Siva Ananth (also credited as A. Sivakumar) is an Indian film writer, producer, lyricist, director and actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema.
[1] He 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.
His first film as an assistant director was Alaipayuthey (2000) and he worked alongside fellow apprentice Shaad Ali, in helping Madras Talkies complete the venture.
[1] During the making of Acham Thavir, Siva had become acquainted with Siddharth, who had served as an assistant director and the pair subsequently regularly discussed films.
[1] Subsequently, along with Siddharth and Kona Venkat, Siva helped developed the script for Chukkallo Chandrudu (2006), a Telugu language romantic comedy.
In 2010, it was reported that Siva 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.
He is also co-writer and executive producer of Soorma (2018), a Hindi-language biographical sports drama film based on the life of hockey player Sandeep Singh, directed by Shaad Ali.
It is a business that normally requires a hundred hands and a thousand eyes.”[11] Currently, Siva is one of the producers of the recently announced film with Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam which will be reaching the cinemas in 2024.