Shakthikanth Karthick is an Indian composer who works in Telugu-language films and is known for his work for the film Fidaa (2017).
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.