Native name చక్రవర్తి Role Music Director Genres Melody Died February 3, 2002, Chennai | Years active 1971 – 1989 Children Sri Kommineni Name K. Chakravarthy Albums Vetagadu | |
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Born September 8, 1936
Ponnekallu, Andhra Pradesh, India ( 1936-09-08 ) Occupation(s) Film composer, music director Instruments Vocals (playback singing), guitar, keyboard/harmonium/piano Movies Kiliyanthattu Thoothukudi 2 Similar People A Kodandarami Reddy, Rao Gopal Rao, Sri Kommineni, Nutan Prasad, G Maruti Rao | ||
K. Chakravarthy & Veturi Sundararama Murthy -Top 30 Songs | S.P.Balasubrahmanyam,S.Janaki,P.Susheela
Chakravarthi, born as Kommineni Apparao, was an Indian music director in the South Indian film industry.
Contents
- K Chakravarthy Veturi Sundararama Murthy Top 30 Songs SPBalasubrahmanyamSJanakiPSusheela
- Personal life
- Career
- Film career
- Awards
- References
Personal life
Chakravarthi was born in Ponnekallu, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh. He has a son Sri Kommineni who was also a music director and a playback singer.
Career
Chakravarthi learned classical vocal from Mahavadi Venkatappaiah. He formed a music troupe called Vinod Orchestra in Guntur and organised light music concerts. Those days, Mangapati of HMV identified his talent and invited him to Madras. HMV released two private records, which includes "Kanna Nenoka Kala".
Film career
His first film in Telugu Mooga Prema released in 1971 before this film he composed background music for a Hindi movie, in that movie titles his name was misspilled as Chakravarthi actually it is Apparao then he continued as Chakravarthi. Mooga Prema film was not a good hit at the box-office, Saradha (1973) gave him a good hit but after this film also he is not well recognized.
In 1977, Yamagola was released and this is the great turning point of his career.
He was a dubbing artiste and lent his voice in 600 movies. He also penned lyrics for a few songs. He was also a singer and acted in few films.