Chakri Toleti is an

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who is the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of care.ai, a

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company. Before this, Toleti was the Founder and President of HealthGrid, an enterprise patient engagement platform designed to connect patients and providers via their smart devices. In 2018, HealthGrid was acquired by

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to integrate HealthGrid’s functionality into their FollowMyHealth platform. Prior to HealthGrid, Toleti co-founded Galvanon, a company that first introduced patient self-service kiosk registration to automate patient check-in and intake processes NCR acquired Galvanon in 2005. Toleti was also an active screenwriter, director, actor, and

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coordinator known for his works in

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, and

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. Toleti made his directorial debut with the bilingual films '' Unnaipol Oruvan'' (2009) and ''

Eeenadu ''Unnaipol Oruvan'' (also released internationally under the translated title ''Someone Like You'') is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language vigilante thriller film directed by Chakri Toleti in his directorial debut. It stars Kamal Haasan and Mohanlal ...

'' (2009) a remake of

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, ''

A Wednesday ''A Wednesday!'' is a 2008 Indian Hindi-language thriller film written and directed by Neeraj Pandey and produced by Ronnie Screwvala, Anjum Rizvi and Shital Bhatia under UTV Motion Pictures and Friday Filmworks. Though a work of fiction, the s ...

'' (2008). In 2012, he directed a gangster film ''

Billa II ''Billa II'' is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Chakri Toleti. It is a prequel to ''Billa'' and the film was set at the ending of late 1990's. The story focuses on how David Billa, an ordinary man from the coastal regions ...

''. In 2019, he directed two

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'': the

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'' Khamoshi'', and the

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Kolaiyuthir Kaalam ''Kolaiyuthir Kaalam'' () is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language thriller slasher film directed by Chakri Toleti and produced by V. Mathiyalagan. A remake of an English-language movie ''Hush'', where a deaf and mute girl must fight for her life when a ...

''.

Career

Filmography

Toleti made his acting debut as a child artist in the

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Sagara Sangamam ''Sagara Sangamam'' () is a 1983 Indian Telugu-language dance film written and directed by K. Viswanath and produced by Edida Nageswara Rao. The film stars Kamal Haasan, Jaya Prada, Sarath Babu, S. P. Sailaja and Chakri Toleti. Upon release, t ...

'' directed by

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, and has acted in over fifteen films. He obtained a

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in Film and VFX at the

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. He re-entered south Indian cinema with the magnum opus,

Dasavathaaram ''Dasavathaaram'' () is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language science fiction action film directed by K. S. Ravikumar. It stars Kamal Haasan, who also wrote the script, in ten distinct roles. Asin appears in two roles and Mallika Sherawat plays a subs ...

. In 2019, he directed two remake films of the Mike Flanagan

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'' Khamoshi'', and the

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Galvanon

Toleti co-founded Galvanon in 2002.

HealthGrid

Toleti founded HealthGrid in 2014 and served as President

care.ai

care.ai was founded in 2019 in

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, by Toleti, the Founder and current CEO. The Smart Care Facility Platform is the main product which converts care facilities into an AI-powered environment that monitors clinical and operational workflows.

Filmography

As director

As actor

References

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Kamalji gave me 100 per cent control over Unnaipol Oruvan

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