Halitha Shameem

Halitha Shameem
Born	12 September Dharapuram, Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation(s)	Film director Screenwriter Film Editing
Years active	2014–present

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

Life

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

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		Television film
2022	Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa	Yes	Yes		Segment: Loners
2024	Minmini	Yes	Yes		Also lyricist
2025	Good Wife	No	Yes		Web Series

References

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.