.html|title=Veteran Kannada actor Chetan Ramarao passes away|date=2016-12-24|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=2018-08-09|language=en}} following kidney ailment.
Awards
He had received the Kannada Rajyothsava award.
Personal life
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Category:Male actors in Kannada cinema
Category:Male actors from Mysore
Category:Indian male film actors
Category:21st-century Indian male actors
Category:20th-century Indian male actors
Category:Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 2004
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