Veteran Malayalam Film Director Lenin Rajendran Passes Away

Veteran filmmaker and chairman of Kerala State Film Development Corporation Lenin Rajendran passed away on Monday at a private hospital in Chennai, said a Kerala Minister.

He was 67 and was under treatment for liver ailments at Apollo Hospital, Chennai, for the past three weeks.

State Minister for Culture and Cinema A.K. Balan said the director passed away in Chennai.

“He directed 16 films. He always treaded a different path and that’s what made him different. He was a known Left traveler, that was evident in most of his pictures. His unexpected demise has come as a shock. The Malayalam film industry would miss him,” said Balan.