Chhello Show child actor passes away days after film selected as India's Oscar entry

Rahul Koli, one of the child actors of India's Oscars entry Chhello Show, died of leukaemia on October 2, just days before the release of his film.

His family held a prayer meeting at their native Hapa village near Jamnagar on Monday. "He was so happy and would often tell me that our lives would change after the release of the movie. But he left us before that," his father Ramu Koli, an autorickshaw driver, said.