Chakri (composer)

Chakri Gilla

Chakradhar "Chakri" Gilla (music director)
Background information
Birth name Chakradhar Gilla
Born (1974-06-15)15 June 1974
Mahabubabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
(now in Telangana, India)
Died 15 December 2014(2014-12-15) (aged 40)
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Genres Film score
Occupation(s) Film score composer, singer
Years active 2000–2014

Chakradhar "Chakri" Gilla (15 June 1974 – 15 December 2014)[1] was an Indian music composer and singer in Tollywood films. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu for Satyam (2003).

Early life

Chakri was born in Kambalapalli Mahabubabad, Warangal district, Andhra Pradesh (now in Telangana). He had one brother and three sisters. He started his career with private music albums and stepped into Tollywood with Puri Jagannadh’s Bachi. Chakri went on to compose several hit albums for numerous successful films there after. In an illustrious career that spanned over 85 films, Chakri churned out many hit albums and even won the prestigious Filmfare and Nandi awards. He introduced many lyricists, singers and technicians to Tollywood. Chakri was recently seen singing in the Memu Saitam event, and his last prominent release was Erra Bus.

Career

Chakri composed music for around 85 movies. He started his career as music director with the movie Bachi directed by Puri Jagannadh. As a composer he introduced many new talents (Singers and Lyricist). He won best singer award for Satyam in the Tollywood Filmfare Awards and a Nandi Award for Simha.[2][3][4]

He is generally considered to have hits in the month of January, which is considered to be Sankranthi (a Telugu festival) season in Andhra Pradesh. This is due to movies such as Devadasu (2006), Desamuduru (2007), Krishna (2008) and Maska (2009) in straight years during Sankranthi. He gave many musical hits to Ravi Teja and director Puri Jagannadh, working on 8 films with the former and 10 films with the latter.

Personal life

Chakri had married Sravani nearly 10 years ago after he divorced his first wife. Sravani defied her parents and married Chakri and they started staying at an apartment complex at Journalist Colony, Jubilee Hills. Her family is originally from Andhra but moved to Kothagudem and eventually to Godavarikhani due to job.[5]

Death

According to media reports, Chakri didn't wake up from bed on 15 December morning despite repeated attempts by his wife Sravani. Suspecting something wrong, she immediately took him to nearby hospital where doctors pronounced his death at around 7.45 AM. Chakri had been suffering from obesity and related ailments. His death was most likely due to heart attack. Chakri's untimely death has shaken the Telugu film industry.

Controversies

In 2013, a molestation case was filed against Telugu music composer Chakri and producer Paruchuri Prasad on the grounds of allegedly misbehaving with a woman during a party, a police official said Tuesday. "Following the complaint by a 36-year-old woman, who alleged that Chakri and Paruchuri Prasad misbehaved with her on Sunday night, we have registered a molestation case. We are investigating the case," sub-inspector Mohan Kumar of Banjara Hills police station said. The two have been booked under penal provisions for assault on a woman with the intent to outrage her modesty. "The victim is a friend of Chakri, who personally invited him to the party. However, hours later Chakri and Prasad after being drunk misbehaved with her. She said in her complaint that Chakri apologised to her later but Prasad failed to do so," he added. [6]

Filmography

As music director

Year Title Director Actors Notes
2000 Bachi Puri Jagannadh Jagapathi Babu
2001 Itlu Sravani Subramanyam Puri Jagannadh Ravi Teja, Tanu Roy
2002 Aaduthu Paaduthu Devi Prasad Srikanth, Sunil, Gayatri
2002 Avunu Valliddaru Ista Paddaru Vamsy Ravi Teja, Kalyani
2002 Idiot Puri Jagannadh Ravi Teja, Rakshita
2003 Ammailu Abbailu Ravi Babu Vijay Sai,Mohit, Devina, Vidya, Swapna Madhuri
2003 DhanaLakshmi I Love You Siva Nageswara Rao Naresh, Allari Naresh, Aditya Om, Ankita
2003 Kabaddi Kabaddi Venky Jagapati Babu, Kaveri
2003 Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi Puri Jagannadh Ravi Teja, Asin
2003 Dreams Balaji K Niraj Kumar, Chaandreyi Ghosh
2003 Oka Raju Oka Rani Yogi Ravi Teja, Namitha
2003 Donga Ramudu & Party Vamsy Meka Srikanth, Laya
2003 Sivamani Puri Jagannadh Nagarjuna Akkineni, Asin
2003 Satyam R. Surya Kiran Sumanth, Genelia D'Souza Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu
2004 Andhrawala Puri Jagannadh Jr. NTR, Rakshitha
2004 Pedababu Paruchuri Murali Jagapati Babu, Kaveri
2004 Veera Kannadiga Meher Ramesh Puneeth Rajkumar, Anita
2004 143 Puri Jagannadh Sairam Shankar
2004 Andaru Dongale Dorikite Nidhi Prasad Rajendra Prasad, Prabhu Deva, Ankita
2004 Konchem Touchlo Vunte Cheputanu Vamsy Sivaji, Archana
2005 Dhana 51 R. Surya Kiran Sumanth, Saloni Aswani
2005 Soggadu Ravi Babu Tarun, Aarti Agarwal
2005 Chakram Krishna VamsiPrabhas, Asin, Charmy Kaur
2005 Bhageeratha Rasool Ellore Ravi Teja, Shriya Saran
2006 Party Ravi Babu Allari Naresh, Shashank, Madhu Sharma
2006 Chukkallo Chandrudu SivaSiddharth, Sadha, Charmy Kaur, Saloni Aswani
2006 Devadasu YVS Chowdary Ram Pothineni, Ileana D'Cruz
2006 Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw Nidhi Prasad Rajendra Prasad, Richard Rishi, Farjana
2007 Satyabhama Srihari Nanu Sivaji, Bhumika Chawla
2007 Desamuduru Puri Jagannadh Allu Arjun, Hansika Motwani
2007 Dhee Srinu Vaitla Vishnu Manchu, Genelia D'Souza
2007 Takkari Amma Rajashekhar Nithiin, Sadha
2008 Kasipatnam Chudara Babu Maddhirala Vijayanand, Superna
2008 Krishna V.V. Vinayak Ravi Teja, Trisha
2008 Nagaram (2008 film) CC Srinivas Jagapati Babu, Srikanth, Kaveri Jha
2008 Neninthe Puri Jagannadh Ravi Teja, Siya
2009 Maska B. Gopal Ram Pothineni, Hansika Motwani
2009 Gopi Gopika Godavari Vamsy Venu Thottempudi, Kamalinee Mukherjee
2010 Simha Boyapati Srinu Nandamuri Balakrishna, Nayantara Nandi Award for Best Music Director
2010 Golimaar Puri Jagannadh Gopichand , Priyamani
2010 Aakasa Ramanna G. Ashok Allari Naresh , Sivaji
2010 Baava Rambabu Siddharth, Pranitha Subhash
2010 Saradaga Kasepu Vamsy Allari Naresh, Madhuurima
2010 Gandedhe Akul Shiva Chiranjeevi Sarja, Ragini Dwivedi Kannadafilm
2011 Wanted B.V.S.Ravi Gopichand, Deeksha Seth
2011 Jai Bolo Telangana N. Shankar Jagapathi Babu, Smriti Irani
2012 Naa Ishtam Prakash Tholeti Rana Daggubati , Genelia D'Souza
2012 Denikaina Ready G.Nageswara Reddy Vishnu Manchu, Hansika Motwani Composed 3 songs out of 5
2012 Srimannarayana Ravi Nandamuri Balakrishna, Isha Chawla, Parvati Melton
2014 Laddu Babu Ravi Babu Allari Naresh, Bhumika Chawla, Poorna
2014 Rey YVS Chowdary Sai Dharam Tej
2014 Yuddham Bharathi Ganesh Tarun Kumar, Yami Gautam
2014 Erra Bus Dasari Narayana Rao Vishnu Manchu, Catherine Tresa
2015 Tommy Raja Vannemreddy Rajendra Prasad, Seetha

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