P. Vasu  Vasudevan Peethambharan, known professionally as P. Vasu, is an Indian director, writer and actor who works in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi and Malayalam films. In a career spanning three decades, Vasu has directed over 60 films. Vasu's father, Peethambaran Nair, worked as a make-up man for M. G. R. and N. T. R. in their films during his time. He was one of the leading make-up artists during his period and was elected as the president of the make-up union Tamil Nadu for 30 years. He later went on to become a producer. He produced about 25 films in Tamil and Telugu and became one of the leading producers in the south. He produced with his brother M. C. Sekhar, who was a cinematographer. Sekhar had worked as a cinematographer for more than 150 films. Peethambharan died on 21 February 2011 at the age of 89. Vasu is an alumnus of Wesley High School, Chennai. Vasu is married to Shanthi and has a son, Sakthi Vasu, who is an actor and a daughter, Abhirami Vasudevan. His mother is Kamala. Vasu's brothers are Vidyasagar and Vimal, and his sisters are Vijaylakshmi, Vasantha and Vanaja. Vasu joined director C. V. Sridhar as an assistant. Vasu started his career with Santhana Bharathi as a co-director and made films such as "Panneer Pushpangal", "Mella Pesungal", "Sahasame Jeevitham", "Neethiyin Nizhal" and "Madhumalar". "We compromised on certain things as we had different approaches to the subject. That's the reason why some of our other movies failed to make a big impression in the box office, prompting us to take our own paths," he says. He has directed more than 60 movies in several languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi, including Apthamithra and Chandramukhi. The director went through a career slump in the mid-1990s after a series of failures in 1995, through the Prabhu-starrers "Kattumarakaran" and "Mr. Madras", while his high budget romantic musical "Love Birds" also received average reviews and collections.