K. P. Sasi | |
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| Born | 14 March 1958 |
| Died | 25 December 2022 (aged 64) Thrissur, Kerala, India |
| Occupation | 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.
Life and career[edit | edit source]
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]
Sasi 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, 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.[4] 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. Ssh..Silence Please[5] is a silent comedy film on development.
Sasi was a founder member of ViBGYOR Film Festival.[citation needed]
Sasi died in Thrissur, Kerala, on 25 December 2022, at the age of 64.[6][7]
As part of the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy’s Smrithianjali series, the book The Third Eye of Human Rights, edited by Mustafa Desamangalam, presents the life story of Sasi.[8][9]
Filmography[edit | edit source]
As director[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- 2004 – InPosters
Books[edit | edit source]
- 2000 – When the Birds Stop Singing
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ K. P. Sasi (2006). "Ilayum Mullum — Suicides in 'God`s Own Country'". Labour File. Labour File. Retrieved 30 September 2025.
- ↑ "The Hindu : When silence is golden". www.thehindu.com. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
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- ↑ "Veteran filmmaker KP Sasi dies at 64(1994)". Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- ↑ Desamangalam, Mustafa (2023). Mustafa Desamangalam (ed.). മനുഷ്യവകാശങ്ങളുടെ മൂന്നാംകണ്ണ്: കെ പി ശശിയുടെ ചലച്ചിത്രജീവിതം. Trivandrum: Kerala State Chalachithra Akademy.
- ↑ "മണ്മറഞ്ഞ പ്രതിഭകൾക്ക് മേളയുടെ ആദരം". Malayala Manorama. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 1 October 2025.