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Chakradhar “Chakri” Gilla 15 June 1974 – 15 December 2014 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 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.
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.
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.
