Shakthikanth Karthick

Shakthikanth Karthick is an Indian composer who works in Telugu-language films and is known for his work for the film Fidaa.

Early life and career Shaktikanth grew up in Chennai and studied engineering at REC (Calicut). He worked as a keyboard programmer and in scoring for a few films including Avakai Biryani (2008) before making his debut as a composer with Ko Ante Koti. He received his breakthrough with Fidaa (2017), which was set in Telangana. Shaktikanth credits the success of the film's music including the song "Vachinde" to director Sekhar Kammula who had a concrete vision of the setting of each of the songs.

As for his lack of frequent compositions, he said that he prefers quality over quantity.

Discography As composer All productions are in Telugu, unless otherwise noted Films +List of original film soundtracks and scoresYearTitleScoreSongsNotes 2012 Ko Antey Koti 2017 Fidaa NominatedFilmfare Award for Best Music Director – Telugu NominatedSIIMA Award for Best Music Director – Telugu NominatedZee Telugu Golden Award for Best Music Director 2018 Nela Ticket Happy Wedding 2021 Nootokka Jillala Andagadu 2023 Umapathi

Television +YearTitleScoreSongsNotes 2019 Gods of Dharmapuri 2024 Brinda 2025 Mayasabha Independent work "Ravali Jagan, Kavali Jagan" for Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy