K. Chakravarthy (Born 8th September 1936) was
an Indian music director in the South Indian film industry. He scored music for
960 movies, in 1989 a total 95 films were released in Telugu cinema, in that,
the music for 66 of those films was composed by Chakravarthi.
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
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 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. Mooga 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.