I. V. Sasi

I. V. Sasi
Sasi at the 62nd Filmfare Awards South
Born	Irruppam Veedu Sasidaran (1948-03-28)28 March 1948 Calicut, Malabar District, Madras State, India (present day Kerala, India)
Died	24 October 2017(2017-10-24) (aged 69) Saligramam, Chennai, India
Nationality	India
Other names	Sasi
Occupation	Movie director
Spouse	Seema ​ (m. 1980)​ [1]
Children	Anu, Ani

Irruppam Veedu Sasidaran (28 March 1948 – 24 October 2017),^[2] better known as I. V. Sasi, (മലയാളം: ഐ.വി. ശശി) was an Indian movie director. He made over 150 movies in various Indian languages and genres. He was known for his Malayalam movies of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, although he directed a few Tamil and Hindi movies as well.

In 2015, he was awarded the J. C. Daniel Award, the highest award in Malayalam cinema.

Sasi died at his home in Saligramam, Chennai on 24 October 2017 at the age of 69 at 10:30 am, due to a massive heart attack.^[3]

1. ↑ "Cinema is Sasi's wife: Seema". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 2016-06-07. Retrieved 2017-10-25.
2. ↑ "I V Sasi dead". addieu. 24 October 2017. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017.
3. ↑ "Malayalam director IV Sasi dies at 69". OnManorama. Retrieved 2017-10-24.