Chandrabose or Chandra Bose may refer to:
Chandrabose (died September 30, 2010) was an Indian Tamil language music composer and singer. He has composed music for more than 300 movies between the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 2007 he made his debut on the silver screen as an actor.
Chandrabose's son, Bose Santhosh, has also worked in films as a composer, working in the Malayalam film Sandwich (2011) and the Tamil films, Meenkothi and Deva Kumaran.
Some of the hit songs he composed are:
Chandrabose (born Kanukuntla Subhash) is an Indian lyricist who writes songs for Tollywood films. He was also a playback singer at the start of his motion picture career. He has won a number of awards as best lyricist..
Chandrabose is from the village of Challagariga in the Warangal district of Andhra Pradesh (now in Telangana), where he completed high school. He earned a degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad. Early in his career, he tried working as a singer in Doordarshan, without success. He then decided to switch to working as a lyricist.
His friend Srinath, who suggested the change, introduced him to the director Muppalaneni Shiva. Siva had already directed Gharana Alludu and was starting production on Taj Mahal. Music director M. M. Sreelekha helped him with his first movie song, "Manchu Kondalloni Chandramaa", in 1995.
Chandrabose married Suchitra, a choreographer in the Telugu film industry.