K. P. Sasi

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

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

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

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

General references

Archived 9 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine Archived 31 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• "America America Music Video". YouTube. 28 August 2012. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
• https://www.madhyamam.com/opinion/articles/kp-sasi-struggle-and-memories-1111108
• https://www.manoramanews.com/news/breaking-news/2022/12/25/film-documentary-director-kp-sasi-passed-away-25.html
• https://www.mathrubhumi.com/movies-music/news/documentary-director-kp-sasi-passed-away-1.8164336
• https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/documentary-filmmaker-kp-sasi-passes-away/article66304997.ece
• https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/mollywood-director-kp-sasi-passes-away/articleshow/96511706.cms