I. V. Sasi | |
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 Sasi at the62nd Filmfare Awards South | |
| Born | Irruppam Veedu Sasidaran (1948-03-28)28 March 1948 |
| Died | 24 October 2017(2017-10-24) (aged 69) |
| Alma mater | Loyola College, Chennai |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1974–2017 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2, includingAni |
Irruppam Veedu Sasidaran (28 March 1948 – 24 October 2017) was an Indianfilm director who made over 110 films predominantly inMalayalam, in addition toTamil andHindi languages. In 2015, he was awarded theJ. C. Daniel Award, the highest award in Malayalam cinema. Often described as a pathbreaker, Sasi made his mark duringMalayalam cinema's transformative period from the 1970s to 1990s.[1]
I. V. Sasi was born on 28 March 1948 inWest Hill nearKozhikode, as the son of I. V. Chandran and Kausalya.[2] He married Malayalam film actressSeema on 28 August 1980.[3] He met her on the set of his filmAvalude Ravukal (1978) and she remained his favorite heroine. They worked together in more than 30 movies. They have two children, daughter Anu and sonAni. Anu has acted inSymphony, directed by her father. Anu married Milan Nair on 10 December 2010.[4] Ani is a Telugu film director.[5]
He has directed Malayalam movies in many genres. His war-themed movie1921, written by screenwriterT. Damodaran, was the first Malayalam movie to be nominated in the Italian Film Festival. HisIna was the first Malayalam film about child marriage. In 1982, he shared The National film Awards' The Nargis Dutt award for the Best Feature Film on National Integration for his filmAaroodam with its producer Rosamma George.Ezhamkadalinakkare is the first Malayalam film to shoot inNorth America, withManhattan being one of its locations.[6] The songSuralokajaladhaara was filmed near inNiagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.[7]
At the time of his death, he was working on pre-production ofBurning Wells, a film based on theKuwait war, which he was to co-direct withSohan Roy.[8][9][10]
I. V. Sasi died at his home inSaligramam,Chennai on 24 October 2017 at the age of 69 at 10:30 am, due to a massiveheart attack.[11][12][13][14]
Known for technical brilliance and stylish making, I.V. Sasi is considered as the director who introduced larger canvases and vibrant narrative terrains in Malayalam cinema that were populated by the rustic and the ordinary and not by ideal and romantic. Most of his works were blended with artistic elements and commercial values.[15] His stories were said to have charged with sensuality and a visual feel. Some of these were mostly set in an atmosphere with strong female presences. The characters in his films came from all kinds of backgrounds and some of these represented the emerging demands and desires of Kerala's civil society.[16]
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