Siva (director)

Siva
Siva
	Madras, Tamil Nadu, India (present-day Chennai)
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Siruthai Siva
Occupations	Cinematographer; Film director; Screenwriter; Lyricist;
Years active	2001 – present
Relatives	Bala (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

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

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

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
2002	Sreeram	Telugu
2003	Manasellam	Tamil
2004	Nenunnanu	Telugu
2005	Manasu Maata Vinadhu
2005	Gowtam SSC
2006	Boss

As director and screenwriter

Year	Film	Language
2008	Souryam	Telugu
2009	Sankham	Telugu
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

Manadhai Thirudivittai (2001)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Siva Kumar (Souryam director) interview – Telugu Cinema interview – Telugu film director and cinematographer". Idlebrain.com. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
^ ^a ^b ‘Even those who are not will become Ajith's fans’. The Hindu (7 November 2015). Retrieved on 2017-12-31.
^ Manchi manasuku manchi rojulu (1958). The Hindu (9 July 2015). Retrieved on 2017-12-31.
^ "Ajith's new film starts rolling". IndiaGlitz. 2 December 2011. Archived from the original on 3 December 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
^ "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.

External links

Siva at
IMDb
Siva (as J. Siva Kumar) at
IMDb

[idlebrain1-1] "Siva Kumar (Souryam director) interview – Telugu Cinema interview – Telugu film director and cinematographer". Idlebrain.com. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2012.

[thehindu.com-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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