She predominantly sings for Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi language movies.

[citation needed] Chaitra informally began learning music at the age of 10, where her parents Ramana Murthy and Padma Priya, although not professionally trained themselves, taught her what they observed from listening to music.

Eventually, Chaitra learnt Hindustani Classical Music from Smt.

[citation needed] In 2004, at the age of 12, Chaitra began her playback singing career by recording her first Telugu playback song, Toli Toliga, for the movie Andaru Dongale Dorikithe, composed by the late Sri.

[citation needed] In 2005, Chaitra won the Paadalani Undi singing show that aired on MAA TV that was hosted by the late S P Balasubrahmanyam.