What is I. V. Sasi?
{{Infobox person | name = I. V. Sasi | image = IV Sasi 62nd Filmfare Awards South (cropped).jpg | caption = Sasi at the [[62nd Filmfare Awards South]] | birth_name = Irruppam Veedu Sasidaran | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1948|3|28}} | birth_place = [[Calicut]], [[Malabar District]], [[Madras State]], [[India]] (present day [[Kerala]], India) | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2017|10|24|1948|3|28}} | death_place = [[Saligramam]], [[Chennai]], India | othername = Sasi | occupation = [[Movie director]] | yearsactive = | spouse = {{marriage|[[Seema (actress)|Seema]]|1980}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/interviews/Cinema-is-Sasis-wife-Seema/2013/05/20/article1597433.ece#.UvUGIKKQb0I|title=Cinema is Sasi's wife: Seema|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2017-10-25|archive-date=2016-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607015634/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/interviews/Cinema-is-Sasis-wife-Seema/2013/05/20/article1597433.ece#.UvUGIKKQb0I|url-status=dead}}</ref> | children = Anu, Ani | parents = | website = | nationality = {{IND}} }} '''Irruppam Veedu Sasidaran''' (28 March 1948 – 24 October 2017),<ref>{{cite news |title=I V Sasi dead |url=https://addieu.com/news/malayalam-director-i-v-sasi-dead-he-was-69/1947/ |publisher=addieu |date=24 October 2017 |access-date=25 October 2017 |archive-date=24 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171024153714/https://addieu.com/news/malayalam-director-i-v-sasi-dead-he-was-69/1947/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> better known as '''I. V. Sasi''', ([[മലയാളം|മലയാളം:]] [[:ml:ഐ.വി. ശശി|ഐ.വി. ശശി]]) was an Indian [[movie director]]. He made over 150 movies in various Indian languages and genres. He was known for his [[Malayalam movie]]s of the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, although he directed a few [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] and [[Hindi movie]]s as well. In 2015, he was awarded the [[J. C. Daniel Award]], the highest award in Malayalam cinema. Sasi died at his home in [[Saligramam]], [[Chennai]] on