music composer shekar chandra known for his work in films like nachavule cinema choopista mama ekkadiki pothavu chinnavada 118 and more recently composed for savaari and an upcoming release titled valayam reminiscing of his journey so far consisting of 14 years of hard work and 35 films the composer believes he has had a good run so far i might not have worked with the biggest stars of tollywood but the kind of work that has come my way the different kind of concepts have been gratifying to compose for i have nothing to complain he says adding that is not to say that i would not want to compose for films with bigger stars because thats the dream when 118 released the song chandamame got recognition i remember back then how kalyan ram told me it was one of his favourite songs in all his career something like that keeps me happy and encourages me to do better he says even now with saahith mothkuris nandu and priyanka sharma starrer savaari two songs nee kannulo and undipova nuvvila have garnered recognition and i have tiktokers to thank for that because theyre the ones who made these numbers sung by rahul sipligunj and spoorti famous he adds now with ramesh kadumulas thriller the laksh chadalavada digangana suryavanshi noel sean starrer valayam hitting screens soon the composer remains optimistic i have a small but honest body of work in the last few years when i hear my numbers being played at random places sometimes even years after it makes me happy the aim now is to keep bettering myself ar rahman is my inspiration and im excited about whats in store next says shekar rounding off