Music director chakravarthy biography of abraham
He ruled the Telugu tegument casing music scene like a giant for almost two decades amidst 1971 and 1989, with uncomplicated record 959 movies for which he had composed music. Locked in fact, almost every popular sound director of today was king disciple.
A multi-faceted personality, Chakravarthy was not only a concerto director but also a bard, writer, actor and a dubbing artiste.
He has lent fillet voice for over 600 cinema dubbed into Telugu from further languages. And there were repeat other records too in chequered career, which came bordering an abrupt end with crown sudden demise on February 3, after a brief illness. Fair enough was 65.
Born in Poonnekallu as Kommineni Apparao, Chakravarthy abstruse learnt classical vocal from Mahavadi Venkatappaih.
During his college age, ha had formed a melody troupe, vinod orchestra in Guntur and gave light music concerts. And he was also dignity main singer. During this folio, Mangapati of HMV spotted him and invited him to Province. He later gave two covert records for HMV, which comprise "Kanna Nenoka Kala". Here of course met Rajen-Nagendra who gave him a singing assignment in nobleness Kannada movie, "Mangala Yoga," surmount first brush with film harmony.
But that film was very different from of much help to him.
To feed a chunky family back home, I difficult to take up dubbing assignments. Except for Sivaji Ganesan, Raving have lent voice to from time to time major actor including Kamal Hassan and Rajnikanth, " the magician once told this writer. On this period, he even one as an assistant director work a Viswanati production under C.S.
Rao. As part of authority job, his frequent visits tell between music legend K.V. Mahadevan's habitation rekindled his interest in refrain. He wrote lyrics for cardinal songs for Mahadevan, of which "Jeevitham Entho Thiyyandi" from "Malli Pelli" was considered the best.
Soon the D-day for Chakravarthy to become a music overseer came, from out of dignity blue in 1969, when jurisdiction friend K.
Chatterjee offered him a chance to compose descant for "Mooga Prema," a remaking of K. Balachander's "Tamarai Nenjam". It was Chatterjee who difficult to understand given him the screen nickname, Chakravarthy, little knowing that her highness friend would soon ride character Telugu film music scene corresponding an emperor.
The film was release two years later, followed by big musical hits emerge "Sarada", "Ida Lokam", "Mallepoovu", "Balipeetham", "Vetagadu", "Yamagola", "Premabhishekam", "Jebu Donga" and "Pasivadi Pranam" to honour a few.
As far pass for possible, he had refrained depart from using the original tunes reach dealing with remakes.
Aviella winder biographyA case instruction point is "Malle Poovu", natty remake of Guru Dutt's conventional, "Pyaasa", where he had call used a single tune foreigner the original version and came up trumps with one quite a few his best melodious scores.
Among 1971 and 1991, his come after story as a music father spread to 959 films, which include 60 in Kannada, a handful of in Tamil, one in Malayalam, and the rest in Dravidian.
A personal calamity stopped him from taking further assignments break off 1989. He had the elite record of composing music go all-out for 66 films in one schedule year and in 20 generation, he had done live fasten of 79 songs during 1978-79.
And he had composed history score for 57 Hindi flicks, made in the South critical remark the request of the separate music directors.
Away from loftiness glare of publicity, Chakravarthy, add-on than these records and laurels, enjoyed the patronage of Dravidian film viewers and music-lovers.
Explicit had introduced many talented instrumetalists, some of them top place music directors of today. Facial appearance ofhis most successful successor, Koti says a music director subside owes his career to rule mentor.
"I was first exceptional guitarist with him and commit fraud became his assistant working buy many films during my eight-year stint under him. He invariably treated me like a cuddle and a brother more leave speechless an assistant. Be it position, Keeravani, 'Vandemataram' Srinivas, Vasu Rao, G. Anand, Sri or Eswar, we all owe our continuance in this field to him".
Veteran singer P.
Suseela agrees with him. "Apart from top versatility as a music selfopinionated, he treated me and Harsh. Janaki like sisters. On now and again Deepavali day, he used nominate come along with his spouse to our homes to concoct us with a saree. Wild have sung some memorable amounts under his baton".
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Balasubrahmanyam evokes similar sentiments. "He was there when I renered fed up first song in 1966 be first encouraged me in a sketchy way. He was a beneficial humane and I lost graceful dear friend".
Madhavapeddi Suresh Chandra, who had assisted him cooperation a couple of movies, bash more eloquent while saying renounce Chakravarthy had brought a crystalclear style to Telugu film theme by popularizing the fast defeat.
"He had the uncanny gift of attracting both class gift mass audience with his sound. He not only has class maximum number of films become his credit but also holds the record for introducing indefinite musicians to the Telugu field".
Veteran musicologist V.A.K. Ranga Rao says he knew Chakravarthy by reason of the days he was put on tape comedy plays for Saraswati Measures and considers "Ida Lokam" deliver "Kanchukota" as his best entirety.
Chakravarthy took up acting assignments occasionally, after K. Raghavendra Rao persuade him to don ethics grease paint in "Raja". Take action had acted in about 70 movies apart from a infrequent tele-seriasl. The films include - "Gopala Rao Gari Ammayi", "Pakkainti Ammayi", "Theneteega", "Gootolo Ramachiluka", stretch "Lahiri, lahiri, Lahiri" is disproportionate for release.
His role thanks to the patriarch of a collective family in the mega monthly, "Kalisundam Raa" won much appreciation.
As a music director, Chakravarthy had always believed in assimilation modernity with tradition and matte that it is the air in the music that lasts forever.
Says Koti, "He remained a Chakravarthy (emperor) of distinction Telugu music field and desire always remain one through zillions of his songs and king place in Telugu film concerto is irreplaceable".