Chakri, Popular Telugu Music Director, Dies at 40

On of the Telugu music composer Chakri died of a heart attack today in Hyderabad at the age of 40. He was reportedly suffering from problems related to obesity.

The news of his death has a shock to all politicians and filmmakers with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, Telangana Chief Minister Chandrashekar Rao and many filmmakers conveying their condolences.
Chakri Born in 1974 in Mahabubabad in previous Andhra Pradesh. Now in  Telangana, Chakradhar Gilla alias Chakri began his career in Telugu Film Industry as a music director with the Great Director Puri Jagannadh's Bachi, which hit screens in 2000. He scored the music for as many as 85 films, the popular ones being “Itlu Sravani Subramanyam,  Amma Naanna Tami Ammai, Idiot, Golimaar, Satyam, Devaraya, Atanu, Jai Bolo Telangana and also his latest movie “errabassu”

Chakri, as Mr Gilla's name was popularly shortened into, won the state government's Nandi Award for Simha and also received the Filmfare Award for Best Playback Singer {Telugu} for Satyam {2003}.
He is survived by his wife Sravani and their children.