Siva | |
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| Born | Sivakumar Jayakumar 12 August 1977 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Other names | Siruthai Siva |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 2001 – present |
| Relatives | Bala (brother) |
Sivakumar Jayakumar (born 12 August 1977), known professionally by his mononym Siva or also as Siruthai Siva, is an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist and cinematographer who works primarily in Tamil cinema industry.
Siva started his film career as a cinematographer for several Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. He then pursued his career as a film director and screenwriter in Telugu cinema with Souryam (2008) a superhit, which was followed by Sankham (2009) a hit and Daruvu (2012) another hit,
Siva achieved huge success when he progressed to Tamil cinema, where he entered as a screenwriter and director with Siruthai (2011). He further made the high-prolific Veeram (2014), Vedalam (2015), and Viswasam (2019). He also directed Vivegam (2017) and Annaatthe (2021), which were commercial disasters.