Legendary
musician
Ilayaraja's
Nephew
Pavalar
Mainthan
aka
Joe
has
passed
away.
He
had
assisted
director
RV
Udayakumar
on
several
blockbuster
hits
like
Singaravelan
starring
Kamal
Haasan
(1992),
Kizakku
Vaasal
featuring
Karthik
and
Revathi
(1990)
and
Chinna
Gounder
starring
Vijayakanth
and
Sukanya
(1992).
He
later
made
his
directorial
debut
with
Naalu
Perum
Romba
Nallavanga
starring
Power
Star
Srinivasan
and
Yasin
Disha.
Unfortunately,
he
didn't
complete
the
comedy-thriller
which
was
his
dream
project.
He
has
also
penned
dialogues
for
Karka
Kasadara.
He
was
the
son
of
famous
poet
and
musician
Pavalar
Varadarajan
and
cousin
of
Yuvan
Shankar
Raja.
Many
celebrities
and
friends
of
the
director
have
expressed
their
deepest
condolences
to
the
family.