Sangeeth Sivan

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sangeeth Sivan

• Sangeeth Sivan belonged to Pongumoodu in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

  

• He developed an interest in photography when he was very young.

  

• He soon started working as a photographer at Sivan’s Studio, which was set up by his father in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, in 1959.

 

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• Sangeeth was very good at sports, especially cricket and hockey, during his school and college days. He was even the captain of his school’s cricket team.

  

• Sangeeth and Priyadarshan, a director and screenwriter, had a strong bond since childhood. Sangeeth was the first to take a photo of Priyadarshan’s daughter. They often used to watch plays at Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai.

• In 1976, he started making advertisements and documentaries with his father and helped him with direction.

• He later attended the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune and established ‘Sangeeth Sivan Productions.’

• His work as a director and writer in the Malayalam film ‘Vyooham’ (1990) was appreciated by the audience.

  

• Sangeeth worked as a director in many Malayalam films like ‘Daddy’ (1992), ‘Nirnayam’ (1995), and ‘Idiots’ (2012).

  

• He also directed some Hindi-language films including ‘Kyaa Kool Hain Hum’ (2005), ‘Apna Sapna Money Money’ (2006), and ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana 2’ (2013); he wrote the story of the film ‘Apna Sapna Money Money.’

• Apart from working as a director and writer, he also worked as a producer for films like ‘Click’ (2010) (Hindi) and ‘Idiots’ (2012) (Malayalam).

• Sangeeth loved cricket, and Mahendra Singh Dhoni was his favourite cricketer.

• On 8 May 2024, he passed away while undergoing treatment for a urinary infection at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai.

• He was set to direct the Hindi film ‘Kapkapiii’ before he passed away; the film was the remake of the Malayalam film ‘Romancham’ (2023).