Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Born

March 28, 1948

Died

October 24, 2017 (age 69)

Place of Birth

Kozhikode, Kerala, India

Also Known As

I V Sasi

I.V. Sasi

ഐ വി ശശി

I. V. Sasi

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I V Sasi

Biography

Irruppam Veedu Sasidaran (28 March 1947 – 24 October 2017) was an Indian film director who made over 110 films predominantly in Malayalam, in addition to Tamil and Hindi languages. In 2015, he was awarded the J. C. Daniel Award, the highest award in Malayalam cinema. Often described as a pathbreaker, Sasi made his mark during Malayalam cinema’s transformative period from the 1970s to 1990s.