THRISSUR: Film and documentary director, cartoonist and human rights activist KP Sasi (64) has passed away. He was undergoing treatment for liver disease in a private hospital in Thrissur. He is the son of prominent communist thinker and writer K Damodaran and Padmam Damodaran.

He bagged a national award for best director with ‘Ilayum Mullum’ released in 1994. His documentaries discusses social issues.‘Resisting Coastal Invasion’, ‘America America’, ‘Living in Fear’, ‘Development at Gunpoint’ and ‘Fabricated’ are his major documentaries.