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Sivakumar, "Siva" 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
Siva in 2018
Born	Sivakumar Jayakumar (1977-08-12) 12 August 1977 (age 45) Madras, Tamil Nadu, India (present-day Chennai)
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Siruthai Siva
Occupation	Cinematographer Film director Screenwriter Lyricist
Years active	2001 – present
Relatives	Bala (brother)

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) which was followed by Sankham (2009) and Daruvu (2012) though all these films were average grossers and unpopular.

Siva achieved huge success when he progressed to Tamil cinema, where he entered as a screenwriter and director with Siruthai (2011) that became a financial hit. Then he rose to fame as a filmmaker with his next films Veeram (2014), Vedalam (2015), Vivegam (2017), Viswasam (2019) and Annaatthe (2021); all of which rank among the highest-grossing Tamil films.

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] 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 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 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.[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 high 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 rework the script to make it as a rural story and production began after a brief delay 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 which was considered biggest flop movie of the year 2021.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

As cinematographer

Year	Film	Language	Ref.
2001	Ee Naadu Innale Vare	Malayalam
2001	Badri	Tamil
2002	Charlie Chaplin	Tamil
2002	Sreeram	Telugu
2004	Nenunnanu
2005	Manasu Maata Vinadhu
2005	Gowtam SSC
2006	Boss

As director and screenwriter

Year	Film	Language	Ref.
2008	Souryam	Telugu
2009	Sankham
2011	Siruthai	Tamil
2012	Daruvu	Telugu
2014	Veeram	Tamil
2015	Vedalam
2017	Vivegam
2019	Viswasam
2021	Annaatthe
2023	Suriya 42

As lyricist

Year	Film	Songs	Ref.
2015	Vedalam	"Theri Theme"
2017	Vivegam	"Surviva", "Thalai Viduthalai", "Veriyera"
2019	Viswasam	"Rise Up Theme"

As actor

• Manadhai Thirudivittai (2001)

References

External links

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

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