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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).[2] He is best known in the Tamil film industry for his debut film Subramaniapuram (2008), which became a blockbuster.[3]

M. Sasikumar
Born	Mahalingam Sasikumar (1974-09-28) 28 September 1974 (age 48)[1] Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Other names	Sasi
Alma mater	Vellaichamy Nadar College, Madurai
Occupation	Actor director producer distributor
Years active	2008–present
Children	2 children

Early life

Sasikumar studied at St. Peters School Kodaikanal and then went on to study business administration in Vellaichamy Nadar College, Madurai.[4]

Career

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

Sasikumar acted in Subramaniapuram (2008) 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.[5] Among the actors Sasikumar is the pick of the lot, he is hero material and has given an amazingly candid performance.[6] He also acted in Poraali (2011), Sasikumar plays the lead role in the film & also he is the producer of the film.[7] 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.[8] It was followed by drama film, Sundarapandian (2012). The cast includes Lakshmi Menon and Vijay Sethupathi.[9] In 2013, he acted in Kutti Puli, with his previous movie pair Lakshmi Menon. The film is released to positive reviews.[10] In 2014, a romantic action film Bramman. The film will definitely be a huge disappointment to fans.[11]

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.[12] 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.[13] Vetrivel, Appa, Kidaari and Balle Vellaiyathevaa follow up. In 2017, he acted in Kodiveeran.[14] 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.[15] In 2018, Asuravadham. After a series of underwhelming films, the film has received mixed reviews from critics and audience.[16][17]

2019-present

He starts the year with Rajinikanth's' Petta (2019) directed by Karthik Subbaraj.[18] 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.[19] Sasikumar was roped in to star in Gautham Vasudev Menon's Enai Noki Paayum Thota (2019), which stars Dhanush and Megha Akash . In the film, Sasikumar acted as Dhanush's elder brother.[20] After Naadodigal 2 (2020), he starred in family films like Udanpirappe (2021), MGR Magan (2021) and Raajavamsam (2021).

Production

After the success of Subramaniapuram, Sasikumar produced Pasanga (2009), directed by debutant Pandiraj, and the self-directed Easan (2010).[21][22] 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).[23][24][25][26]

Filmography

Director

• All films are in Tamil, unless otherwise noted.

Year	Film	Notes
2008	Subramaniapuram	Also producer 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
2010	Easan	Also producer

Actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1999	Sethu	Sethu's friend	Uncredited role; also assistant director
2008	Subramaniapuram	Paraman	Also producer
2009	Naadodigal	Karunakaran Natraj	Nominated—Vijay Award for Favourite Hero
2010	Shambo Shiva Shambo	A lover's friend	Telugu film; special appearance
2011	Ko	Himself	Special appearance in "Aga Naga" song
	Poraali	Ilankumaran	Also producer; Norway Tamil Film Festival Award for Best Actor[27]
2012	Masters	Milan Paul	Malayalam film
	Sundarapandian	Sundarapandian	Also producer
2013	Kutti Puli	Kutti Puli
	Thalaimuraigal	Dr. Adithya	Also producer; Guest appearance
2014	Nimirndhu Nil	—	Voice role
	Bramman	Siva
2016	Tharai Thappattai	Sannasi	Also producer
	Vetrivel	Vetrivel
	Appa	Kumaran	Also producer; Guest appearance
	Kidaari	Kidaari	Also producer
	Balle Vellaiyathevaa	Vellaiyathevan	Also producer
2017	Kodiveeran	Kodiveeran	Also producer
2018	Asuravadham	Saravanan
2019	Petta	Malik
	Kennedy Club	Muruganadham
	Adutha Saattai	Himself	Cameo appearance
	Enai Noki Paayum Thota	Thiru
2020	Naadodigal 2	Jeeva
2021	Udanpirappe	Vairavan	Released on Amazon Prime Video
	MGR Magan	Anbalipu Ravi	Released on Disney+ Hotstar
	Raajavamsam	Kannan
2022	Kombu Vatcha Singamda	Thaman
	Naan Mirugamai Maara	TBA	Releasing on 18th November
	Kaari	TBA	Releasing on 25th November[28]
	Pagaivanuku Arulvai	William	Filming
	Naa Naa	TBA	Filming[29]

Producer

Year	Film	Notes
2009	Pasanga	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Film

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

References

External links

• M. Sasikumar at IMDb

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