Siva (director)

Siva
Born Sivakumar Jayakumar
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation
Years active 2002–present

Siva (born Sivakumar Jayakumar) is an Indian cinematographer-turned-filmmaker.

Career

Siva Kumar was born to documentary photographer Jayakumar in Chennai.[1] Although he always wanted to become not a filmmaker, he pursued photography. In 1998 became a gold medalist from Adayar Film Institute.[1] He went on to work with cinematographer Jayanan Vincent. Siva then came to Hyderabad to work for Venkatesh Babu's film [[]] (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 agree 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, featuring Karthi in the starring role is a remake of the Telugu filmVikramarkudu. 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.[2] Ajith Kumar requested Siva to rework the script to make it a commercial success and production began after a brief delay in 2013.[3] The project titled Veeram starred Ajith alongside an ensemble cast including Tamannaah and Atul Kulkarni, and told the story of a village do-gooder and his brothers. The film opened in January 2014 to positive reviews and commercial success.[4] It is reported that most of the film will be shot in Hyderabad and Rajahmundry.[5][6][7]

Filmography

Direction

Cinematography

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Siva Kumar (Souryam director) interview - Telugu Cinema interview - Telugu film director and cinematographer". Idlebrain.com. 2008-09-23. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
  2. ↑ "Ajith's new film starts rolling". IndiaGlitz. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Ajith asks Siruthai Siva to rework script". Times of India. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Ajith to start Siva film !". Sify. 25 November 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  5. ↑ "Siva: Daruvu is my best attempt so far - Rediff.com Movies". Rediff.com. 2012-05-23. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
  6. ↑ "Ajith's new film for Vijaya Productions". Sify. 3 October 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Ajith calls Siva for script change?". IndiaGlitz. 21 July 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2012.

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