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.

Shibu Chakravarthy
Background information
GenresFilm score
Occupation(s)
  • Lyricist
  • Scriptwriter
  • Poster Designer
Years active1984–present
LabelsHMV India
BMG India
Tarangini
Inreco
Associated actsOuseppachan
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

References
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