telugu film industry has lost another famous actor less than 24 hours after kaikala satyanarayanas last rites another senior actor passed away leaving the film industry in a state of griefsenior tollywood actor chalapathi rao breathed his last at his residence this morning due to a heart attack he was 78 chalapathi rao is survived by his wife and two daughters suffering from healthrelated issues for some time he has also been away from acting chalapathi rao was born in balliparru krishna district andhra pradesh in 1944 he entered the film industry with the encouragement of sr ntr rao made his debut in the film industry with the movie gudachari 116 released in 1966 as a supporting actor and villain in the films of sr ntr krishna akkineni nagarjuna chiranjeevi and venkatesh rao received praise from all rao starred in more than 600 films in his career spanning over five decades he also entered production and produced films like kaliyuga krishnadu kadapa reddamma jagannatakam pellante nurella panta presidentigari alludu ardharatri hatyalu and raktham chindina raatrichalapathi rao has a special bond with sr ntr he shared screen space with three generations of actors he is wellknown for his films such as yamagola yugapurushu driver rama akbar saleem anarkali bhale krishna saradha rama justice chaudhary bobbili puli fight with law thief rama allari alludu allari ninne pelladata nuvve kavali sinhadri bunny bommarillu arundhati sinha and dammu he was not seen on the silver screen after last years release of bangarrajuhis family members said that chalapathi raos last rites will take place after his daughter comes from america for the unversed actordirector ravi babu is chalapathi raos son his mortal remains will be kept at ravi babus house in banjara hills for fans to visit till sunday afternoon to play their last respects the funeral will be held on wednesday december 28 after 3 pm