Halitha Shameem is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and editor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema.[1]

Halitha Shameem
Halitha Shameem at JFW Awards 2020
Born12 September
Occupation(s)Film director
Screenwriter
Film Editing
Years active2014–present

Life

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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 and Aelay film in 2021 which is available on Netflix.

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

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Year Film Director Screenwriter Language Notes
2014 Poovarasam Peepee Yes Yes Tamil
2019 Sillu Karupatti Yes Yes all segments[3][4]
2021 Aelay Yes Yes
2022 Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa Yes Yes Segment: Loners
2024 Minmini Yes Yes

References

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  1. ^ "All you want to know about #HalithaShameem". FilmiBeat. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  2. ^ Venkatramesh, Sidharthan. "'I love doing films with big stars, but I love introducing new talents more'". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  3. ^ "JFW Movie Awards 2020 | Click to Vote".
  4. ^ "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.