Sasi Shankar, the Malayalam filmmaker known for making a film on social issues and won national award for it has passed away in Kochi yesterday.

As per his relatives said,“Sasi Shankar, a diabetic,collapsed in the morning and was soon shifted to private hospital in Kolenchery, where he was declared brought dead”

Sreekumar,the brother-in-law of Sasi said that, “He returned from Kozhikode on Monday and had held talks with his associates regarding the new venture on Tuesday. He had been suffering from ailments related to diabetes,"

He added, "Sasi was at his home at Pancode near Puthenkurish. At around 9.30am on Wednesday morning he suddenly collapsed. Though we took him to the hospital he died before reaching there,"

Today; his body would be brought to his home and funeral will be at around 3 pm.