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Jeeva (director) - Wikipedia

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Jeeva
Born	Jeevan (1963-09-21)21 September 1963 Thiruthuraipoondi, Thiruvarur, Tamil Nadu, India^[1]
Died	26 June 2007(2007-06-26) (aged 43) Saint Petersburg, Russia
Other names	Rahil Tanveer
Occupation(s)	Director of Photography, Film director, Screenwriter
Years active	1991–2007
Notable work	Aasai, Kadhalan, Indian, Vaali, Kushi, 12B, Run, Ullam Ketkumae, Unnale Unnale
Spouse	Anees Tanveer^[2]

Jeeva (21 September 1963 – 26 June 2007) was an Indian filmmaker, cinematographer and film director 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.^[3] He became an independent cinematographer in Priyadarshan's Malayalam film Abhimanyu (1991) starring Mohanlal 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 Gentleman (1993), Kadhalan (1994) and Indian (1996). Jeeva's work in Shankar's Kadhalan fetched him the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer. He had also collaborated several times with director Priyadarshan.

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).^[4] He died after suffering acute cardiac arrest in Russia 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, Dhaam Dhoom (2008).^[5]

Personal life

Jeeva was married to costume designer Anees Tanveer with whom he has two children.^[1]^[2]

Death

Jeeva died in Saint Petersburg, Russia, following a cardiac arrest while film shooting of Dhaam Dhoom.^[6]

Filmography

As film director and cinematographer

Year	Film	Credited as		Language	Notes
Year	Film	Director	Cinematographer	Language	Notes
1991	Abhimanyu		Yes	Malayalam
1993	Gentleman		Yes	Tamil
1994	The Gentleman		Yes	Hindi
1994	Kadhalan		Yes	Tamil
1995	Aasai		Yes	Tamil
1996	Indian		Yes	Tamil
1997	Ullaasam		Yes	Tamil
1997	Chandralekha		Yes	Malayalam
1998	Zor		Yes	Hindi
1999	Vaali		Yes	Tamil
2000	Kushi		Yes	Tamil
2000	Snegithiye		Yes	Tamil
2000	Hera Pheri		Yes	Hindi
2001	12B	Yes	Yes	Tamil	Also voiceover at end of film
2001	Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar		Yes	Hindi
2002	Run		Yes	Tamil
2004	Run	Yes	Yes	Hindi
2004	Hulchul		Yes	Hindi
2005	Sandakozhi		Yes	Tamil
2005	Sachien		Yes	Tamil
2005	Ullam Ketkumae	Yes	Yes	Tamil
2006	Bhagam Bhag		Yes	Hindi
2007	Unnale Unnale	Yes	Yes	Tamil
2007	Raakilipattu		Yes	Malayalam
2008	Dhaam Dhoom	Yes	Yes	Tamil	Posthumously released film

As Still Photographer

Bombay (1995)

Legacy

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

References

^ ^a ^b FilmyFocus. "Jeeva : Biography, Age, Movies, Family, Photos, Latest News". Filmy Focus. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Stamping a Muthirai!". The Times of India. 4 May 2008. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
^ Rajitha. "My goal is to be different". Rediff. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
^ "Jeeva will live on…". The Hindu. 29 June 2007.
^ "Breaking News!". Sify. Archived from the original on 28 June 2007.
^ "Director Jeeva dead". The Hindu. 27 June 2007 – via www.thehindu.com.

External links

Jeeva at IMDb
Watch his last interview on YouTube

v t e Films directed by Jeeva
12B (2001) Run (2004) (Hindi) Ullam Ketkumae (2005) Unnale Unnale (2007) Dhaam Dhoom (2008)

v t e Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer
1968–1980	P. N. Sundaram (1968) Marcus Bartley (1969) Amirtham (1970) — (1971) — (1972) — (1973) — (1974) — (1975) — (1976) Babu (1977–78) A. Somasundaram, Nallusamy / Gnanasekar, Tiwary (1978–79) B. S. Lokanath (1979–80) Ashok Kumar (1980–81)
1981–2000	B. Kannan (1981–82) Soumendu Roy (1982–83) — (1984) — (1985) — (1986) — (1987) Ajayan Vincent (1988) Ashok Kumar (1989) Abdul Rahman (1990) Raghunatha Reddy (1991) Santosh Sivan (1992) M. C. Shekar (1993) Jeeva (1994) Santosh Sivan (1995) Arthur A. Wilson (1996) Thangar Bachan (1997) Annadurai (1998) Ilavarasu (1999) Ananda Kuttan (2000)
2001–present	R. Rathnavelu (2001) Arjun Jena (2002) N. K. Ekambaram (2003) B. Kannan (2004) R. D. Rajasekhar (2005) Ravi Varman (2006) Nirav Shah (2007) Arthur A. Wilson (2008) Manoj Paramahamsa (2009) Santosh Sivan / V. Manikandan (2010) Balasubramaniem (2011) M. Sukumar (2012) Siddharth (2013) Nirav Shah (2014) Ramji (2015)

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