Entertainment News Desk – Film director Santosh Siwan is celebrating his birthday today i.e. February 8. Santosh Sivan was born on 8 February 1964 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Santosh Sivan is an Indian film director, producer, actor and cinematographer. He had decided in a very short time what he had to do. Santosh Sivan has shown his magic in many films from South to Bollywood. Santosh Sivan has worked with many big personalities from actor Shah Rukh to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in his career.
Work in 55 feature films and 50 documents
On the special occasion of film director Santosh Sivan’s birthday, let us tell you that he has worked in many films including Ashoka, Mumbaikar, Fiza, Pukar, Near Dil Hai Hindustani in Bollywood. Not only this, he has worked in 55 feature films and 50 documents in his career. Apart from Hindi cinema, Santosh Sivan is also active in Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu cinema.
The filmmaker has been awarded several awards
Santosh is the first cinematographer in the Asia-Pacific region to join the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC). Santosh has won 5 National Awards so far as cinematographer. He has won 4 National Awards for Best Feature Film Cinematography. That is, he has been awarded a total of 11 National Awards. He has received 21 international awards for his work. Not only this, Santosh has also been awarded the Padma Shri Award in the year 2014.
Grandma showed him the world of cinematography
According to the report by the film Companion South, Santosh had told that his grandmother used to tell him stories of kings and emperors in his childhood. She also used to do poetry and painting. In such a situation, she used to sit with Santosh and tell stories. This increased the imagination of satisfaction and he started looking at the world from a different perspective, later when the camera came in his hand, he started linking that imagination with the camera.
As a cinematographer, he has won five National Film Awards – including four awards for the best feature film cinematography. As of 2014, he has received eleven National Film Awards and Twenty International Awards for his work. In 2014, he was awarded the Padma Shri for his contribution to Indian cinema. He was awarded the National Award for Best Cinematographer for Film Perumatchachan (Malayalam/1991), Kalapani (Malayalam/1996), Mohiniyattam (Malayalam/1991), Iruvar (Tamil/1998) and Dil Se … (Hindi/1999).