Chaitanya Kumbhakonum

Chaitanya Kumbhakonum is an Indian director and writer who gave his debut with the television series Permanent Roommates (2014). It is one of the highest-rated Indian series. Born and brought up in Karnataka, India, Chaitanya, from the age of sixteen, developed an interest in filmmaking. He completed his under graduation in marketing at Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College and enrolled in Media and Entertainment program at Manipal University. Furthermore, out of interest in movies, Chaitanya did a course at Whistling Woods International, a film, communication and creative arts institute located in Mumbai, India.

After graduating, Chaitanya did an internship at Anurag Kashyap Born on 10th September 1972, Anurag Kashyap has es >> Read More... films (AKFPL) under their marketing department. He soon understood his passion for creating content and quit the apprenticeship after four months. In 2015, he joined The Viral Fever (TVF), an online YouTube channel, and started working as assistant director for the digital content. Chaitanya served as the second director in the series Pitchers (2015). Then, he worked as the first director of the popular show Permanent Roommates (Season two).

Throughout his tenure as AD, Chaitanya has handled an entire team on the set and has been part of the writing process of shows like 'Bisht Please,' produced by TVF. Apart from the series, he has also worked as an associate director for a Kannada feature film titled ' Srinivasa Kalyana Click to look into! >> Read More... ' released in 2017. After being associated with The Viral Fever for more than five years, Chaitanya made his mark as a director with the show ' Girls Hostel Girl's Hostel is s YouTube series. Four girls >> Read More... ' published in the TVF's another YouTube channel called Girliyapa. For this show, Chaitanya received the Most popular web series and Best brand placement in web series honors at SPOTT Awards 2019. In 2019, he directed the web series 'Cubicles.' It gathered rave reviews from the viewers for its depiction of problems faced by a first jobber.