Halitha Shameem is an

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director, screenwriter, and editor who predominantly works in

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Life

After assisting in movies such as '' Oram Po'' (2007), 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, P ...

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

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film '' Sillu Karupatti'' in 2019 and ''

Aelay ''Aelay'' is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama television film written and directed by Halitha Shameem, and produced by S. Sashikanth and Ramachandra of YNOT Studios while creative produced by Pushkar–Gayathri of Wallwatcher Films. ...

'' film in 2021 which is available on

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. She directed the first half of her upcoming film ''Minmini'' in 2015 and the second half in 2022 with the same actors as it requires different age groups 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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