Towards the last phase of his life K.P.Sasi, the filmmaker, cartoonist and activist, obsessed about a one-point agenda he wanted all his friends, colleagues, contacts to work towards. To ‘Defeat the BJP in 2024’. A few months before he passed away Sasi sent a passionate note to his wide network of friends appealing for a joint effort to ensure the[Read More…]
K P Sasi also bids adieu. On the Christmas of 2022, he breathed his last at 4 pm in a Private hospice in Thrissur. It was the last of an epoch historically significant and politically charged. All his works, his writings, cartoons, movies – brought into light a world once kept away from the discourses or even consideration of mainstream[Read More…]
For the first time He was at my place coming straight from Kandhamal !! Do you know where Kandhamal is? He asked me. A man from Kerala is asking a man from Odisha- Do you know where Kandhamal is? I look at his bearded blank face We knew, Kandhamal begins where Gujarat ends The blood and the fire In Gujarat[Read More…]
Here are a few cartoons of K.P.Sasi who passed away recently. They are not really unpublished. It only means that they are being published on the web for the first time.
A narrow room without a number, and a door without your name. Under a crimson blanket, your knees drawn up, mouth open And eyes shut, you have anonymously exited from the only game. * The much trampled road, all stops done, ends tamely at your bed. In wayside lodges where keys hang from nails, old debates on capital And labour[Read More…]
Today (25 December 2022) came to know about the sad demise of my dear and close friend K.P.Sasi. I came across this creative brilliant person when I was working for my book, ‘Communalism: Illustrated Primer’. I had long chats with him on the issue of communalism. He himself was very concerned about this issue and readily agreed to draw for[Read More…]
Our beloved K.P.Sasi is no more. Filmmaker, cartoonist, writer, mentor, friend and above all tireless activist championing the cause of every underdog, Sasi breathed his last, mid-afternoon this Christmas day – after battling a medical condition for months. I remember the last time I met him, almost exactly a month before he passed away, at the ayurvedic healing center in[Read More…]
K.P Sasi is one of the unsung heroes of Indian parallel cinema movement. His repertoire of films are amazing. From feature films , music videos to a plethora of documentaries that touch every aspect of our lives. His films are a collectors delight. A Package of 21 Films Directed by K.P. Sasi Are Available. All these films are social issues[Read More…]
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My Amma (Malayalam word for Mother) passed away on August 22, 2023 at 3.10 AM. It is always difficult to deal with the passing of a parent, that too one’s mother. I thought the grief would go away. No it didn’t. All those bitter sweet memories won’t go away. At night I lie awake for hours. My friend, guide and[Read More…]
