Siva (director)
Siva (born 12 August 1977), known professionally as Siruthai Siva, is an Indian film director and cinematographer who works in Tamil and Telugu cinema. Early life and family. Siva was born to documentary film director M. Jayakumar in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He is the grandson of producer and writer A. K. Velan. 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 He went on to work with cinematographer Jayanan Vincent. Siva then came to Hyderabad to work for Venkatesh' film "Jayam Manade Raa" (2000) as an operative cameraman. 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. "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. 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. Ajith Kumar  requested Siva to rework the script to make it as a rural story and production began after a brief delay in 2013. he has given film with ajith titled as "Veeram" (2014) which was a 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.