Siva Ananth is an Indian film writer, producer, lyricist, director and actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema.
18 Facts About Siva Ananth
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Siva Ananth later pursued career as a screenwriter, lyricist, executive producer and actor.
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Siva Ananth was born in Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu and did his schooling in Tamil medium at O V C School, Manamadurai and Ramakrishna Mission, Salem.
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Siva Ananth pursued MS in Mass Communications with an ancillary in Film Theory at the University of Florida, US and graduated in 1997 after producing a thesis describing a comparative study of production technique in Hollywood and Indian Cinema.
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Siva Ananth joined Mani Ratnam's team halfway through the shoot of Dil Se.
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Siva Ananth worked on the script alongside Selvaraj, with Ranjit Barot and Vinod signed as music composer and cinematographer, respectively.
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Siva Ananth subsequently reverted to assisting Mani Ratnam for Aaytha Ezhuthu and Yuva, while working on directing commercials.
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Subsequently, along with Siddharth and Kona Venkat, Siva Ananth helped developed the script for Chukkallo Chandrudu, a Telugu language romantic comedy.
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In 2010, it was reported that Siva Ananth would make a return to directing with a Hindi project titled Bloody Paki featuring Vivek Oberoi and Genelia D'Souza, but the film eventually did not materialise.
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Alongside his commitments as an actor, Siva Ananth was credited to be the head of post-production works and in the soundtrack, as an additional vocalist.
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Siva Ananth is one of the writers of Sachin: A Billion Dreams, a 2017 Indian documentary sports film directed by James Erskine, and co-writer of the Tamil-language crime drama film Chekka Chivantha Vaanam directed by Mani Ratnam.
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Siva Ananth was co-writer, executive producer and played the role of Chezhiyan in Chekka Chivantha Vaanam.
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Siva Ananth is co-writer and executive producer of Soorma, a Hindi-language biographical sports drama film based on the life of hockey player Sandeep Singh, directed by Shaad Ali.
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Siva Ananth wrote the lyrics to the film soundtrack in collaboration with musician Sid Sriram.
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Between 2019 and 2023, Siva Ananth was the "master mind behind Mani Ratnam" as executive producer of Ponniyin Selvan: I and Ponniyin Selvan: II, the screen adaption of the Tamil language historical fiction novel by Kalki Krishnamurthy Ponniyin Selvan.
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Siva Ananth has called PS his most challenging film to date.
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Siva Ananth was Mani Ratnam's principal assistant and the film's process producer.
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Currently, Siva Ananth is one of the producers of the recently announced film with Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam which will be reaching the cinemas in 2024.