Sivachandran

For the Singaporean film editor, see Siva Chandran.

Narayanan, better known by his stage name Sivachandran, is an Indian actor, director, and writer who was active in Tamil cinema mostly in the 1980s.

Sivachandran
Born	Narayanan 1953
Occupation(s)	Actor, director, writer
Years active	1976–1999
Spouse	Lakshmi ​ (m. 1987)​
Children	1 (adopted in 2000)

Career

Sivachandran was originally offered to act in Kizhakke Pogum Rail (1978), but declined.^[1] He made his film debut in Pattina Pravesam (1977) as one of the lead actors although Moondru Mudichu (1976), which was simultaneously shot with Pattina Pravesam was released first.^[2][3] He later starred in Annapoorani (1978) with R. Muthuraman in a negative role. He went on to star in notable films include Aval Appadithan (1978) and Polladhavan (1980).^[4] He made his directorial debut with En Uyir Kannamma (1988) and went on to direct several films with Prabhu.^[5][6]

Personal life

Sivachandran was born as Narayanan, in Valparai, in Coimbatore district. He changed his name to Sivachandran and started his acting career. The stage name is a portmanteau of "Siva" from Sivaji Ganesan and "Chandran" from M. G. Ramachandran.^[7]

Sivachandran fell in love with actress Lakshmi on the sets of the film En Uyir Kannamma. Both of them got married in 1987.^[4] He collaborated with Lakshmi again in Raththa Dhanam (1988) and Jodi Sendhachu (1992), which was directed by Lakshmi herself. Sivachandran and Lakshmi adopted a girl, Samyuktha, in 2000.^[8]

Filmography

As actor

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes	Ref.
1976	Moondru Mudichu	Stage poet
1977	Pattina Pravesam	Kumaran
1978	Aval Appadithan	Mano
	Annapoorani
1979	Rosappu Ravikkaikari	Manickam
	Pancha Kalyani
	Poonthalir
	Nee Sirithal Naan Sirippen
1980	Thunive Thozhan
	Mangala Nayagi
	Natchathiram
	Soundaryame Varuga Varuga
	Vandichakkaram	Sarathi
	Polladhavan	Chandru
1981	Ram Lakshman	Kumar
	Rani Theni	Sekhar
	Nellikani
	Nenjil Oru Mull
1982	Anandha Ragam
	Parvaiyin Marupakkam	Siva
	Kaduvulluku Oru Kadidham
	Antha Rathirikku Satchi Illai
	Simla Special	Thief
1983	Vellai Roja	Chinna Durai
	Sivappu Sooriyan	Siva
	Thandikkappatta Nyayangal
1984	Rajathanthiram	Gajendran
	Anbe Odi Vaa
	Ezhuthatha Sattangal
	Andha June 16-Am Naal
	Naanayam Illatha Naanayam	Chidambaram
	Antha Uravukku Satchi
	Oh Maane Maane	Joseph
	Naalai Unathu Naal	Vivekananthan (Prakash)
	Vamsa Vilakku	Ravi
1985	Navagraha Nayagi
	Naam Iruvar	Chelladurai
	Needhiyin Nizhal	Sukumar
	Thendral Thodhata Malar
	Ketti Melam	Marappa Devar
1986	December Pookal
	Poi Mugangal
	Murattu Karangal	Rahman
	Annai En Deivam	Kuzhandhai
	Oru Iniya Udhayam	Siva
1987	Kadamai Kanniyam Kattupaadu
	Mangai Oru Gangai
	Kavalan Avan Kovalan	Himself	Guest appearance
	Anand	Manohar	Also dialogue writer
1988	En Uyir Kannamma	Madhavan	Also director
	Raththa Dhanam		Also director
1990	Nyayangal Jayikkattum	Victor Raj	Also director	[9]
1992	Jodi Sendhachu
1995	Kattumarakaran	Vijay Raghavan

Television

• Arasi (Sun TV)
• Mahalakshmi (Kalaignar TV)

As director

• En Uyir Kannamma (1988)
• Raththa Dhanam (1988)
• Hosa Kavya (1989; Kannada)
• Nyayangal Jayikkattum (1990)
• Satya Jwale (1995; Kannada)
• Manam Virumbuthe Unnai (1999)

As story writer

• Anbe Odi Vaa (1984)
• Annai En Deivam (1986)
• Sankar Guru (1987)

As dialogue writer

• Anand (1987)