Siruthai Siva

Sivakumar Jayakumar (born 12 August 1977), known professionally by his mononym Siva or also as Siruthai Siva, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist and cinematographer who works primarily in Tamil cinema.

Siva started his film career as a cinematographer for several Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. He then pursued his career as a film director and screenwriter in Telugu cinema with ''Souryam'' (2008) superhit, which was followed by ''Sankham''hit, (2009) and ''Daruvu'' hit,(2012)

Siva achieved huge success when he progressed to Tamil cinema, where he entered as a screenwriter and director with ''Siruthai'' (2011), the second Telugu film to enter 100 Crore Club worldwide. He further made the high-prolific Tamil films '' Veeram'' (2014), ''Vedalam'' (2015), ''Vivegam'' (2017), ''Viswasam'' (2019) and ''Annaatthe'' (2021).

Early life and family

Siva was born to documentary film director M. Jayakumar in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.‘Even those who are not will become Ajith's fans’
The Hindu (7 November 2015). Retrieved on 2017-12-31. He is the grandson of producer and writer A. K. Velan. His brother Bala is an actor in Tamil and Malayalam films.

Career

Although he always wanted to become a filmmaker, he pursued photography. In 1998, Siva became a gold medalist from M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute He went on to work with cinematographer Jayanan Vincent. Siva then came to Hyderabad to work for Venkatesh's film ''Jayam Manade Raa'' (2000) as an operative cameraman. In 2002, he became an independent cinematographer, shortly after his brother Bala, made his acting debut. He has shot for about 15 films since then.

In 2008, he narrated a script to actor Gopichand who agreed to play the lead role. ''Souryam'', co-starring Gopichand along with Anushka Shetty was Siva's directorial debut. The following year, Siva made his second film, again with Gopichand in the lead. In 2011, Siva made his debut as a director in Tamil cinema with ''Siruthai'', a remake of S. S. Rajamouli's Telugu action masala ''Vikramarkudu''. The film, featuring Karthi in the starring role, went on to become a high commercial success, which led to him being referred to as "Siruthai" Siva in Tamil cinema from then on. His fourth directorial, ''Daruvu'', released in May 2012.

In December 2011, Siva was signed by Vijaya Productions to direct a film for their centenary year with Ajith Kumar signed on to play the leading role. Ajith Kumar requested Siva to make it as a rural story and production began in 2013. He directed '' Veeram'' (2014) with in the lead role which became a blockbuster hit. His third film in Tamil titled '' Vedhalam'' (2015) starring Ajith alongside an ensemble cast including Shruti Hassan and Rahul Dev movie was a mass entertainer. His fourth film in Tamil titled ''Vivegam'' (2017) was again with Ajith Kumar. It released in August 2017 to mixed responses. His next movie with Ajith Kumar, ''Viswasam'' (2019), which was produced by Sathya Jyothi Films, became a huge hit despite releasing along with '' Petta''. His next film ''Annaatthe'' starring Rajinikanth released on 4 November 2021 coinciding with Diwali which was superhit

Filmography

;As cinematographer

;As director and screenwriter

;As lyricist

;As actor
*''Manadhai Thirudivittai'' (2001)

References

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Film directors from Chennai
Living people
Telugu film directors
Tamil film directors
Tamil film cinematographers
M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute alumni
Telugu film cinematographers
Tamil screenwriters
Cinematographers from Tamil Nadu
1977 births