Neetu Chandra is an Indian actress, producer and theatre artist. She is also an established classical dancer and an active sportsperson, involved in the promotion of Basketball in the country through her close association with the NBA and Taekwondo, being a fourth Dan blackbelt.
She has her own production house called Champaran Talkies, winning the National Award for the film Mithila Makhaan.
Neetu Chandra was born in Patna, Bihar, India. Her mother tongue is Bhojpuri. She was educated at the Notre Dame Academy, Patna and completed her undergraduate education at Delhi’s Indraprastha College.
She started modelling and Neetu gives credit of her success to her mother, a native of East Champaran in Bihar. She has appeared in several advertisements and videos for firms since her graduation.
She holds two Dan black belts in Taekwondo and represented India in the 1997 World Taekwondo Championships in Hong Kong.
Neetu Chandra’s brother is Nitin Chandra who also directed the movie Deswa.
In 2008, 7 Seas Technologies launched a 3D mobile game, Neetu — The Alien Killer, with Neetu Chandra as the lead character.
Neetu was featured on the cover of the January 2009 issue of Indian Maxim.
Neetu began a relationship with actor Randeep Hooda in mid 2010 but the couple parted ways in 2013.