Chennai, April 30: Popular Tamil film cinematographer-director

K V Anand passed away in the wee hours of today, after suffering

a massive cardiac arrest.

He was 54.

Tamil film industry sources said that Anand suffered chest pain

late last night and he himself drove to a hospital in the city from

his Adyar residence on a car and got himself admitted.

However, he passed away without responding to treatment in the

early hours of today.

Anand began his film career as a cinematographer with Malayalam

movie ‘ThenmavinKombath’ in 1994.

After a career as a cinematographer for over a decade, Anand made

his directorial debut with popular hit films like ‘Kana Kandaen’.

He went on to helm films like ‘Ayan’, ‘Ko’, ‘Maattrraan’, ‘Aneagan’,

‘Kavan’ and ‘Kaappaan’.

The Tamil film industry, which is yet to recover from the sudden

demise of popular comedian and activist Vivek, mourned the death

of Anand.

Leading actors, artistes and film personalities took to the social media

to express their condolences to the deceased filmmaker.(UNI)