Noted filmmaker Vipin Das passes away, at the age of 72.
A cinematographer who has been associated with Malayalam Cinema for over three decades, Vipin Das was associated with leading filmmakers including Bharathan and Padmarajan. He had also won the State Award for his work in ‘Manimuzhakkam’ (1977) and had worked for films like ‘Ponmudi’, ‘Chillu’, ‘Nirakkoottu’, ‘Moonnaam Mura’, ‘Oridathoru Fayalvan’, ‘Adayalam’ etc.
After cranking the camera for some films in the early 1990s, he kept away from films for a while. The last film he did was ‘Thathwamasi’, in 2010.
Vipin Das had also directed a couple of films and is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.