Halitha Shameem
Halitha Shameem(ஹலிதா ஷமீம்) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and editor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema.[1] She worked as an assistant director with Pushkar-Gayathri and Mysskin. In 2014, she made her Tamil cinema debut with Poovarasam Peepee. Halitha Shameem native is Dharapuram. She did her schooling in Dharapuram and Kodaikanal and college at SRM University.
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Occupation | Film director Screenwriter Film Editing |
Years active | 2014–present |
Career
After assisting in movies such as Oram Po, she debuted as a director with Poovarasam Peepee in 2014.[2] After a gap of more than 5 years, she then directed the critically and commercially successful anthology film Sillu Karupatti in 2019.[3] She has now completed filming of her next movie Aelay.[4]
She directed the first half of her upcoming film Minmini in 2015 and second half in 2019 with same actors as it requires different age group of the artists, instead of using different actors for different age groups, she waited for 4 years for the actors to grown up and filmed with the same actors.
Filmography
Year | Film | Director | Screenwriter | Language | Notes |
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2014 | Poovarasam Peepee | Yes | Yes | Tamil | |
2019 | Sillu Karupatti | Yes | Yes | JFW Award for Best Woman Director of 2019[5] [6] | |
2020 | Aelay | Yes | Yes | Filming completed | |
2021 | Minmini | Yes | Yes | Filming | |
References
- "All you want to know about #HalithaShameem". FilmiBeat. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- "'I love doing films with big stars, but I love introducing new talents more' - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- S, Srivatsan (27 December 2019). "'Sillu Karupatti' movie review: Life is like a box of chocolates". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- "Exciting update on Sillukaruppatti director's next movie! - Tamil News". IndiaGlitz.com. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
- https://jfwonline.com/awards2020.html
- "Jyothika, Aishwarya Rajesh, Manju Warrier and More! Here is The Complete Winners List of JFW Movie Awards 2020! | JFW Just for women". jfwonline.com. Retrieved 3 September 2020.