Award-winning filmmaker and cinematographer R. Chezhiyan passes away at 57

Filmmaker and cinematographer R. Chezhiyan died at the age of 57 following a prolonged illness.

He was widely recognised for his critically acclaimed minimalist film 'To Let', which portrayed a lower middle-class family's housing struggle.

'To Let' received the Best Film award in the Indian Language Competition section at the 23rd Kolkata International Film Festival.