India’s official entry to Oscars 2023,Chhello Show’s 15-year-old child actor Rahul Koli dies of cancer
Rahul Koli, a child artist of Chhello Show or Last Film Show , passed away from cancer at the age of 15. He was one of the six young performers that appeared in the movie.
The movie is India’s official submission for the 95th Academy Awards’ Best International Feature Film category. Chhello Show, a coming-of-age Gujarati film, is India’s official entry to the Oscars 2023.
Rahul’s father told TOI, “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.”
Speaking of Chhello Show, the movie had its world premiere as the opening film at DeNiro’s Tribeca Film Festival. Since then, it has won numerous awards at international film festivals, including the Golden Spike at the 66th Valladolid Film Festival in Spain.
