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Filmmaker Rajesh Pillai died in Kochi at a private hospital on Saturday, a reliable source close to him said. He was 41.
"He passed away around 11.40 am at PVS Hospital," the source close to the director told IANS.
He was hospitalised several times in the last few months.
"He was on life support since yesterday. He had been suffering from liver cirrhosis, and was due for a liver transplant, which he had postponed to complete his latest film
Vettah, which released in cinemas on Friday," the source added.
During the final sound mixing for Vettah, he had also contracted pneumonia and that worsened his health condition.
Mr Pillai, who directed five films in his career, was best known for his work in the critically-acclaimed
Mili and
Traffic, which was later remade into Tamil and Hindi.