Director Sasi Mohan passes away

Film director Sasi Mohan (56),passed away in Kodambakkam in Chennai on Monday morning. He was suffering from liver-related diseases and was under treatment for some time. The end came at 4 am at his residence in Bharathiar Colony.

Coming from Edakkad in Kannur, Sasi Mohan entered the film world as an associate of A B Raj. Later he was associated with famous directors I V Sasi, Hariharan and Sasikumar. He had also produced many movies.

Sasi Mohan had directed over 32 films in Malayalam and Tamil and also many serials for the small screen. His first movie was Chovanna Kannukkal. Some of his famous movies are Rajathu Murimookkan Rajavu, Noottonnu Raavukal, Miss India, Thilakkam, Maapilai Vandachu (Tamil) among others. His last movie was Thilakkam featuring Saji Soman, Thilakan, Umamaheswaran and Jagathy. His films Thilagam (Malayalam) and Bhadrakaliamman (Tamil) were notable.

Dinesan's next project was Oduthalam in Tamil, a tender love story, for which the first copy was only ready when he was affected with the disease.

His family consists of wife Sriranjini and children Sribala and Vishnu (students). His siblings are Ramesh, Suresh, Sumathi, Sujatha and Sukumaran.