Halitha Shameem is an

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director, screenwriter and editor who predominantly works in

Tamil cinema Tamil cinema, also known as Kollywood is a part of Indian Cinema; primarily engaged in production of motion pictures in the Tamil language. Based out of the Kodambakkam neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, it is popularly called ''Kollywood' ...

Life

After assisting in movies such as

Oram Po ''Oram Po'' () is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language black comedy film starring Arya and Pooja, while Lal and John Vijay play supporting roles. The film, written and directed by the debutant husband-wife duo, Pushkar–Gayathri, was produced by V. Pa ...

, she debuted as a director with

Poovarasam Peepee ''Poovarasam Peepee'' () is a 2014 Indian children's adventure film directed and written by Halitha Shameem, in her directorial debut. The film, produced and filmed by Manoj Paramahamsa, revolves around three boys—played by Gaurav Kalai, Pr ...

in 2014. After a gap of more than 5 years, she then directed the critically and commercially successful

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Sillu Karupatti ''Sillu Karuppatti'' () is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language romantic anthology film written, directed and edited by Halitha Shameem. The film stars Samuthirakani, Sunainaa, Manikandan K, Nivedhithaa Sathish, Kravmaga Sreeram, Leela Samson, Sa ...

in 2019 and Aelay film in 2021 which is available on

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. She directed the first half of her upcoming film ''Minmini'' in 2015 and second half in 2022 with same actors as it requires different age group of the artists, instead of using different actors for different age groups, she waited for 7 years for the actors to grown up and filmed with the same actors.

Filmography

References

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