M. Sasikumar

M. Sasikumar
Born	Mahalingam Sasikumar (1974-09-28) 28 September 1974 Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India
Other names	Sasi
Occupation	Actor director producer distributor
Years active	2008–present

Mahalingam Sasikumar (born 28 September 1974) is an Indian film director, actor, singer and producer. He worked as an assistant director for director Bala in Sethu (1999), also worked for director Ameer in his first two films Mounam Pesiyadhe (2002) and Raam (2005). He is best known in the Tamil film industry for his debut film Subramaniapuram (2008), which became a blockbuster.

Early life

Sasikumar studied at St. Peters School Kodaikanal and then went on to study business administration in Vellaichamy Nadar College, Madurai.

Career

2008-2018: Beginning as an actor, director and producer

Sasikumar acted in Subramaniapuram as Parama and in Naadodigal (2009) as Karuna, directed by Samuthirakani. Story revolves around four men and two women who live their life with utmost Joy and a Goal to Achieve. Among the actors Sasikumar is the pick of the lot, he is hero material and has given an amazingly candid performance. He also acted in Poraali (2011), Sasikumar plays the lead role in the film & also he is the producer of the film. Followed by Malayalam film, Masters (2012) as Milan Paul alongside Prithviraj. Prithviraj and Sasikumar will appear as bosom friends in this movie, who try different ways to fulfill their social responsibility. Masters is somewhat different from the usual crime thriller, but it leaves us with a feeling that it could have been better. It was followed by drama film, Sundarapandian (2012). The cast includes Lakshmi Menon and Vijay Sethupathi. In 2013, he acted in Kutti Puli, with his previous movie pair Lakshmi Menon. The film is released to positive reviews. In 2014, a romantic action film Bramman. The film will definitely be a huge disappointment to fans.

In 2013, Sasikumar began work on Bala's Tharai Thappattai and portrayed Sannasi, a nadaswaram player who heads a Karagattam troupe. To look the part, he had to train for a month with folk singers and dancers brought in by Bala, while he also grew long hair for the role. The film's production progressed over two years, while the team were forced to have a three-month break in 2015 after Sasikumar had dislocated his hand while shooting for the film's climax. The soundtrack has been composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film has garnered a lot of expectations in being promoted as the 1000th film score of Ilaiyaraaja. The soundtrack consists of seven tracks: five songs and two theme scores. The film is released on 14 January 2016 to mostly positive reviews. Vetrivel, Appa, Kidaari and Balle Vellaiyathevaa follow up. In 2017, he acted in Kodiveeran. This is the second time that this actor and director joining hands after Kutti Puli. Kodi Veeran is produced by M. Sasikumar's Company Productions. In 2018, Asuravadham. After a series of underwhelming films, the film has received mixed reviews from critics and audience.

2019-present

He starts the year with Rajinikanth's' Petta (2019) directed by Karthik Subbaraj. The next project is Suseenthiran's Kennedy Club. Sify relieves: "Sasikumar is not at all convincing as a Kabbadi player and maintains the same age-old". The film is an average sports drama. Sasikumar was roped in to star in Gautham Menon's Enai Noki Paayum Thota (2019), which stars Dhanush and Megha Akash . In the film, Sasikumar acted as Dhanush's elder brother.

Production

After the success of Subramaniapuram, Sasikumar produced Pasanga (2009), directed by debutant Pandiraj, and the self-directed Easan (2010). His production ventures include Poraali (2011) and Sundarapandian (2012). He produced Thalaimuraigal directed by Balu Mahendra who acts along with Sasikumar for the first time in his career and won the National Award (India) in April 2014. He also produced Tharai Thappattai (2016), Kidaari (2016), Balle Vellaiyathevaa (2016) and Kodiveeran (2017).

Filmography

• All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.

Year	Film	Credited as				Notes
		Actor	Director	Producer	Role
1999	Sethu	Y	N	N	Sethu's friend	Uncredited role; also assistant director
2008	Subramaniapuram	Y	Y	Y	Paraman	Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil Filmfare Best Tamil Director Award Vijay Award for Best Director Nominated—Vijay Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Vijay Award for Best Debut Actor
2009	Naadodigal	Y	N	N	Karunakaran Natraj	Nominated—Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
	Pasanga	N	N	Y	Unknown	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film
2010	Easan	N	Y	Y	Unknown
	Shambo Shiva Shambo	Y	N	N	Lover	Telugu film; special appearance
2011	Ko	Y	N	N	Himself	Special appearance in Aga Naga song
	Poraali	Y	N	Y	Ilankumaran	Norway Tamil Film Festival Award for Best Actor
2012	Masters	Y	N	N	Milan Paul	Malayalam film
	Sundarapandian	Y	N	Y	Sundarapandian
2013	Kutti Puli	Y	N	N	Kutti Puli
	Thalaimuraigal	Y	N	Y	Dr. Adithya	Guest appearance
2014	Nimirndhu Nil	Y	N	N	Unknown	Voice only
	Bramman	Y	N	N	Siva
2016	Tharai Thappattai	Y	N	Y	Sannasi
	Vetrivel	Y	N	N	Vetrivel
	Appa	Y	N	Y	Kumaran	Guest appearance
	Kidaari	Y	N	Y	Kidaari
	Balle Vellaiyathevaa	Y	N	Y	Vellaiyathevan
2017	Kodiveeran	Y	N	Y	Kodiveeran
2018	Asuravadham	Y	N	N	Saravanan
2019	Petta	Y	N	N	Malik
	Kennedy Club	Y	N	N	Muruganadham
	Adutha Saattai	Y	N	N	Himself	Cameo appearance
	Enai Noki Paayum Thota	Y	N	N	Thiru
2020	Naadodigal 2	Y	N	N	Jeeva
2021	Rajavamsam	Y	N	N		Post-production
	MGR Magan	Y	N	N		Post-production
	Pagaivanuku Arulvai	Y	N	N		Filming
	Kombu Vatcha Singamda	Y	N	N		Filming
	Naa Naa	Y	N	N		Filming
	Udan Pirappe	Y	N	N		Filming

As singer

Year	Film	Song	Composer	Notes
2010	Vamsam	"Suvadu Suvadu"	Taj Noor	Sang along with Samuthirakani and Pandiraj
2011	Poraali	"Vidiya Potri"	Sundar C Babu

External links

• M. Sasikumar on IMDb