Chakri (composer)

Gilla Chakradhar (15 June 1974 – 15 December 2014), known professionally as Chakri, was an Indian music composer and singer who worked in Telugu cinema. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu for Satyam (2003) & Nandi Award for Best Music Director for Simha (2010).

Chakri
Chakri in 2014
Background information
Birth nameGilla Chakradhar
Born(1974-06-15)15 June 1974
Kambalapally, Andhra Pradesh (now in Telangana), India
Died15 December 2014(2014-12-15) (aged 40)
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
GenresFilm score
Occupation(s)Film score composer, singer
Years active2000–2014

Early life

Gilla Chakradhar was born on 15 June 1974 in Kambalapalli village of Mahabubabad district, Telangana.[1]

Career

Chakri composed music for around 85 movies.[2] He started his career as music director with the movie Bachi directed by Puri Jagannadh. He won best singer award for Satyam in the Tollywood Filmfare Awards and a Nandi Award for Simha.[3][4][5] He created many musical hits for Ravi Teja and director Puri Jagannadh, working on nine films with the former and ten films with the latter.

Personal life

Chakri had married Sravani in 2004 after he divorced his first wife.[6] He had one brother and three sisters.

Death

Chakri died on 15 December 2014.[7] According to media reports, Chakri didn't wake up from bed. His wife took him to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead at around 7:45 AM. Chakri had been suffering from obesity and related comorbidities.

Controversies

In 2013, a molestation case was filed against Chakri and producer Paruchuri Prasad on the grounds of allegedly misbehaving with a 36-year-old woman during a party. Police reported that the victim was Chakri's friend and invited him to the party. During the party Chakri and Prasad became intoxicated and "misbehaved with her."[8] The two have been booked under penal provisions for assault on a woman with the intent to outrage her modesty.

Filmography

As music director
YearTitleDirectorActorsNotes
2000BachiPuri JagannadhJagapathi Babu
2001Itlu Sravani SubramanyamPuri JagannadhRavi Teja, Tanu Roy
2002Aaduthu PaaduthuDevi PrasadSrikanth, Sunil, Gayatri
2002Avunu Valliddaru Ista PaddaruVamsyRavi Teja, Kalyani
2002IdiotPuri JagannadhRavi Teja, Rakshita
2003JuniorsJ Pulla RaoAllari Naresh, Sherin
2003Ammayilu AbbayiluRavi BabuVijay Sai, Mohit, Devina, Vidya, Swapna Madhuri
2003Dhanalakshmi, I Love YouSiva Nageswara RaoNaresh, Allari Naresh, Aditya Om, Ankita
2003Kabaddi KabaddiVenkyJagapati Babu, Kaveri
2003Amma Nanna O Tamila AmmayiPuri JagannadhRavi Teja, Asin
2003DreamsBalaji KNiraj Kumar, Chaandreyi Ghosh
2003Oka Raju Oka RaniYogiRavi Teja, Namitha
2003Donga Ramudu & PartyVamsyMeka Srikanth, Laya
2003SivamaniPuri JagannadhNagarjuna Akkineni, Asin
2003SatyamSurya KiranSumanth, Genelia D'SouzaFilmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu
2003Veede Ravi Raja Pinisetty Ravi Teja, Aarthi Agarwal, Reemma Sen
2003Toli ChoopuloneYanamadala Kasi ViswanathKalyan Ram, Akanksha
2004AndhrawalaPuri JagannadhJr. NTR, Rakshitha
2004PedababuParuchuri MuraliJagapati Babu, Kaveri
2004Veera KannadigaMeher RameshPuneeth Rajkumar, AnitaKannada film
2004143Puri JagannadhSairam Shankar
2004Andaru Dongale DorikiteNidhi PrasadRajendra Prasad, Prabhu Deva, Ankita
2004SuryamV. SamudraManchu Vishnu, Celina Jaitly, Veda
2004Konchem Touchlo Vunte CheputanuVamsySivaji, Archana
2005Dhana 51R. Surya KiranSumanth, Saloni Aswani
2005SoggaduRavi BabuTarun, Aarti Agarwal
2005ChakramKrishna VamsiPrabhas, Asin, Charmy Kaur
2005BhageerathaRasool ElloreRavi Teja, Shriya Saran
2006PartyRavi BabuAllari Naresh, Shashank, Madhu Sharma
2006Chukkallo ChandruduSivaSiddharth, Sadha, Charmy Kaur, Saloni Aswani
2006DevadasuYVS ChowdaryRam Pothineni, Ileana D'Cruz
2006AsadhyuduAnil Krishna, Ani KannegantiKalyan Ram, Diya
2006Bhagyalakshmi Bumper DrawNidhi PrasadRajendra Prasad, Richard Rishi, Farjana
2007SatyabhamaSrihari NanuSivaji, Bhumika Chawla
2007DesamuduruPuri JagannadhAllu Arjun, Hansika Motwani
2007DheeSrinu VaitlaVishnu Manchu, Genelia D'Souza
2007TakkariAmma RajashekharNithiin, Sadha
2008AatadistaRavi C. KumarNithiin, Kajal Aggarwal
2008Kasipatnam Chudara BabuMaddhiralaVijayanand, Superna
2008KrishnaV.V. VinayakRavi Teja, Trisha
2008NagaramCC SrinivasJagapati Babu, Srikanth, Kaveri Jha
2008VictoryRavi C. KumarNithiin, Mamta Mohandas, Sindhu Tolani
2008NeninthePuri JagannadhRavi Teja, Siya
2009MaskaB. GopalRam Pothineni, Hansika Motwani
2009Gopi Gopika GodavariVamsyVenu Thottempudi, Kamalinee Mukherjee
2009Raju MaharajuShankaranath DurgaMohan Babu, Sharwanand, Surveen Chawla, Ramya Krishnan
2010SimhaBoyapati SrinuNandamuri Balakrishna, NayantaraNandi Award for Best Music Director
2010GolimaarPuri JagannadhGopichand, Priyamani
2010Aakasa RamannaG. AshokAllari Naresh, Sivaji
2010BaavaRambabuSiddharth, Pranitha Subhash
2010Saradaga KasepuVamsyAllari Naresh, Madhuurima
2010GandedheAkul ShivaChiranjeevi Sarja, Ragini DwivediKannada film
2011WantedB.V.S.RaviGopichand, Deeksha Seth
2011Jai Bolo TelanganaN. ShankarJagapathi Babu, Smriti Irani
2011Pillaiyar Theru Kadaisi VeeduKishore TirumalaJithan Ramesh, Sanchita PadukoneTamil film
2012Naa IshtamPrakash TholetiRana Daggubati, Genelia D'Souza
2012Denikaina ReadyG.Nageswara ReddyVishnu Manchu, Hansika MotwaniComposed 3 songs out of 5
2012SrimannarayanaRaviNandamuri Balakrishna, Isha Chawla, Parvati Melton
2012DevarayaNani KrishnaSrikanth, Meenakshi Dixit, Vidisha
2014Laddu BabuRavi BabuAllari Naresh, Bhumika Chawla, Poorna
2014ReyYVS ChowdarySai Dharam Tej
2014YuddhamBharathi GaneshTarun Kumar, Yami Gautam
2014Erra BusDasari Narayana RaoVishnu Manchu, Catherine Tresa
2015TommyRaja VannemreddyRajendra Prasad, Seetha
2016Vennello Hai HaiVamsyAjmal Ameer, Nikitha Narayan

References
  1. "మళ్లీ కూయవా గువ్వ.. | Telangana Magazine". Telangana Magazine. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  2. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Jhummandi Naadam - ఝుమ్మంది నాదం (చక్రి... చివరి స్వర మజిలీ!) - 16th December 2014". YouTube.
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  4. "Other side of Music Director Chakri". IndiaGlitz. 12 June 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  5. "Music director Chakri has fans". andhracafe.com. 27 December 2005. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  6. "Relatives fight over Chakri's property". The Times of India. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  7. "Veteran Music Director No More". Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  8. "Telugu music composer Chakri and producer Paruchuri Prasad booked for molestation". DNA India. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
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