Marathi filmmaker Kanchan Nayak passes away

Marathi cinema

's

veteran filmmaker Kanchan Nayak

breathed his last today. He was 65. His sad demise has left the entire Marathi industry in a state of shock.

Kanchan was well-known for his

debut directorial Marathi film

'

Kalat Nakalat

' which was produced by Smita Talwalkar. It featured stars like Vikram Gokhale, Ashok Saraf, Nilu Phule, Savita Prabhune, Ashwini Bhave and others. The film went onto win the National award for the Best Marathi film that year.

He has been working in the field of directing for the last four and a half decades. Kanchan's Marathi film list includes 'Raju', 'Majhi Aai' and 'Dankyavar Danka' which was his last directorial film.

We offer the family our heartfelt condolences.