POPULAR DIRECTOR WHO INTRODUCED SILK SMITHA AS HEROINE, PASSES AWAY - DEETS!

He had started his career as a photographer and started a studio in Ernakulam in the 1960s under the name 'Eastman'. From clicking pictures for newspapers, magazines, to celebrities from the film industry, he became popular.

Antony Eastman was credited with the introduction of popular star Silk Smitha as heroine in his debut directorial venture ‘Inaye Thedi’ (1979) and since then there was no looking back for both the actress and the director duo as they went on to garner more and more fame.

For the unversed, he had directed five more films that includes Mridula, Ice Cream, Vayal, Varnatheru and Ambada Njaane. He had worked as a still photographer for 13 films, wrote stories for nine films, wrote script for one film and acted in a film.