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Siva (director)

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Siva (Sivakumar Jayakumar, born 12 August 1977), also known as Siruthai Siva, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer and lyricist who works in Tamil and Telugu films. He began his career as a cinematographer on several Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam films before turning to directing and screenwriting in Telugu cinema, where his directorial debut Souryam in 2008 was a commercial success; he followed it with Sankham in 2009 and Daruvu in 2012. He then moved to Tamil cinema and made his debut there with Siruthai in 2011. His high-profile Tamil films include Veeram in 2014, Vedalam in 2015 and Viswasam in 2019, which brought him significant success.

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1977 1
Role
Director 1
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Writer 1
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Cinematographer 1
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Lyricist 1
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Film, Media Forms
Source Siva (director) (Wikipedia)

Works Created

Vedalam, Landmark Works
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Sivakumar Jayakumar (born 12 August 1977), known professionally by his mononym Siva or Siruthai Siva, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and lyricist who works in Tamil and Telugu films.
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1. Siva (director) (Wikipedia)
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    Sivakumar Jayakumar (born 12 August 1977), known professionally by his mononym Siva or Siruthai Siva, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and lyricist who works in Tamil and Telugu films.
  • Lead, role director
    Sivakumar Jayakumar (born 12 August 1977), known professionally by his mononym Siva or Siruthai Siva, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and lyricist who works in Tamil and Telugu films.
  • Lead, role writer
    Sivakumar Jayakumar (born 12 August 1977), known professionally by his mononym Siva or Siruthai Siva, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and lyricist who works in Tamil and Telugu films.
  • Lead, role cinematographer
    Sivakumar Jayakumar (born 12 August 1977), known professionally by his mononym Siva or Siruthai Siva, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and lyricist who works in Tamil and Telugu films.
  • Lead, role lyricist
    Sivakumar Jayakumar (born 12 August 1977), known professionally by his mononym Siva or Siruthai Siva, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and lyricist who works in Tamil and Telugu films.
  • Lead, nationality
    Sivakumar Jayakumar (born 12 August 1977), known professionally by his mononym Siva or Siruthai Siva, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and lyricist who works in Tamil and Telugu films.
  • Associated With: Film, Lead
    Sivakumar Jayakumar (born 12 August 1977), known professionally by his mononym Siva or Siruthai Siva, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and lyricist who works in Tamil and Telugu films.
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Vedalam (Wikipedia)
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action film directed and co-written by Siva
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