He launched Kamal Haasan as a lead actor in Unarchigal, and also working with Rajinikanth in Dharma Yuddham and Vijayakanth in Manakanakku.
[2] He came to Chennai and joined as an assistant to ‘Villupaattu’ Subbhu Aarumugam of the NSK troupe who was also working as a scriptwriter and, Sakthi was doing roles in stage plays too.
[1] Sakthi launched his first directorial venture in 1972, Unarchigal, a new age film which dealt with sexually transmitted diseases as the main storyline.
Kamal Haasan later refused to work in Sakthi's Manakanakku (1985), but later agreed to make a cameo appearance in the Vijayakanth starrer.
starring Babu Ganesh and Khushbu was shelved after a single schedule in 1997, later he directed a telefilm called Manitha Iyanthiram starring Charu Haasan, director Gajendran and his first grandson Sai Ajeet Kumar it also got appreciation from the industry and his close friend Kamal Haasan.
[6] Sakthi was reported to be in a critical condition in December 2011 following a kidney problem and was shifted to a private hospital, but soon went on to make a full recovery.