Personal info
Known for
Music Director
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
1974-06-15
Location
Telangana, India
Edit pageChakri
Biography
Gilla Chakradhar (15 June 1974 – 15 December 2014), known professionally as Chakri, was an Indian music composer and singer who worked in Telugu cinema. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer – Telugu for Satyam (2003) & Nandi Award for Best Music Director for Simha (2010).
Chakri was known for composing music. He has been in around 85 movies. He started his career as a music director with the movie Bachi directed by Puri Jagannadh. He won the Best Singer award for Satyam in the Tollywood Filmfare Awards and a Nandi Award for Simha.
He created many musical hits for Ravi Teja and director Puri Jagannadh, working on nine films with the former and ten films with the latter.
Chakri married Sravani in 2004, shortly after he divorced his first wife. He has a brother and three sisters.
Chakri died in his sleep on December 15, 2014. Sravani (his wife) took him to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead at around 7:45 AM. Chakri had developed obesity-related comorbidities.
