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Chakravarthi Born 8 September 1936 Origin Andhra Pradesh, India Died February 3, 2002 (aged 65) Genres Melody Occupations Film composer, music director Instruments Vocals (playback singing), guitar, keyboard/harmonium/piano Years active 1971 – 1989 Chakravarthi (Telugu: చక్రవర్తి) born as Kommineni Apparao, was an Indian music director in the South Indian film industry.[1] He scored music for 960 movies, In 1989 a total 95 films were released in Telugu cinema, in that, the music for 66 films was composed by Chakravarthi.
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Personal life
Chakravarthi was born in Poonnekallu, Andhra Pradesh. He has a son Sri Kommineni who is also a music director and a playback singer.
Career
Chakravarthi learned classical vocal from Mahavadi Venkatappaih. 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 Muga 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. Muga Prema film was not a good hit at 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.
Awards
- Nandi Award for Best Music Director for Neti Bharatam in 1983.
References
Categories:- Telugu film score composers
- 1936 births
- 2002 deaths
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