Chintan Vikas

{{Short description|Indian singer}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Chintan Vikas

| image =Chintan Vikas.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Vikas, performing on stage in 2021

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|07|28}}

| birth_place = Mysore, Karnataka, India

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| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|composer|theatre activist}}

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| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed = yes

| genre = {{flatlist|

• Filmi
• Folk
• Classical

}}

| instrument = Vocals

| label = Independent Artist

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}}

Chintan Vikas (born 1989) is an Indian playback singer, keyboard programmer, percussionist, vocal arranger, dubbing artiste and theatre activist, known for his works in Kannada.{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/metrolife/metrolife-lifestyle/on-my-pinboard-chintan-vikas-778487.html|title=On my pin board: Chintan Vikas|work=Deccan Herald|author=Tini Sara Anien|date=21 November 2019|access-date=26 March 2021}}{{Cite news|url=https://vijaykarnataka.com/entertainment/gossip/new-singers-get-opportunites-in-sandalwood/articleshow/50997968.cms|title=ಕೇಳುತಿದೆ ಇದೀಗ 'ಹೊಸಬರ ಇಂಚರ'|language=Kannada|trans-title=Newcomers' voices heard nowadays|work=Vijaya Karnataka|date=16 February 2016|author=Sharanu Hullur|access-date=26 March 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/playing-on-your-senses/article19911616.ece|title=Playing on your senses|work=The Hindu|author=Khajane, Muralidhara|date=24 October 2017|access-date=27 March 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://m.kannadaprabha.com/districts/mysore/2014/aug/02/%E0%B2%9C%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%A6-%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%AF%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%86-%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%B9%E0%B3%83%E0%B2%A6%E0%B2%AF%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A6-%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A6%E0%B3%86-236673.amp|title=ಮೈಸೂರುಜನಪದ ಮಾಯ್ಕಾರರಿಗೆ ಸಹೃದಯರಿಂದ ಮರ್ವಾದೆ|trans-title=Homage to folk heroes|work=Kannada Prabha|language=Kannada|date=2 August 2014|access-date=27 March 2021}} For his song ’Saahore Saahore’ in the film Gajakesari, Chintan Vikas won the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer in 2014.{{cite web|last1=Khajane|first1=Muralidhara|title=Film awards: a balance between main and independent film-making streams|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/film-awards-a-balance-between-main-and-independent-filmmaking-streams/article8230707.ece|work=The Hindu|date=13 February 2016|access-date=26 March 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/528628/after-national-honour-harivu-bags.html|title=After national honour, 'Harivu' bags top State film award|work=Deccan Herald|date=13 February 2016|access-date=26 March 2021}}