Chakri (music director)

Chakri Gilla
Born	Chakradhar Gilla 15 June 1974 (1974-06-15) Mahabubabad, Warangal, A. P, India
Residence	Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Music composer
Years active	2000–present
Religion	Hindu

Chakradhar (Telugu: చక్రధర్) (Known as Chakri gilla ) (born 15 June 1974) is an Indian music composer and singer. He works for Tollywood.

Early life

Chakri was born in Warangal district, Andhra Pradesh. He has one brother and three sisters.

Career

Chakri composed music for around 85 movies so far. 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 movie Sathyam in tollywood filmfare awards.

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 hits such as "Krishna" (2008), "Desa Muduru" (2007), and "Devadasu" (2006) in straight years during Sankranthi.

Personal life

Chakri is married to Sravani from Khammam.

Selected filmography

• Jai Bolo Telangana (2011)
• Wanted (2011) -(Gopi Chand,Deeksha Seth Starrer)
• Bava (2010)
• Aakasa Ramanna (2010)
• Saradaga Kasepu (2010)
• Golimaar (2010)
• Simha (2010)- Balakrishna directed by Boyapati Sreenu
• 'Gopi Gopika Godavari (2009)
• Raju Mahraju (2009)
• Maska (film) (2009)
• Neninthe (2008)
• Kasipatnam Chudara Babu (2008)
• Krishna (2008)
• Satyabhama (2007)
• Desamuduru (2007)
• Bhageeratha (2006)
• Chukkallo Chandrudu (2006)
• Devadasu (2006)
• Soggadu (2005)
• Chakram (2005)
• Pandem (2005)
• Dhana 51 (2005)
• Konchem Touchlo Vunte Chebutanu (2004)
• 143 (2004)
• Pedababu (2004)
• Idiot (2002)
• Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi (2003)
• Andhrawala (2004)
• Satyam (2003)
• Shivamani 9848022338 (2003)
• Donga Ramudu & Party (2003)
• Kabaddi Kabaddi (2003)
• Avunu Valliddaru Ishtapaddaru (2002)
• Athanu (2001)
• Itlu Sravani Subramanyam (2001)
• Bachi (2000)

Allegations of plagiarism

Chakri has been accused of plagiarizing popular Western music and North Indian tunes. Some of his songs have been accused of being complete rip-offs. Oner example was "Nidarosthale" (from the movie, Golimaar) being a rip-off of the Desparado song. It also appears he has taken some material from A. R Rahman in the song, murepincha maina in Krishna. This has led to allegations of plagiarism in both the media and industry about Chakri, where he defended his actions arguing that he was doing so at the behest of directors and actors.