Popular
Malayalam
film-maker
IV
Sasi
(69),
who
has
directed
over
150
films,
passed
away
today
(October
24,
2017)
at
11
AM
in
his
residence
in
Chennai.
Actress
Semma,
the
wife
of
the
film-maker
went
on
confirm
the
news
to
the
media.
Reortedly,
the
fim-maker
was
under
treatment
for
illness.
IV
Sasi
revolutionised
the
Malayalam
film
industry
with
his
unique
style
of
film-making.
He
has
given
the
industry
some
of
the
biggest
ever
blockbusters.
Apart
from
Malayalam,
IV
Sasi
has
also
directed
a
number
of
films
in
Tamil
and
Telugu.
The
master
film-maker
also
went
on
to
direct
films
in
Bollywood.
The
veteran
film-maker
started
off
his
career
in
films
as
an
art
director
with
the
1968
movie
Kaliyalla
Kalyanam.
Later,
he
turned
to
the
direction
department
and
worked
as
an
assistant
director
in
a
good
number
of
films.
IV
Sasi
donned
the
cap
of
a
director
with
the
film
Ulsavam.
From
then
on,
he
didn't
have
to
look
back
and
went
to
etch
a
place
of
his
own
in
the
history
of
Malayalam
cinema
as
one
among
the
most
successful
film-makers
of
Mollywood.
In
Other
Languages
He
has
directed
films
like
Patita,
Ankhon
Ki
Rishta,
Karishma
etc.,
in
Hindi.
IV
Sasi
has
also
worked
with
Rajinikanth
and
Kamal
Haasan
and
directed
both
of
them
in
the
film
Alauddinum
Alputha
Vilakkum.
He
has
also
directed
films
like
Kaali,
Guru,
Pagalil
Oru
Iravu
etc.,
in
Tamil.
With
Mammootty
&
Mohanlal
IV
Sasi
was
the
film-maker
who
introduced
Mammootty
as
the
lead
hero
with
the
superhit
film
Thrishna
(1982).
Both
of
them
went
on
to
work
in
a
good
number
of
film
out
of
which
many
of
them
went
on
to
become
blockbusters.
He
has
also
worked
with
Mohanlal
in
good
number
of
movies
with
the
blockbuster
movie
Devasuram
being
the
prominent
one
among
them.
IV
Sasi
has
directed
both
Mammootty
and
Mohanlal
in
superhit
movies
like
Athirathram,
Adimakal
Udamakal,
Aalkoottathil
Thaniye,
Vartha
and
many
more.
Achievements
In
a
film
career
spanning
over
four
decades,
a
number
of
achievements
came
in
the
film-maker's
way.
His
film
Aaroodam
won
the
Nargiss
Dutt
Award
for
the
Best
Feature
Film
In
National
Integration.
He
is
also
the
recipient
of
4
Kerala
State
Film
Awards,
including
the
Best
Director
Award
for
the
film
Mrigaya
(1989)
Last
Film
Vellathooval,
which
had
hit
the
theatres
in
the
year
2009
is
the
last
film
of
IV
Sasi.
The
film,
featured
Nithya
Menen
and
Rejith
Menon
in
the
lead
roles.
IV
Sasi
was
planning
to
make
a
comeback
to
Mollywood
films
with
a
big
budget
project
named
Burning
Wells.