Music director chakravarthy biography of william

He ruled the Telugu film music scene like a colossus for almost two decades between 1971 and 1989, with a record 959 movies for which he had composed music.

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In fact, almost every popular music director of today was his disciple.

A multi-faceted personality, Chakravarthy was not only a music director but also a lyricist, writer, actor and a dubbing artiste. He has lent his voice for over 600 films dubbed into Telugu from other languages.

And there were many other records too in his chequered career, which came to an abrupt end with his sudden demise on February 3, after a brief illness. He was 65.

Born in Poonnekallu as Kommineni Apparao, Chakravarthy had learnt classical vocal from Mahavadi Venkatappaih.

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During his college days, ha had formed a music troupe, vinod orchestra in Guntur and gave light music concerts. And he was also the main singer. During this phase, Mangapati of HMV spotted him and invited him to Madras. He later gave two private records for HMV, which include