Sasi (director)

Sasi, born Sasidharan, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works primarily in Tamil cinema. He made his directorial debut with Sollamale in 1998 and a year later directed its Telugu remake Seenu. He then built a reputation with romance films such as Roja Kootam in 2002, Dishyum in 2006 and Poo in 2008; Poo won accolades at several regional award ceremonies, was screened at international festivals including the Los Angeles Indian Film Festival, and earned Sasi the Best Director award at the Ahmedabad International Film Festival. In 2013 he made his first action film, Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu, followed by Pichaikkaran in 2016, which starred and was scored by Vijay Antony and became a blockbuster, and Sivappu Manjal Pachai in 2019.