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Happy Birthday Wishes to Director Vignesh Shivan - 18 Sep 1985
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Published on 09/17/2024

Vignesh Shivan Biography Vignesh Shivan is an Indian film director, actor, and lyric writer who works in Tamil cinema. He has been regularly associated with projects involving Silambarasan, Dhanush, and Anirudh Ravichander, as well as helming independent music videos. Vignesh Shivan is the child of two police officers; his father worked as a superintendent, while his mother works as an inspector in Vadapalani.

He studied at Santhome Hr Sec School, Mylapore. He is also a junior of Simbu in his school. Career Vignesh Shivan made a short film and after getting Dharan to compose music for it; showed the film to producers, Gemini Film Circuit, and then to his childhood friend, Silambarasan and both parties agreed to collaborate to make it a feature film titled Podaa Podi (2012).

The film languished in production for close to four years, before finally releasing in October 2012 to mixed reviews. He then continued to be active in films by working as a lyricist, filming independent music videos, and appearing in an acting role as an engineer in Velaiyilla Pattathari (2014).

His second film, Naanum Rowdydhaan (2015), like his first film, went through several changes of cast and production studios, before finalizing on Vijay Sethupathi and Nayantara as actors and Dhanush as producers. The film, for which he drew inspiration from the lives of his parents, opened to positive reviews in October 2015.

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