Sashikumar Subramani

Sashikumar Subramani, better known as Sashi, is an Indian actor who has worked in Tamil language films, stage and serials. He made a breakthrough as an actor with his performances in Mani Ratnam's Kannathil Muthamittal and Balu Mahendra's Thalaimuraigal (2013), playing one of the lead roles in the later.

Career Sashikumar first appeared as Rambha's brother in N. Linguswamy's Aanandham (2001), before playing the character of a mentally-retarded youngster in Shahjahan (2001). Balu Mahendra then recommended Sashikumar to director Mani Ratnam during a chance meeting at Vijay Adhiraj's wedding, and the film-maker chose him to portray a LTTE separatist in the war drama, Kannathil Muthamittal (2002). He continued to portray small roles in films including in Balu Mahendra's Julie Ganapathi (2003), Nala Damayanthi (2003),Jay Jay (2003),Thirupachi (2005),Thalainagaram (2006) and S. J. Surya-starrer Newtonin Moondram Vidhi (2009).

Sashikumar returned to star in Sri Ramakrishna Darshanam (2012) starring as Indian yogi Ramakrishna for the venture. In 2013, he was cast in one of the lead roles in Balu Mahendra's final film, Thalaimuraigal, portraying an estranged son of the character portrayed by the director. Produced by director Sasikumar, the film opened to positive reviews in December 2013 but did not garner publicity to perform well at the box office. The Hindu called the film "good cinema" and added Sashikumar's "appreciable underplay is his asset" and "sadly, cinema has not used him enough".

Filmography Year Film Role Notes 2001 Aanandham Renuka's brother Shahjahan Giri 2002 Kannathil Muthamittal Suicide bomber Shree 2003 Julie Ganapathi Ivan Nala Damayanthi Kicha Jay Jay Guna 2005 Thirupaachi Ravi's brother Oru Kalluriyin Kathai Chandru 2006 Thambi Thalai Nagaram Sasi 2007 Lee Sashi Sringaram 2008 Thozha Dhanam Arai En 305-il Kadavul 2009 Padikkadavan Kasi's brother Newtonin Moondram Vidhi Raghu 2012 Sri Ramakrishna Darshanam Sri Ramakrishna 2013 Mouna Mazhai Sashi Thalaimuraigal Sivaraman 2014 Megha Mani 2017 Yazh Sasi 2020 Kakkai Siraginiley 2026 Kara Bank Accountant Television Kadhai Neram Chithi