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Cinematographer R. Chezhiyan beside a film camera in a black and white photograph

News · 10 July 2026

R. Chezhiyan, cinematographer who made To Let, dies at 57

R. Chezhiyan, the National Award-winning cinematographer of Paradesi and Thenmerku Paruvakaatru who directed To Let, has died in Chennai at 57 after a period of illness.