Sivaram Narayana Swamy is a screenwriter, director and actor who works in the Indian film industry predominantly in the

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. Having born in

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Swamy is particularly known for scripting films in the

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. He has frequently collaborated with directors K. Madhu,

Joshiy Joshiy (born 18 July 1952) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works predominantly in Malayalam cinema and also directed Tamil language, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu language, Telugu and Kannada-language films. Joshiy made his directorial ...

and A. K. Sajan.

Career

Swamy is the creator of some of the well-known fictional characters in Malayalam cinema including Sethurama Iyer (portrayed by

Mammootty Muhammad Kutty Panaparambil Ismail (born 7 September 1951), known mononymously by the hypocorism Mammootty (), is an Indian actor and film producer who works predominantly in Malayalam-language films. He has also appeared in Tamil, Telugu, ...

) and

Sagar Alias Jacky ''Sagar Alias Jacky Reloaded'' is a 2009 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by Amal Neerad. It is the sequel of 1987 film '' Irupatham Noottandu''. The film was written by S. N. Swamy and produced by Antony Perumbavoor un ...

(portrayed by

Mohanlal Mohanlal Viswanathan (; born 21 May 1960), known mononymously as Mohanlal, is an Indian actor and filmmaker who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, Malayalam cinema besides also having sporadically appeared in Tamil cinema, Tamil, Hin ...

). Sagar Alias Jacky, a notorious gold smuggler, was the protagonist in ''

Irupatham Noottandu ''Irupatham Noottandu'' () is a 1987 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by K. Madhu, written by S. N. Swamy and produced by M. Mani. It stars Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi, and Ambika. The film's music was composed by Shyam. I ...

'' (1987) and the eponymous '' Sagar alias Jacky Reloaded'' (2009), its spiritual successor. Sethurama Iyer, a CBI officer and the protagonist of the CBI film series, was inspired by a real-life police officer called Radhavinod Raju who retired as Chief of India's National Investigative Agency. The film had five sequels. The character Inspector Balram played by Mammootty in the films '' Avanazhi''(1986) & sequel '' Balram vs. Tharadas''(2006) and Ali Imran, a cop played by Mohanlal in ''

Moonnam Mura ''Moonnam Mura'' () is a 1988 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film directed by K. Madhu and written by S. N. Swamy. It stars Mohanlal, Suresh Gopi and Lalu Alex. The plot deals with a terrorist group led by Charles kidnapping a group ...

'' (1988) are some of his other creations.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Swamy, S. N. Living people Indian male screenwriters Malayalam screenwriters Year of birth missing (living people) Male actors in Malayalam cinema Screenwriters from Kochi 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Indian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Indian male writers 21st-century Indian male writers