K. Chakravarthy
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Chakravarthi | |
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| Born | (1936-09-08)8 September 1936 Ponnekallu, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Died | 3 February 2002(2002-02-03) (aged 65) |
| Genres | Melody |
| Occupation(s) | Film composer, music director |
| Instruments | Vocals (playback singing), guitar, keyboard/harmonium/piano |
| Years active | 1971 – 1989 |
Chakravarthi, born as Kommineni Apparao, was an Indian music director in the South Indian film industry.[1]
Contents
1 Personal life
2 Career
2.1 Film career
3 Awards
4 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 was released in 1971; before this film he composed background music for a Hindi movie, in that movie titles his name was wrongly mentioned 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 was not well recognized.
In 1977, Yamagola was released and this was 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 a few films.
Awards
Nandi Award for Best Music Director for Neti Bharatam in 1983.
References
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