Siva
Siva in 2018
Born
Sivakumar Jayakumar

(1977-08-12) 12 August 1977
Madras, Tamil Nadu, India (present-day Chennai)
NationalityIndian
Other namesSiruthai Siva
Occupations
Years active2001 – present
RelativesBala (brother)

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 industry.

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 Sankhamhit, (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). He further made the high-prolific Tamil films Veeram (2014), Vedalam (2015) & Viswasam (2019) . He also directed Vivegam (2017) & Annaatthe (2021)

Early life and family

Siva was born to documentary film director M. Jayakumar in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.[1][2] He is the grandson of producer and writer A. K. Velan.[3] He is a descendant of the Thanjavur Nayaks. His brother Bala is an actor in Tamil and Malayalam films. N. Panchapakesan, the founder of Chennai Sai Sankara Matrimonials, and carnatic musician Vishaka Hari are distant relatives of Siva.

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[1] 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.[1] In 2001, he became an independent cinematographer. He has shot for about 10 films since then.

In 2008, he narrated a script to actor Gopichand who agreed to play the lead role.[1] 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 commercial success, which led to him being referred to as "Siruthai" Siva in Tamil cinema from then on.[2] 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.[4] Ajith Kumar requested Siva to make it as a rural story and production began in 2013.[5] 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.

Filmography

As cinematographer
Year Film Language
2001 Ee Naadu Innale Vare Malayalam
2002 Charlie Chaplin Tamil
Sreeram Telugu
2003 Manasellam Tamil
2004 Nenunnanu Telugu
2005 Manasu Maata Vinadhu
Gowtam SSC
2006 Boss
As director and screenwriter
Year Film Language
2008 Souryam Telugu
2009 Sankham
2011 Siruthai Tamil
2012 Daruvu Telugu
2014 Veeram Tamil
2015 Vedalam
2017 Vivegam
2019 Viswasam
2021 Annaatthe
2024 Kanguva
As lyricist
Year Film Songs
2015 Vedalam "Theri Theme"
2017 Vivegam "Surviva", "Thalai Viduthalai", "Veriyera"
2019 Viswasam "Rise Up Theme"
As actor

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Siva Kumar (Souryam director) interview – Telugu Cinema interview – Telugu film director and cinematographer". Idlebrain.com. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  2. 1 2 ‘Even those who are not will become Ajith's fans’. The Hindu (7 November 2015). Retrieved on 2017-12-31.
  3. Manchi manasuku manchi rojulu (1958). The Hindu (9 July 2015). Retrieved on 2017-12-31.
  4. "Ajith's new film starts rolling". IndiaGlitz. 2 December 2011. Archived from the original on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  5. "Ajith asks Siruthai Siva to rework script". The Times of India. 21 July 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
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