I V Sasi, director of Chiru's Kaali, passes away

Noted Malayalam director I.V. Sasi (69) is no more. He directed more than 150 movies in Malayalam but he was known to Telugu audiences for his Megastar Chiranjeevi and Rajinikanth starrer ‘Kaali’ (1980). His ‘Guru’ starring Kamal Haasan and Sridevi is also very popular in Telugu. 

He had not directed any straight Telugu movie. Sridevi gained popularity with his early movies as glam queen. He made India’s first A certificate movie ‘Her Nights’ with Seema who later became his wife.

Jalapathy Gudelli

Jalapathy Gudelli is the editor and chief critic of Telugucinema.com. He has been writing film reviews since 2002. A post-graduate in Journalism from Osmania University, he also studied Film Appreciation at FTII, Pune. He can usually be found on Twitter talking about the film he just watched or updating film news as they develop. You can follow him on Twitter - https://twitter.com/JalapathyG

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