K. Chakravarthi (born Kommineni Appa Rao; 8 September 1936 – 3 February 2002) was an Indian music director and actor who primarily worked in Telugu cinema.
Chakravarthi was born as Kommineni Appa Rao on 8 September 1936 in Ponnekallu, Guntur District of present-day Andhra Pradesh.
It was his friend K.Chatterjee who was keeping faith in his talent and renamed him as "Chakravarthy" from "Apparao" so that he will do justice to the Royal category in his profession.
Before this film, he composed background music for a Hindi movie, in the titles of which, his name was wrongly mentioned as Chakravarthi while it was actually Apparao then.
Since 1979 film "Driver Ramudu" their association yielded numerous commercial hits both in terms of music and collections.
He composed "Aadave andaala surabhamini" song for movie Yamagola in "Raga" "Jaijaivanti" using his own style fast tempo making it a commercial success.
His music score for the movie Khaidi (1983 film) provided much needed commercial break in the career for the actor Chiranjeevi and Director A. Kodandarami Reddy.
He proved the fact that music is boundless and it is also mass entertainment, and not just pundits make any art worthy.
S. P. Sailaja with song "Nampalli tesan kadi raja lingo" from film "Erra Mallelu", Vandemataram Srinivas are notable singers introduced by him.