K. P. Sasi

K. P. Sasi

Born	(1958-03-14)14 March 1958 Thrissur, Kerala, India
Died	25 December 2022(2022-12-25) (aged 64) Thrissur, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Film director and cartoonist

Karuvannur Puthanveettil Sasi^[1] (Malayalam: കെ. പി. ശശി; 14 March 1958 – 25 December 2022) was an Indian film director and cartoonist from Bengaluru.

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Life and career

Sasi's father K. Damodaran (25 February 1912 – 3 July 1976) was a Marxist theoretician and writer and one of the founder leaders of the Communist Party of India.^{[citation needed]} He started working as a cartoonist while being a student at JNU during the late seventies. He started experimenting with films on 8mm during the early eighties. His documentaries include "A Valley Refuses to Die", "We Who Make History", "Living in Fear", "In the Name of Medicine" and "Voices from a Disaster", Fabricated!, America America, Resisting Coastal Invasion and Development at Gunpoint.^[2]^[3]

His feature films include Ilayum Mullum, on the social and psychological violence on women in Kerala.^{[citation needed]} Ek Alag Mausam (A Different Season) (Hindi: एक अलग मौसम) is a 2003 Hindi language movie directed by Sasi and starring Nandita Das, Anupam Kher, Renuka Shahane, Rajit Kapur, Arundathi Nag, Sreelatha and Sally Whittaker, and Ssh..Silence Please,^[4] a silent comedy film on development. He was a founder member of ViBGYOR Film Festival.^{[citation needed]}

Sasi died in Thrissur, Kerala, on 25 December 2022, at the age of 64.^[5]^[6]

Filmography

As director

2016 – Voices from the Ruins
2014 – Fabricated'
2009 – A climate call from the coast
2009 – Like leaves in a storm'
2009 – Tsunami rehabilitation an unfinished business
2009 - Gaon chodab nahin
2007 – Resisting Coastal Invasion
2006 – If It Rains Again'
2005 – Redefining Peace – Women lead the way
2005 – America, America
2004 – The Source of Life for Sale
2003 – Ssh..Silence Please
2002 – Development at Gunpoint
2001 – Voices from a Disaster
1998 – Ek Alag Mausam
1994 – The Wings of Kokkrebellur
1993 – Appukkuttan in Time Runs
1991 – Ilayum Mullum
1988 – A Valley Refuses to Die
1989 – A Campaign Begins
1988 – The Rope
1987 – In the Name of Medicine
1986 – Living in Fear
1985 – We Who Make History and That Angry Arabian Sea
1984 - Science to People

As cartoonist

2004 – InPosters

Books

2000 – When the Birds Stop Singing

References

^ Praveen, S. r. (10 December 2012). "His camera speaks truth to power". The Hindu.
^ "Director KP Sasi passes away". Retrieved 25 December 2022.
^ "Film, documentary maker KP Sasi passes away". Retrieved 25 December 2022.
^ "The Hindu : When silence is golden". www.thehindu.com. Archived from the original on 11 March 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
^ Director KP Sasi passes away
^ "Veteran filmmaker KP Sasi dies at 64(1994)". Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.

General references

[1] [2] [3] Archived 9 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] Archived 31 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

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