Chakri (composer)

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).

Chakri Gilla
Chakradhar "Chakri" Gilla (music director) in 2014
Background information
Birth nameChakradhar Gilla
Born(1974-06-15)15 June 1974
Kambalapally, Mahabubabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
(now in Telangana, India)
Died15 December 2014(2014-12-15) (aged 40)
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
GenresFilm score
Occupation(s)Film score composer, singer
Years active2000–2014

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 thereafter. 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 9 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 a 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 had shaken the Telugu film industry. He also has two sisters and one brother. His brother was handicapped, who was also a music composer. Chakri's elder sister name was Krishna Priya Gilla. She was a 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

YearTitleDirectorActorsNotes
2000BachiPuri JagannadhJagapathi Babu
2001Itlu Sravani SubramanyamPuri JagannadhRavi Teja, Tanu Roy
2002Aaduthu PaaduthuDevi PrasadSrikanth, Sunil, Gayatri
2002Avunu Valliddaru Ista PaddaruVamsyRavi Teja, Kalyani
2002IdiotPuri JagannadhRavi Teja, Rakshita
2003JuniorsJ Pulla RaoAllari Naresh, Sherin
2003Ammayilu AbbayiluRavi BabuVijay Sai, Mohit, Devina, Vidya, Swapna Madhuri
2003Dhana Lakshmi I Love YouSiva Nageswara RaoNaresh, Allari Naresh, Aditya Om, Ankita
2003Kabaddi KabaddiVenkyJagapati Babu, Kaveri
2003Amma Nanna O Tamila AmmayiPuri JagannadhRavi Teja, Asin
2003DreamsBalaji KNiraj Kumar, Chaandreyi Ghosh
2003Oka Raju Oka RaniYogiRavi Teja, Namitha
2003Donga Ramudu & PartyVamsyMeka Srikanth, Laya
2003SivamaniPuri JagannadhNagarjuna Akkineni, Asin
2003SatyamSurya KiranSumanth, Genelia D'SouzaFilmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu
2003Veede Ravi Raja Pinisetty Ravi Teja, Aarthi Agarwal, Reemma Sen
2003Toli ChoopuloneYanamadala Kasi ViswanathKalyan Ram, Akanksha
2004AndhrawalaPuri JagannadhJr. NTR, Rakshitha
2004PedababuParuchuri MuraliJagapati Babu, Kaveri
2004Veera KannadigaMeher RameshPuneeth Rajkumar, AnitaKannada film
2004143Puri JagannadhSairam Shankar
2004Andaru Dongale DorikiteNidhi PrasadRajendra Prasad, Prabhu Deva, Ankita
2004SuryamV. SamudraManchu Vishnu, Celina Jaitly, Veda
2004Konchem Touchlo Vunte CheputanuVamsySivaji, Archana
2005Dhana 51R. Surya KiranSumanth, Saloni Aswani
2005SoggaduRavi BabuTarun, Aarti Agarwal
2005ChakramKrishna VamsiPrabhas, Asin, Charmy Kaur
2005BhageerathaRasool ElloreRavi Teja, Shriya Saran
2006PartyRavi BabuAllari Naresh, Shashank, Madhu Sharma
2006Chukkallo ChandruduSivaSiddharth, Sadha, Charmy Kaur, Saloni Aswani
2006DevadasuYVS ChowdaryRam Pothineni, Ileana D'Cruz
2006AsadhyuduAnil Krishna, Ani KannegantiKalyan Ram, Diya
2006Bhagyalakshmi Bumper DrawNidhi PrasadRajendra Prasad, Richard Rishi, Farjana
2007SatyabhamaSrihari NanuSivaji, Bhumika Chawla
2007DesamuduruPuri JagannadhAllu Arjun, Hansika Motwani
2007DheeSrinu VaitlaVishnu Manchu, Genelia D'Souza
2007TakkariAmma RajashekharNithiin, Sadha
2008AatadistaRavi C. KumarNithiin, Kajal Aggarwal
2008Kasipatnam Chudara BabuMaddhiralaVijayanand, Superna
2008KrishnaV.V. VinayakRavi Teja, Trisha
2008NagaramCC SrinivasJagapati Babu, Srikanth, Kaveri Jha
2008VictoryRavi C. KumarNithiin, Mamta Mohandas, Sindhu Tolani
2008NeninthePuri JagannadhRavi Teja, Siya
2009MaskaB. GopalRam Pothineni, Hansika Motwani
2009Gopi Gopika GodavariVamsyVenu Thottempudi, Kamalinee Mukherjee
2009Raju MaharajuShankaranath DurgaMohan Babu, Sharwanand, Surveen Chawla, Ramya Krishnan
2010SimhaBoyapati SrinuNandamuri Balakrishna, NayantaraNandi Award for Best Music Director
2010GolimaarPuri JagannadhGopichand, Priyamani
2010Aakasa RamannaG. AshokAllari Naresh, Sivaji
2010BaavaRambabuSiddharth, Pranitha Subhash
2010Saradaga KasepuVamsyAllari Naresh, Madhuurima
2010GandedheAkul ShivaChiranjeevi Sarja, Ragini DwivediKannada film
2011WantedB.V.S.RaviGopichand, Deeksha Seth
2011Jai Bolo TelanganaN. ShankarJagapathi Babu, Smriti Irani
2011Pillaiyar Theru Kadaisi VeeduKishore TirumalaJithan Ramesh, Sanchita PadukoneTamil film
2012Naa IshtamPrakash TholetiRana Daggubati, Genelia D'Souza
2012Denikaina ReadyG.Nageswara ReddyVishnu Manchu, Hansika MotwaniComposed 3 songs out of 5
2012SrimannarayanaRaviNandamuri Balakrishna, Isha Chawla, Parvati Melton
2012DevarayaNani KrishnaSrikanth, Meenakshi Dixit, Vidisha
2014Laddu BabuRavi BabuAllari Naresh, Bhumika Chawla, Poorna
2014ReyYVS ChowdarySai Dharam Tej
2014YuddhamBharathi GaneshTarun Kumar, Yami Gautam
2014Erra BusDasari Narayana RaoVishnu Manchu, Catherine Tresa
2015TommyRaja VannemreddyRajendra Prasad, Seetha
2016Vennello Hai HaiVamsyAjmal Ameer, Nikitha Narayan

References

  1. "Veteran Music Director No More". Archived from the original on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  2. "Music director Chakri left for Almighty's abode - Telugu Movie News". TFPC-. 12 June 2008. Retrieved 15 December 2014.
  3. "Other side of Music Director Chakri". IndiaGlitz. 12 June 2008. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  4. "Music director Chakri has fans". andhracafe.com. 27 December 2005. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  5. "Relatives fight over Chakri's property". The Times of India. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  6. "Telugu music composer Chakri and producer Paruchuri Prasad booked for molestation". DNA India. 6 August 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
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