Jeeva (21 September 1963 – 26 June 2007) was an

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and

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in Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam-language cinema. He was an established cinematographer in the late 90s and early 2000s.

Career

Jeeva started his career assisting cinematographer P. C. Sreeram in the films such as '' Nayakan'', '' Agni Natchathiram'', '' Apoorva Sagodharargal'', '' Idhaya Thamarai'', '' Gopura Vasalile'' and '' Meera''. He became an independent cinematographer in

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's Malayalam film ''

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'' (1991) starring

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and went on to film over 20 films including his own directorials. He was director Shankar's usual cinematographer in his early films such as ''

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'' (1993), '' Kaadhalan'' (1994) and '' Indian'' (1996). Jeeva's work in Shankar's ''Kaadhalan'' fetched him the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer. He had also collaborated several times with director

. The four completed films he directed, namely '' 12B'' (2001), '' Run'' (Hindi version) (2004), '' Ullam Ketkumae'' (2005) and '' Unnale Unnale'' (2007), have become blockbusters (except for ''Run''). He died after suffering acute

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on 26 June 2007 at the age of 43. At the time of his death, he was busy with the final schedule of his latest film, ''

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'' (2008).

Personal life

Jeeva was married to costume designer Anees Tanveer with whom he has two children.

Death

Jeeva died in

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, following a

while film shooting of ''

''.

Filmography

As film director and cinematographer

As Still Photographer * ''

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'' (1995)

Legacy

Actors, cinematographers and directors such as Srinath, Arjun Jena, N. K. Ekambaram, Gavemic U. Ary, Jeeva Shankar, K. A. Shakthivel, R. B. Gurudev, and G. K. Manigandan had worked as assistant, associate directors and assistant cinematographers to him.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jeeva 1963 births 2007 deaths Film directors from Chennai 21st-century Indian people Tamil cinematographers Cinematographers from Tamil Nadu 20th-century Indian photographers 21st-century Indian photographers