Jeeva Shankar is a cinematographer turned writer, director active in Tamil films. His prominent films include ''

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'' and ''

Amara Kaaviyam ''Amara Kaaviyam'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language romantic thriller film written and directed by Jeeva Shankar and produced by Arya. The film stars Arya's younger brother Sathya and Miya. The movie features a successful soundtrack compo ...

''. In 2013, he started an ''untitled project'' for Escape Artist Motion Pictures. Jeeva Shankar's next project after that was ''Yaman''.

Career

He started his career as an assistant cinematographer to Jeeva. His debut film ''Naan'' was initially launched in 2008, with

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portraying the lead role with

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playing the lead female role, however due to the failure of his previous film ''

Ananda Thandavam ''Ananda Thandavam'' () is a 2009 Tamil-language romantic drama film, an adaptation of Sujatha's serialized novel ''Pirivom Santhippom''. The film was directed by A. R. Gandhi Krishna and produced by V. Ravichandran of Aascar Films.

'', the producer

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called off the project. The film restarted with Vijay Antony's intervention in December 2010 who also took the lead role from

. The film received positive reviews from critics and did well at box-office. Following the critical and commercial success of his previous project ''Naan'', director Jeeva Shankar wrote a new script titled ''Amara Kaaviyam'', a college love story set in the 1980s. Madhan of Escape Artistes Motion Pictures was to produce the film, while

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was announced as the music composer. Adharvaa was announced to play the lead role but consequently opted out during pre-production stages, and the production house dropped the film. Jeeva Shankar replaced him with Sathya in September 2013 with Sathya's brother,

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producing the film under his production house, The Show People. Malayalam actress Miya was signed to play the female lead role, making her debut in Tamil films. The film began production in October 2013 in

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, with costume designer Sai preparing clothes for the film's 1980s backdrop. However, the film received negative reviews and went unnoticed.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shankar, Jeeva Living people Tamil cinematographers Tamil film directors Indian Tamil people Year of birth missing (living people)