Santhosh P. Jayakumar

Santhosh P. Jayakumar is an Indian film director who works in Tamil and Telugu-language films.

Santhosh P. Jayakumar
Born	Santhosh Peter Jayakumar (1988-11-21) 21 November 1988 (age 36)
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Santhosh Jayakumar
Occupation	Film director
Years active	2015–present

Career

Santhosh workeed as an assistant to M. Saravanan before making his directorial debut with Gaddam Gang, the Telugu remake of the Tamil film Soodhu Kavvum (2013).^[1][2] He made his Tamil debut with Hara Hara Mahadevaki (2017) starring Gautham Karthik.^[3] Santhosh Jayakumar directed the privacy art Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu (2018) with Gautham Karthik again. The success of the film prompted him to direct the Telugu remake Chikati Gadilo Chithakotudu (2019) and begin production on a sequel titled Irandam Kuththu starring himself.^{[3][4][5][6][7]} In 2018, he briefly began working on a film titled Theemai Dhaan Vellum with Gautham Karthik, but the film was later dropped.^[8]

His upcoming film includes a thriller Pulanaivu with Arvind Swami.^[9][10]

Personal life

Santhosh was born on 21 November 1988 in Chennai. Santhosh did his schooling in AV. Meiyappan MHSS, Virugambakkam.

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

As director and actor

Year	Film	Language	Credited as		Role	Notes
			Director	Actor
2015	Gaddam Gang	Telugu	Y	N
2017	Hara Hara Mahadevaki	Tamil	Y	N
2018	Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu		Y	N
	Ghajinikanth		Y	N
2019	Chikati Gadilo Chithakotudu	Telugu	Y	N		Remake of Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu
2020	Irandam Kuththu	Tamil	Y	Y	Veera
2022	Poikaal Kuthirai		Y	N
2024	The Boys		Y	Y	Karthi

As lyricist

Year	Title	Song	Composer	Notes
2017	Hara Hara Mahadevaki	"Hara Hara Mahadevaki"	Balamurali Balu	Along with Balamurali Balu
		"Aaya Soathula"		Along with Ku Karthik
		"Haiyo Konjam"	Vishal Chandrashekhar	Along with Gaana Kadal