<p>Chennai: <em>Kudisai</em> (The Hut) fame film director and writer Jayabharathi, hailed as a pioneer of alternate genre <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/cinema">cinema</a>, died here due to age-related ailments on Friday, a source close to him said.</p>.<p>He was 77. Jayabharathi was admitted to a hospital here after his health deteriorated and he breathed his last early on Friday, the source said.</p>.<p>"He was a person who lived only for alternate cinema. When he gets Rs 10,000 he would think of making an alternate cinema," Tamil film comedian and former legislator S Ve Shekher, who gave the sound effects for Jayabharathi’s maiden film 'Kudisai', said.</p>.<p>"He lived for alternate cinemas all his life. He was greatly influenced by international films. We can say Jayabharathi is a pioneer of alternate genre cinemas," Shekhar told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>Jayabharathi's film 'Nanba Nanba', which had Shekher's brother in the lead role, won the national award.</p>.<p>His film <em>Kudisai</em>, which shot him to fame, was produced and released through crowdfunding in 1979. He last directed the film <em>Puthiran</em> in 2010.</p>.<p>It is said the director-writer lived in poverty during his last phase of life. He had worked as a journalist before entering the film industry.</p>.<p>Shekhar has appealed to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin to confer state honours on Jayabharathi. </p>
<p>Chennai: <em>Kudisai</em> (The Hut) fame film director and writer Jayabharathi, hailed as a pioneer of alternate genre <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/cinema">cinema</a>, died here due to age-related ailments on Friday, a source close to him said.</p>.<p>He was 77. Jayabharathi was admitted to a hospital here after his health deteriorated and he breathed his last early on Friday, the source said.</p>.<p>"He was a person who lived only for alternate cinema. When he gets Rs 10,000 he would think of making an alternate cinema," Tamil film comedian and former legislator S Ve Shekher, who gave the sound effects for Jayabharathi’s maiden film 'Kudisai', said.</p>.<p>"He lived for alternate cinemas all his life. He was greatly influenced by international films. We can say Jayabharathi is a pioneer of alternate genre cinemas," Shekhar told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>Jayabharathi's film 'Nanba Nanba', which had Shekher's brother in the lead role, won the national award.</p>.<p>His film <em>Kudisai</em>, which shot him to fame, was produced and released through crowdfunding in 1979. He last directed the film <em>Puthiran</em> in 2010.</p>.<p>It is said the director-writer lived in poverty during his last phase of life. He had worked as a journalist before entering the film industry.</p>.<p>Shekhar has appealed to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin to confer state honours on Jayabharathi. </p>