Shibu Chakravarthy
Shibu Chakravarthy is an Indian lyricist, screenwriter, and poster designer who works in Malayalam cinema. He has written lyrics for about 200 songs from about 80 films. He has been the script writer for films including Nair Saab, Manu Uncle, and Adharvam. He wrote his first song for the movie Allimalarkkaavu in 1984, and he still an active figure in the industry. He started writing at an age of 18.
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Genres | Film score |
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Years active | 1984–present |
Labels | HMV India BMG India Tarangini Inreco |
Associated acts | Ouseppachan S. P. Venkatesh Shyam Johnson Kannur Rajan Reghu Kumar |
Career
He was introduced to the Malayalam film industry by Rajan Prakash of Prakash Movie tone. His first film was Allimalarkkavu (1984), while he was doing his master's degree in philosophy in Maharaja's College, Ernakulam. He continued his studies and secured a diploma in journalism while working in the film industry. His breakthrough was the film Shyama with the song "Chembarathy Poove chollu", and became a successful lyricist.
Besides being a popular Lyricists and Screenwriter he has also worked as a graphic designer with Gayathri Asokan at Gayathri designs; He had then worked on poster designs for many Malayalam movies and cover designs for music cassettes.
He has had quite a few hits with popular music directors, including M.K. Arjunan, Raghu Kumar, Shyam, Ravindran, Johnson, K.J. Joy, Kannoor Rajan, Jerry Amal Dev, M.G. Radhakrishnan, S.P. Venketesh, Mohan Sithara, M. Jayachandran Alphons, Deepak Dev, and Ousephachan.
As script writer
- Manu Uncle, directed by Dennis Joseph
- Adharvam, directed by Dennis Joseph
- Nair Saab (as co-writer with Dennis Joseph), directed by Joshiy
- Samrajyam, directed by Jomon
- Abhayam, directed by Sivan
- Ezharakoottam, directed by Karim.
- Parvathy Parinayam directed by P. G. Viswambharan
- Churam, directed by Bharathan
- Sainyam - directed by Joshi
References
External links
- Shibu Chakravarthy at IMDb
- Shibu Chakravarthy at the Malayalam Movie Database