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Tamil - Malayalam film industry mourns director IV Sasi 's death

PUBLISHED DATE | 24/Oct/2017

Malayalam film industry mourns director IV Sasi 's death



Legendary filmmaker I.V. Sasi who ruled the roost between 1970 and 1990 in the Malayalam film industry passes away due to a health condition in Chennai today. The director who was married to Malayalam actress Seema was 69 during the time of his death. 

Sasi has the credit of introducing stars like Mammootty in the film Thrishna and Rajinikanth in his first Malayalam venture Allauddinum Arputha Vilakkum. The director also gave Mohanlal one of his first breaks and has directed Kamal Haasan in about 4 films. He has directed about 150 films in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam in a career spanning 40 years.

 


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