Gilla Chakradhar (15 June 1974 – 15 December 2014), known professionally as Chakri, was an Indian

music composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

and

singer Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or witho ...

who worked in

Telugu cinema Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language, widely spoken in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Telugu cinema is based in Film Nagar, ...

. He won the

Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu The Telugu Filmfare Best Male Playback Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Telugu films. The award was first given in 1997. Superlatives Karthik holds the record of maximum win in this categor ...

for '' Satyam'' (2003) & Nandi Award for Best Music Director for Simha (2010).

Early life

Gilla Chakradhar was born on 15 June 1974 in Kambalapalli, a village of the Mahabubabad district,

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Career

Chakri is known for composing music. He has been a part of around 85 movies. He started his career as a music director with the Movie ''Bachi'' directed by

Puri Jagannadh Petla "Puri" Jagannadh (born 28 September 1966) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer, who works primarily in the Telugu film Industry. He made his directorial debut with the Telugu film '' Badri'' starring Pawan Kalyan, Ren ...

. He won the best singer award for