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{{Short description|Indian film director and screenwriter}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2025}}
{{Infobox person
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| occupation = Director, Screenwriter, Editor, Executive Producer
| years_active = 2017{{Endash}}present
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| relatives = [[I. V. Sasi]] (father)<br>[[Seema (actress)|Seema]] (mother)
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'''Ani I. V. Sasi''' is an Indian film director and screenwriter. He is the son of the late prolific filmmaker [[I. V. Sasi]] and actress [[Seema (actress)|Seema]].

==Early life ==
Ani is the son of Malayalam filmmaker [[I. V. Sasi]] and actress [[Seema (actress)|Seema]]. Growing up, anime, Tamil films (including [[Crazy Mohan]] and [[Suresh Krissna]]'s works) and Malayalam films influenced his way of thinking.<ref name="father">{{Cite web|date=19 July 2021|title=I can never work like my father, IV Sasi: Ani|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2021/jul/19/i-can-never-work-like-my-father-iv-sasi-ani-2332023.html|access-date=2021-12-29|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref name="Hope">{{Cite web |last=Harsh |first=B. H. |date=2025-07-02 |title=Ani IV Sasi: I want to make films that give people hope |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/telugu/interviews/2025/Jul/02/ani-iv-sasi-i-want-to-make-films-that-give-people-hope |access-date=2025-07-10 |website=Cinema Express |language=en}}</ref><ref name="TW">{{Cite web |date=11 June 2021 |title=Ani IV Sasi's short film 'Maya' released on YouTube; revenue to be donated for COVID relief works |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/2021/06/11/ani-iv-sasis-short-film-maya-released-on-youtube-revenue-to-be-donated-for-covid-relief-works.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613192327/https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/2021/06/11/ani-iv-sasis-short-film-maya-released-on-youtube-revenue-to-be-donated-for-covid-relief-works.html |archive-date=13 June 2021 |access-date=12 June 2021 |website=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]]}}</ref> Ani studied in Chennai and worked on his father's ''[[Vellathooval]]'' (2009) as part of his college practical.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/43461/ |title=കൗമാരം തൂവല്‍പോലെ, Interview |work= Mathrubhumi |access-date=2013-12-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219063633/http://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies/interview/43461/ |archive-date=19 December 2013|language=ml }}</ref> He worked as an associate director under [[Priyadarshan]] for ten Malayalam and Hindi films starting with ''[[Aakrosh (2010 film)|Aakrosh]]'' (2010) and later for ''[[Oppam]]'' (2016).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shrijith |first=Sajin |date=30 November 2021 |title=Marakkar's intricate audio-visual design deserves the big screen: Ani IV Sasi |work=[[Cinema Express]] |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/interviews/2021/nov/30/mohanlal-s-marakkar-s-intricate-audio-visual-design-deserves-the-big-screen-ani-iv-sasi-28129.html |access-date=30 November 2021 |archive-date=30 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130211716/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/interviews/2021/nov/30/mohanlal-s-marakkar-s-intricate-audio-visual-design-deserves-the-big-screen-ani-iv-sasi-28129.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Career==
His made his debut as a director for the Tamil short film ''[[Maya (2017 film)|Maya]]'' (2017), from which the story about the insomniac chef inspired his feature film debut ''[[Ninnila Ninnila]]'' (2021).<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anand |first=Shilpa Nair |date=8 June 2021 |title=Ani IV Sasi's short film 'Maya', about a writer's inspiration, releases June 11 |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-film-had-won-the-best-short-fiction-award-at-the-chicago-south-asian-film-festival/article34761152.ece |url-status=live |access-date=12 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609070709/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-film-had-won-the-best-short-fiction-award-at-the-chicago-south-asian-film-festival/article34761152.ece |archive-date=9 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="TW"/> Although Ani initially wanted to make the film in Malayalam, the film was made in Telugu as producer [[B. V. S. N. Prasad]] took a liking to the film's script as opposed to a commercial film script that Ani had developed.<ref name="father"/> Ani credits anime and [[Steven Spielberg]] as inspirations to get into filmmaking.<ref name="Hope"/> He worked as a co-writer for Priyadarshan's ''[[Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea]]'' (2021).<ref name="TW"/> Ani collaborated with writer Vasanth Maringanti, who sent him four scripts out of which he chose the village drama ''[[Uppu Kappurambu]]'' to develop as a feature film. The film has been inspired by the works of [[Jandhyala]] and his erstwhile mentor Priyadarshan.<ref name="Hope"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ottplay.com/news/ani-iv-sasi-on-uppu-kappurambu-keerthy-sureshs-innocent-sarpanch-role-will-surprise-many/ee20b1b3d0588|title=Ani. I.V. Sasi on Uppu Kappurambu: Keerthy Suresh's innocent sarpanch role will surprise many|first=Avad |last=Mohammad|date=2 July 2025|access-date=17 July 2025|work=OTTplay}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" scope="col"| Year
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title
! scope="col" colspan="2"| Credited as
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" scope="col" | Language
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" scope="col" | Notes
|-
! Director !! Writer
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| 2017 || ''[[Maya (2017 film)|Maya]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] || Short film; also editor
|-
| rowspan="2"|2021 || ''[[Ninnila Ninnila]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] ||
|-
| ''[[Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea]]'' || {{no}} || {{partial|Screenplay}} || [[Malayalam]] ||
|-
| 2025 || ''[[Uppu Kappurambu]]'' || {{yes}} || {{no}} || Telugu ||
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#B0C4DE; text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Credited as
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" scope="col" | Language
! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" scope="col" | Notes
|-
! Producer !! Editor
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Forbidden Love (2020 TV series)|Forbidden Love]]'' || {{partial|Executive}} || {{No}}
|[[Hindi]]
|Episode: "Anamika"
|-
|2021
|''[[Navarasa (TV series)|Navarasa]]''
|{{No}}
|{{Yes}}
|Tamil
|Episode: "Summer of '92"
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|4410287}}

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[[Category:Telugu film directors]]
[[Category:Tamil film directors]]
[[Category:Malayalam screenwriters]]
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