A flower named Chezhiyan: Sreekar Prasad remembers the filmmaker whose final film heads to Tokyo

A flower named Chezhiyan: Sreekar Prasad remembers the filmmaker whose final film heads to Tokyo left Chezhiyan’s final film Kaakithamalar (The Paper Flower) will have its world premiere at the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival’s Asian Future section. Special arrangement https://th-i.thgim.com/public/entertainment/d9wiau/article71613481.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/Untitled%20design%20-%202026-10-23T030149.975.jpg The National Award-winning film editor on the late Tamil cinematographer-director-author whose The Paper Flower will premiere at the 39th Tokyo International Film Festival Chezhiyan R. had many films in him. Whenever we met, he would talk about more than one script idea at a time, and I would suggest ways of developing them. There was always another story he wanted to tell, another possibility he wanted to explore. I never imagined that one day these conversations would come to an abrupt end. His sudden passing this July left us shaken.