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I.V.Sasi
Birth name	Irruppam Veedu Sasidaran
Born	28 March 1948 Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Occupation	Film director
Spouse(s)	Seema
Children	Anu, Ani

Irruppam Veedu Sasidaran ,better known as I.V.Sasi is a famous Malayalam Film director who is known for his unique movies. He holds the record for having directed the most movies by a director^{[citation needed]}. He has directed about 150 films in various south Indian languages and Hindi. He is known as the "veteran" and the "guru" of malayalam film direction.

I.V.Sasi started his film career as an art director. Later after working as an assistant director in some films , he directed his first film at the age of twenty seven . Though his name was not mentioned in the credit, the film turned out to be a huge success. He started his directorial career officially with his first film Ulsavam. Soon he carved out a name for himself in the Malayalam Film Industry. His Films were known for their uniqueness and always contained a stamp of his directorial style. His film Avalude Raavukkal, now considered a malayalam film classic, permanently established his name in the industry. This film was later dubbed into many other languages including Hindi. It was the first film in Malayalam to be rated as "Adults only " even though it was a family drama. He introduced Mammootty as a hero in his film Thrishna. Mohanlal's first film as hero 'Uyarangalil was also directed by I.V.Sasi. Also, other combos such as M.T.Vasudevan Nair-I.V.Sasi and Padmarajan-I.V.Sasi are well remembered . His favorite hero was Mammootty and they worked in more than 35 films. Within 10 years of stint, they completed 33 films. He then went on to direct his biggest hit Devasuram which had yet another fascinating combo of Ranjith-Mohanlal. He has also directed films in several other languages such as Hindi, Telugu and Tamil. Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth also have acted in several of his films. He has directed films with Kamal Haasan in Tamil and Malayalam. Hindi movies like "Pathitha" and "Karishma" were also directed by him. He has directed malayalam movies in possibly every genre. He was the first one to make a war based movie (1921), the first ever political movie (Eenadu), the first ever movie based on the military (Thusharam), the first ever adult rated movie (Avalude Ravukal)^{[citation needed]}, and the first ever movie about child marriage (Ina) in Malayalam film history.

I.V.Sasi met his "future" wife, Malayalam actress Seema, on the sets of his film, Avalude Raavukkal. Ever since, she has been his favorite heroine. They have worked together in more than 30 movies. He has two children, daughter Anu and son Ani. He lives with his family in Chennai .

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