M. SASIKUMAR

M. SASIKUMAR

M. Sasikumar (born 28 September 1975) studied at St. Peters School Kodaikanal and then went onto study business administration in Vellaichamy Nadar College, Madurai. He began working in films through his uncle Kandasaamy when he was 20, who produced Sethu (1999). Sasikumar worked as an assistant director for the film; where he made the acquaintance of Ameer, who also assisting and went on to make a name for himself. He assisted director Ameer in Mounam Pesiyadhe (2002) and Raam (2005). It was during the initial phases of Ameer's Paruthiveeran (2007) that he began his groundwork for Subramaniapuram and left the production to focus on his film. 

He directed, acted and produced the film Subramaniapuram in 2008, his debut directorial venture. Subramaniapuram centres on a set of vagabond youths in Madurai during the 1980s and their lives that gets entangled in politics and crime, eventually leading to tragedy. Subramaniapuram, shot in 85 days, received critical acclaim and became a box-office grosser.

Sasikumar acted in Subramaniapuram as Parama and in Naadodigal (2009) as Karuna, directed by Samuthirakani. He also acted in a Malayalam film, Masters (2012) as Milan Paul alongside Prithviraj.

After the success of Subramaniapuram, Sasikumar produced Pasanga (2009), directed by debutant Pandiraj, and the self-directed Easan (2010). His most recent production ventures include Poraali (2011) and Sundarapandian (2012). His Production movie is Thalaimuraigal directed by Balu Mahendra who acts along with Sasikumar for the 1st time in his career and won Indian National Award from Honourable president of India Shri.Pranab Mukharjee in April 2014 

Sasikumar is married and has a son and a daughter. He revealed in an interview that he wants his family to not be in the spotlight because it would invade their privacy.

His works include:

Year	Film	Language	Credited as
			Director	Actor	Producer	Role
2008	Subramaniapuram	Tamil				Paraman
2009	Naadodigal	Tamil				Karunakaran Natraj
2009	Pasanga	Tamil				–
2010	Easan	Tamil				–
2010	Shambo Shiva Shambo	Telugu
2011	Ko	Tamil				Himself
2011	Poraali	Tamil				Ilankumaran
2012	Masters	Malayalam				Milan Paul
2012	Sundarapandian	Tamil				Sundarapandian
2013	Kutti Puli	Tamil				Kutti Puli
2013	Thalaimuraigal	Tamil				Acted as a [Adithya] Doctor
2014	Nimirndhu Nil	Tamil				Voice over as a public
2014	Brahman	Tamil				Siva
2015	Tharai Thappattai	Tamil
2015	Vetrivel	Tamil