Despite having shot nine films over 10 years and a bit, including the 2007 Indian Panorama entry Kallori, Chennai-based cinematographer Chezhiyan Ra was barely known outside the state of Tamil Nadu. Between November and February, however, life has taken a new turn for him. His directorial debut, To Let, fetched him two major festival prizes in the span of four months.
Set in 2007, when the IT boom in Chennai sent house rents through the roof and put the less fortunate at a severe disadvantage, To Let is a hyper-realist observational drama. . .
