Chindodi Leela Dead: She Was Karnataka Theatre Personality
- Chindodi Leela Dead: She Was Karnataka Theatre Personality
She had undergone bypass surgery last Monday and had been in coma for the last three days, but she succumbed to heart related ailments at around 10 p.m. Thursday night and died at 9.10 pm on Thursday. She was 72.
Expressing deep regret, Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa said that the state has lost a popular artist who was also involved in many social and developmental activities.
She also acted in over 20 films, including ‘Kiththoor Chennamma’, ‘Gaali Gopura’, ‘Krishnadevaraya’ and ‘Sharapanjara’. She also produced a film on the blind music sensation Panchakshari Gavaayi that won the central government best music director National Award for ‘Hamsalekha’. The film also won several state awards.
Padmashri recipient, Leela had won the Central Sangeetha Nataka academy award in addition to the Sri Krishnadevaraya Award from the Andhra Pradesh government. The Karnataka government felicitated Leela with several awards, including the Gubbi Veeranna Award, the highest honour for any theatre personality in the state.
Her mortal remains will be kept at Veeranna Gubbi Rangamandira for public viewing till Friday noon. Later, the body would be taken to Davangere, where her last rites would be performed, family sources said.
Leela was born in a family of artists and has been acting in lead roles in professional drama troupes since the age of five. Over 10,000 performances were held of her play ‘Halli Hudugi’. She revived her family’s drama company all by herself and made it one of the biggest professional drama troupes in Karnataka.
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