I V Sasi

He believed is mass movements and mass movies.

Often one felt that the sole purpose of Sasi making movies was to provide employment to industry actors. Particularly in the 80s, if it was an I V Sasi movie, then the who’s who of Malayalam cinema was bound to have a bit role in it.

Sub plots & sub plots & sub plots & sub plots & sub plots & sub plots, a raunchy club dance, some semi-porn scenes, more than a couple of fights (often among the masses), a childish “smuggling” sequence, marked his movies, especially those made with T Damodaran.

Yet, suddenly out of the blue he came out with some absolutely brilliant stuff. Uyarangalil, Aalkoottathil Thaniye, Devasuram, Ina, Itha Ivide Vare, Avalude Raavukal and Mrigaya can be remembered in this context.

Characterisation, scripting, acting, dialogues – you name it and Sasi excelled in these fields once in a while.