Chandrabose (lyricist)

Chandrabose
Chandrabose with Academy Award (2023)
Born
Kanukuntla Subhash Chandrabose

Alma materJawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Occupations
  • lyricist
  • playback singer
  • Oscars Academy jury member
SpouseSuchitra Chandrabose
Children2

Kanukuntla Subhash Chandrabose is an Indian lyricist and playback singer who works in Telugu films. Chandrabose debuted as a lyricist with the 1995 film Taj Mahal. In a career spanning over 25 years, he has written lyrics for about 3600 songs in over 850 films. Chandrabose won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for the song "Naatu Naatu" from RRR (2022). He has received one National Award,two Nandi Awards, two Filmfare Awards, and three SIIMA Awards as a lyricist.

Early life and career

Chandrabose is born in the village of Challagariga of Warangal district, Andhra Pradesh (now in Bhupalpally district, Telangana), where he completed high school. He is the youngest of four siblings, and his father worked as a primary school teacher. He earned a degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad. Early in his career, he tried working as a singer in Doordarshan, without success. He then decided to switch to working as a lyricist.

He entered the film industry with Muppalaneni Shiva's film Taj Mahal (1995). Music director M. M. Srilekha helped him with his first film song, "Manchu Kondallona Chandramaa" in 1995. He adopted Chandrabose as his screen name on the advice of his first director Muppalaneni Siva.

Chandrabose married Suchitra, a choreographer in the Telugu film industry.

Discography


Awards and nominations

Academy Awards
Critics' Choice Movie Awards
Filmfare Awards South
Golden Globe Awards
Nandi Awards
  • Best Lyricist for "Nee Navvula Thelladanaanni" in Aadi (2002)
  • Best Lyricist for "Cheekatito Veluge Cheppenu Nenunnanani" in Nenunnanu (2004)
National Film Awards
SIIMA Awards
  • Best Lyricist – Telugu for "Kanipinchina Maa Amma" from Manam (2014)
  • Best Lyricist – Telugu for "Entha Sakkagunnave" from Rangasthalam (2018)
  • Best Lyricist – Telugu for "Srivalli" from Pushpa: The Rise (2022)
Santosham Film Awards

Notable songs


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