Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Oct 11: Rahul Koli, child actor of Chhello Show or Last Film Show fame, passed away from cancer at the age of 15. He was one of the six young actors in the movie that serves as India’s official submission for the 95th Academy Awards’ Best International Feature Film category.
Rahul’s father reportedly stated that the deceased child star had experienced numerous fever attacks prior to passing away and had also vomited blood. He stated that the family would watch Chhello Show collectively following Rahul’s final rites. The movie will release on October 14.
“On Sunday, October 2, he had his breakfast and then after repeated bouts of fever in the following hours, Rahul vomited blood thrice and just like that my child was no more. Our family is devastated. But we will watch his ‘last film show’ together on the release day on October 14 after we perform his final purification rituals,” said father Ramu Koli.
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The time period of Last Film Show, which is at the dawn of the digital revolution, was inspired by Pan Nalin’s personal memories of falling in love with movies as a young child in rural Gujarat. The narrative of a nine-year-old boy, who begins a lifelong love affair with cinema after he bribes his way into a dilapidated movie theatre and spends a summer viewing films from the projection booth, is told in this movie, which is set in a distant rural community in Saurashtra.
The film, starring debutant child actor Bhavin Rabari as Samay, had premiered at the 2021 edition of the New York-set Tribeca Film Festival.
