Chandrabose wins Oscar: Decoding the lyricist's two-decade-long journey

It is a bid day for Telugu cinema as Naatu Naatu from RRR has won the best original song at the Oscar Awards 2023. Both Keeravani and Chandrabose received the award and made every Telugu-speaking person quite happy. Chandrabose winning an Oscar award is a new high, especially within the writing community. Everyone is super happy that a person from the writing community has been awarded the biggest honor. Let's look at the career of Chandrabose until he won this award.

Chandrbose was born in the Warangal District of Telangana where he completed high school. He did his engineering at JNTU University and made his debut as a lyricist with the Rama Naidu film Taj Mahal in 1995. In the year 1996, he teamed up with RRR composer MM Keeravani for the film Pelli Sandadi and the film's success made him an overnight sensation.

Chandrabose's ‘Ekkado Putti Ekkado Periigi’ from Student No.1 featuring NTR was a rage with the youth and made him a star lyricist. In a career spanning over 25 years in showbiz, Chandrabose has worked on over 850 films to date. He has penned lyrics to over 4000 songs and is a regular with Keeravani and his films.

Not many know that Chandrabose is married to noted Tollywood dance choreographer Suchitra. He has also sung a number of songs in Telugu and now he has become a global icon with RRR. Chandrabose judges singing shows and is high on the success of his biggest hit Pushpa. With him getting international recognition, the Telugu film fraternity is super proud and is praising him big time. His next release is Allu Arjun's Pushpa 2 which is in the making now.