While destiny may seem like a myth to many, some lives make you wonder if it truly exists. How else do you explain the journey of a young man born into royalty, who dreamt of cracking the UPSC and becoming an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer, only to end up as one of Bollywood’s most promising stars of the late 1990s? This is the story of Chandrachur Singh. With Tere Mere Sapne and Maachis in 1996, Chandrachur became an overnight sensation. Critics hailed his performances, audiences embraced him, and the media even began comparing him to Amitabh Bachchan—partly because they shared the same birthday. But as quickly as stardom arrived, it slipped away. A devastating accident in 2000, coupled with a series of professional setbacks, altered the course of his career forever. Actor Chandrachur Singh (second from left) in Maachis. Express archive photo Chandrachur was set to become an IFS officer Born to Army officer and former MLA Baldev Singh and Princess Krishna Kumari Devi of the erstwhile princely state of Patna (now in Odisha), …