Koti (composer)

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Koti
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Koti at Saluri Rajeswara Rao's 100th birth anniversary celebrations in Ravindra Bharathi on 17 October 2021
Born
Saluri Koteswara Rao

28 May 1958 (1958-05-28)
Mylapore, Chennai, India
Spouse(s)S.Jyothi (m.1985), Chennai
Children3
Father S. Rajeswara Rao
Musical career
Genres
Occupations
  • Composer
  • record producer
  • singer
Years active1983-present
Signature
Koti Signature.jpg

Saluri Koteswara Rao, known professionally as Koti, is an Indian composer and singer who predominantly works in Telugu films . He has composed music for over 528 films. [1] The son of veteran and a composer S. Rajeswara Rao, in early 1980s Koti teamed with Somaraju (Raj), son of T. V. Raju, and the resulting duo was known as Raj–Koti. [1] The duo composed music for about 180 films from their debut in 1983 till their separation in 1994. After the separation, Koti has composed music and background score for more than 350 movies. He won the Nandi Award for Best Music Director for the film Hello Brother (1994).

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Career

He started his music career as an assistant to music director K. Chakravarthy. Composers such as A. R. Rahman, Mani Sharma, Harris Jayaraj and S. Thaman, worked as keyboard programmers with Koti during the initial part of their career. [2] Roshan Salur, son of Koti is also introduced as film score composer and is married to Tejaswini and their daughter is Swasthika Roshan salur . [3] Another son Rajeev Salur started his career as an actor. [4] Daughter Bhagyasri Salur is married to Srinivas Nallapati and is blessed with daughters (Aanya & Diya)

Discography

Telugu
Hindi films
Kannada films

Actor

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References

  1. 1 2 "'Good music emanates from the story'". The Hindu . 12 October 2004. Archived from the original on 21 April 2005. Retrieved 30 July 2010.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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