Halitha Shameem
{{short description|Indian director and screenwriter}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Halitha Shameem
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| birth_date = 12 September
| birth_place = Dharapuram, Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, India
| occupation = Film director
Screenwriter
Film Editing
| years_active = 2014–present
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Halitha Shameem is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and editor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema.{{cite web |title=All you want to know about #HalithaShameem |url=https://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/halitha-shameem.html |website=FilmiBeat |accessdate=18 February 2020 |language=en}}
Life
After assisting in movies such as Oram Po (2007), she debuted as a director with Poovarasam Peepee in 2014.{{cite news |title='I love doing films with big stars, but I love introducing new talents more' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/i-love-doing-films-with-big-stars-but-i-love-introducing-new-talents-more/articleshow/73929687.cms |website=The Times of India |accessdate=18 February 2020 |language=en |last1=Venkatramesh |first1=Sidharthan }} 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
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! Year ! Film ! Director ! Screenwriter ! Language ! Notes | |||||
| 2014 | Poovarasam Peepee | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | rowspan="5"|Tamil | |
| 2019 | Sillu Karupatti | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | all segments{{Cite web|url=https://jfwonline.com/awards2020.html|title = JFW Movie Awards 2020 | Click to Vote}}{{cite web|url=https://jfwonline.com/article/jyothika-aishwarya-rajesh-manju-warrier-and-more-here-is-the-complete-winners-list-of-jfw-movie-awards-2020/|title=Jyothika, Aishwarya Rajesh, Manju Warrier and More! Here is The Complete Winners List of JFW Movie Awards 2020! | JFW Just for women|website=jfwonline.com|accessdate=3 September 2020}} | |
| 2021 | Aelay | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | ||
| 2022 | Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Segment: Loners | |
| 2024 | Minmini | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Also lyricist |
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Category:Artists from Tamil Nadu
Category:Film directors from Chennai
Category:Indian women film directors
Category:Indian women screenwriters
Category:Film directors from Tamil Nadu
Category:Women artists from Tamil Nadu
Category:21st-century Indian women artists
Category:Screenwriters from Tamil Nadu
Category:Women writers from Tamil Nadu
Category:Writers from Tamil Nadu
Category:21st-century Indian women writers
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century Indian screenwriters
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