Chakri (composer)

Chakri Gilla
Chakradhar "Chakri" Gilla (music director)
Background information
Birth name	Chakradhar Gilla
Born	(1974-06-15)15 June 1974 Kambalapally, 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).

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  1 Early life
  


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  2 Career
  


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  3 Personal life
  
  
  
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    3.1 Death
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 Controversies
  


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  5 Filmography
  
  
  
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    5.1 As music director
    
  
  
  
  


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  6 References
  


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  7 External links
  

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.He also has two sisters and one brother. his brother was a handicapted and he was also a music composer. his elder sister name was krishnapriya Gilla. she was an government education teacher in Zilla Parishad High school chelpur,huzurabad, karimnagar.

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 on 6 August that year.
"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	Ammayilu Abbayilu	Ravi Babu	Vijay Sai,Mohit, Devina, Vidya, Swapna Madhuri
2003	Dhana Lakshmi 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
2003	Tholi Choopulone	Yanamadala Kasi Viswanath	Kalyan Ram, Akanksha[disambiguation needed]
2004	Andhrawala	Puri Jagannadh	Jr. NTR, Rakshitha
2004	Pedababu	Paruchuri Murali	Jagapati Babu, Kaveri
2004	Veera Kannadiga	Meher Ramesh	Puneeth Rajkumar, Anita	Kannada film
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 Vamsi	Prabhas, Asin, Charmy Kaur
2005	Bhageeratha	Rasool Ellore	Ravi Teja, Shriya Saran
2006	Party	Ravi Babu	Allari Naresh, Shashank, Madhu Sharma
2006	Chukkallo Chandrudu	Siva	Siddharth, Sadha, Charmy Kaur, Saloni Aswani
2006	Devadasu	YVS Chowdary	Ram Pothineni, Ileana D'Cruz
2006	Asadhyudu	Anil Krishna, Ani Kanneganti	Kalyan Ram, Diya
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	CC Srinivas	Jagapati Babu, Srikanth, Kaveri Jha
2008	Victory	Ravi C. Kumar	Nithiin, Mamta Mohandas, Sindhu Tolani
2008	Neninthe	Puri Jagannadh	Ravi Teja, Siya
2009	Maska	B. Gopal	Ram Pothineni, Hansika Motwani
2009	Gopi Gopika Godavari	Vamsy	Venu Thottempudi, Kamalinee Mukherjee
2009	Raju Maharaju	Shankaranath Durga	Mohan Babu, Sharwanand, Surveen Chawla, Ramya Krishnan
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	Kannada film
2011	Wanted	B.V.S.Ravi	Gopichand, Deeksha Seth
2011	Jai Bolo Telangana	N. Shankar	Jagapathi Babu, Smriti Irani
2011	Pillaiyar Theru Kadaisi Veedu		Jithan Ramesh	Tamil film
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
2012	Devaraya	Nani Krishna	Srikanth, Meenakshi Dixit, Vidisha
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
2016	Vennello Hai Hai	Vamsy	Ajmal Ameer, Nikitha Narayan

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   ^ "Music director Chakri has fans". andhracafe.com. 27 December 2005. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
   


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   ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Relatives-fight-over-Chakris-property/articleshow/45838729.cms
   


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   ^ http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-telugu-music-composer-chakri-and-producer-paruchuri-prasad-booked-for-molestation-1870774
   

External links

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  Chakri on IMDb

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