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{{short description|Indian director and screenwriter}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Halitha Shameem
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = 12 September
| birth_place = [[Dharapuram]], [[Tirupur District|Tirupur]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| occupation = [[Film director]]<br />[[Screenwriter]]<br />[[Film Editing]]
| years_active = 2014–present
| children =
}}
'''Halitha Shameem''' is an [[Indian film]] director, screenwriter, and editor who predominantly works in [[Tamil cinema]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Life==

After assisting in movies such as ''[[Oram Po]]'' (2007), she debuted as a director with ''[[Poovarasam Peepee]]'' in 2014.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> After a gap of more than 5 years, she then directed the critically and commercially successful [[anthology film|anthology]] film ''[[Sillu Karupatti]]'' (2019) and ''[[Aelay]]'' (2021) which is available on [[Netflix]].

She directed the first half of her upcoming film [[Minmini (2024 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 July 2024|title=Director Halitha Shameem at Minmini audio launch: 'Khatija Rahman is a pure soul, and it reflected in her music'|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/director-halitha-shameem-at-minmini-audio-launch-khatija-rahman-is-a-pure-soul-and-it-reflected-in-her-music-9472982/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240731075147/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/director-halitha-shameem-at-minmini-audio-launch-khatija-rahman-is-a-pure-soul-and-it-reflected-in-her-music-9472982/|archive-date=31 July 2024|access-date=27 January 2026|website=[[The Indian Express]]|language=en}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Film
! Director
! Screenwriter
! Language
! Notes

|-
|2014 || ''[[Poovarasam Peepee]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || rowspan="6" |[[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||
|-
|2019 || ''[[Sillu Karupatti]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || All segments<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jfwonline.com/awards2020.html|title = JFW Movie Awards 2020 | Click to Vote}}</ref><ref name="jfwonline">{{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}}</ref>
|-
|2021 || ''[[Aelay]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || Television film
|-
|2022 || ''[[Putham Pudhu Kaalai Vidiyaadhaa]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} || Segment: ''Loners''
|-
|2024 || ''[[Minmini (2024 film)|Minmini]]'' || {{yes}} || {{yes}} ||Also lyricist
|-
|2025 || ''[[Good Wife (TV series)|Good Wife]]'' || {{no}} || {{yes}} ||Web Series
|}

==References==
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DelmarTroiano at 13:10, 27 January 2026