Nischal Chandra is a Malayalam actor

Actor

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, known during his childhood acting career simply as "Nischal".

Career

Nischal was born to Chandra Mohan and Mani Mohan in Kuwait. He did most of his schooling in Kuwait until the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait

Invasion of Kuwait

The Invasion of Kuwait, also known as the Iraq-Kuwait War, was a major conflict between the Republic of Iraq and the State of Kuwait, which resulted in the seven-month long Iraqi occupation of Kuwait, which subsequently led to direct military intervention by United States-led forces in the Gulf...

 in 1990, at which point he came to Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

 and joined Kendriya Vidyalaya

Kendriya Vidyalaya

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, Pattom, Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram

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. He was cast by music director

Music director

A music director may be the director of an orchestra, the director of music for a film, the director of music at a radio station, the head of the music department in a school, the co-ordinator of the musical ensembles in a university or college , the head bandmaster of a military band, the head...

 M.G Radhakrishnan for the movie Ayitham

Nischal was cast to play the lead role for a TV series Chapalyam. Nischal then was cast as a child in Jackpot. He followed this with a role as a sidekick in Gandharvam. At this point in time, director Fazil got him a role in Tamil movie

Kollywood

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 titled Kilipechu Kelkava.

Nischal has worked with K.G George for a lead role alongside in the movie Elavankode Desham.

In 1998, Nischal moved to the United States for his higher studies. He graduated with a Telecommunications degree in 2002.

He went on to work as a consultant for a Wall Street investment bank

Investment banking

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. He started up the software company InfoSoft Solutions while in college and later Ambientwave Technologies.

In 2004, Nischal was cast for the movie For the People and in 2006 he went on to perform in the sequel By the People. He got married to the famous malayalam actress Kavya Madhavan

Kavya Madhavan

Kavya Madhavan is an Indian film actress who works in Malayalam cinema. She made her debut in Pookkalam Varavayi as a child artist. In 1999, she became a lead actress in Lal Jose's Chandranudikkunna Dikhil.-Background:...

on 5 February 2009,but shortly after filed for divorce. She is now back into films and has started acting again.