Claim: Vikram has starred in a film.

Pithamagan -LRB- Son of Ancestors -RRB- is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language crime drama film written and directed by Bala . The film stars Vikram , Suriya , Laila and Sangeetha in the lead and Simran making a cameo as herself . Produced by V. A. Durai , the film has cinematography by Balasubramaniem , lyrics are by Vaali , Pazhani Bharathi and Na . Muthukumar , dance has been choreographed by Brindha , editing by Suresh Urs , fights by Stun Siva and art direction by A. C. Pillai . The film 's score and soundtrack are composed by Ilayaraaja . The film plot is based on Jayakanthan 's Nandhavanathil Oru Andi , the story of an undertaker . Upon release , the film met with critical acclaim and Vikram won the National Film Award for Best Actor for his role as Chithan .   Owing to the success , the film was dubbed into Telugu and released as Sivaputrudu -LRB- The son of Siva -RRB- on 2 April 2004 . The film was also remade in Kannada as Anatharu -LRB- 2007 -RRB- with Upendra and Darshan playing the roles of Vikram and Suriya respectively .