| Chef Chidambara | |
| Director: | M Anand Raj |
| Screenplay: | Shree Ganesh Parashuram |
| Story: | M Anand Raj |
| Producer: | Roopa DN |
| Cinematography: | Uday Leela |
| Editing: | Vijeth Chandra |
| Music: | Ritvik Muralidhar |
| Studio: | Damthi Pictures |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Kannada |
Chef Chidambara is a 2024 Indian Kannada-language thriller drama film directed by M. Anand Raj and starring Aniruddha Jatkar in the titular role, Rachel David and Nidhi Subbaiah. The film was released to mixed-to-positive reviews.
The film is based on a true story from Sri Lanka.[1] Aniruddha Jatkar learned cooking for the film.[2]
A critic from The Times of India rated the film three out of five stars and wrote that "For the audience that is not so used this genre, one can expect a couple of surprises from Chef Chidambara".[3] A critic from Deccan Herald wrote that "If keeping the audience engaged until the climax without logic is a metric of success, then Raj’s thriller is a success".[4] A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote that "You can watch this movie if you like the dark comedy genre".[5] A critic from Times Now rated the film two-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that "Chef Chidambara as a thriller is only as good as a non-vegetarian dish that hardly has any meat to savour".[6] A critic from OTTplay gave the same rating and wrote that "Chef Chidambara is a moderately fun, breezy watch, even though it does not have many laugh-out-loud moments. It helps that it is just over an hour and a half in length".[7] A critic from The South First wrote that "Chef Chidambara makes for an entertaining one-time watch, with enough comedy and some good performances".[8]