Siva

Sivakumar Jayakumar, well known as Siva, is an Indian filmmaker and works mainly in the Tamil cinema as the cinematographer, director, and actor. He started photography in 1998, and he always dreamed of becoming a filmmaker. Sivakumar was a gold medalist from M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute. He worked with a cinematographer Jayanan Vincent Jayanan Vincent is a veteran Indian cinematographe >> Read More... . Siva came to Hyderabad to work for Venkatesh film Jayam Manade Raa (2000) as an operative cameraman. In 2002, he became an Independent Cinematographer, after his brother Bala, made his acting debut. Siva shot about 15 films since then.

Siva was born on 4 January 1984, to a photographer Jayakumar in Chennai. He is the grandson of the well-known producer and writer A. K. Velan. Sivakumar narrated a script to Gopichand who agree to play the lead role in 2008. He started his second film, again with the Gopichand lead. He started his career as a director in the Tamil film industry with Siruthai, a remake of S.S. Rajamouli’s action movie Vikramarkudu. Afterward, he made films such as Siruthai, Daruvu, Vedhalam, etc.

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Siruthai Siva is a celebrated South Indian filmmaker who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. His real name is Sivakumar Jayakumar. He was born on 12th August 1977 in Chennai. He is a filmmaker, cinematographer, lyricist, director, screenwriter, and actor. Siruthai Siva is a gold medalist from the M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute. Siruthai Siva’s career leaped when he presented a script to Gopichand. He agreed to play the role of the protagonist.

He made his directorial debut with Souryam, starring Gopichand and Anushka Shetty Anushka Shetty is the popular South Indian star wh >> Read More... . Siva made his Tamil debut with the remake of a Telugu action movie and named the film Siruthai. Siva got the name Siruthai after the movie became a commercial success. Two more of his biggest hits are the films Veeram (2014) and Vedhalam (2015). Some more mention worthy movies by Siruthai Siva are Viswasam (2019), Vivegam (2017), and Annaatthe (2021).