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	Santosh Sivan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Santosh Sivan (born in Chennai, India) is an influential Indian cinematographer and film director.
		Sivan is the older brother of film director Sanjiv Sivan and younger brother of director Sangeeth Sivan.
		Sivan graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India in 1984.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Santosh_Sivan (282 words)

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		Sivan strongly believes that it is experiments like the ones he carried out in "Terrorist," and children's films like "Malli" and "Hallo" and even in his just completed Hindi commercial film "Fiza," directed by Khalid Mohammed that have made him what he is today.
		Sivan discloses "Emperor Asoka" will be told like a folk tale, with the Kalinga war in the background.
		However, Sivan has a particular attachment for an old camera belonging to his father, which is now nearly two decades old.
	www.angelfire.com /sk2/shaheensrk1/santosh1.html (527 words)

	KODAK: Santosh records the changing seasons of life while filming Asoka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Sivan says the first and greatest lesson he learned was the importance of traveling and experiencing people, places and nature in its raw form.
		Sivan's most recent credit as a director/cinematographer is Asoka, a biographical story of a renowned emperor who reigned circa 232 B.C. Asoka's life follows a course of good to evil, brought on by witnessing the savagery and destruction of war.
		Sivan believes it requires spontaneous instincts and a strong grasp of technology to successfully capture the essence of changes in weather and seasons.
	www.kodak.com /US/en/motion/newsletters/inCamera/jan2001/asoka.shtml (711 words)

	Santosh Sivan on 'Navarasa'
		Santhosh Sivan's 95 minutes film centeres on the life of a eunuch as seen through the eyes of a 13-year-old girl played by Sweta.
		Sivan says that he got the idea about making 'Navarasa', a film on the third gender, when he had earlier got a chance to interact with them.
		Sivan is now busy with the post-production work of 'Ananda Bhadram', starring Prithiwiraj, Manoj K.Jayan, Kalabhavan Mani, Kavia Madhavan and Ria Sen. He likens it to a grandmother's tale that suddenly turns to a reality for the foreign-returned protagonist who is on a visit to his village for the first time.
	www.chennaionline.com /film/Interviews/2005/08santosh.asp (914 words)

	Asoka (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The film was directed by Santosh Sivan and stars Shah Rukh Khan as Ashoka and Kareena Kapoor as Kaurwaki, a princess of Kalinga.
		The screenplay was written by Santosh Sivan and Saket Chaudhary and the dialogue by Abbas Tyrewala.
		Shah Rukh Khan originally requested that Aishwarya Rai be cast opposite him but Sivan picked Kareena Kapoor because she had not previously been paired with Khan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Asoka_(film) (499 words)

	Santosh Sivan on Anandabhadram
		Sivan speaks about his directorial venture, due for release this Diwali in Kerala.
		Santosh sivan's memoirs of his childhood took me too back to...
		Mr.Santhosh Sivan could have selected somebody else instead of Kavya Madhavan who is out of fashion for a key role.
	www.rediff.com /movies/2005/nov/02sivan.htm (1031 words)

	apr4: the terrorist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		It was shot in 17 days on a tiny budget, with amateur actors, and yet it is lush and beautiful, and the performances are perfection.
		Debut director Santosh Sivan, an ex-cameraman, naturally never shies away from beauty, but it is never once skin-deep, and even brief cutaway shots of a bird twitching, a row of girl-assassin faces, and the farmer's wife simply ring with meaning.
		Sivan wants us to experience being on the edge of life and death, the decision to end life hanging over the action like the shadow of mortality itself, making the things of this world more vivid and precious in the brilliance of the moment which will soon expire.
	www.drury.edu /cinema/2002/apr4.html (288 words)

	The Hindu : Friday Review Chennai : Road to Hollywood
		Santosh Sivan's `Road to the Sky' is a period film with an international cast.
		After the success of `Anantabhadram,' cinematographer-director Santosh Sivan is all set to work his magic all over again.
		Quiz Santosh on what the toughest thing about shooting the film was, and he quips, "We had this eight-year-old boy from London, Leo Burnett, who was full of curiosity and a bundle of energy.
	www.hindu.com /fr/2006/03/03/stories/2006030302680100.htm (1109 words)

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		No wonder directors want him behind their cameras, whether it is the established Mani Ratnam or debutant Karan Johar who got him to shoot the theme song of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai in Scotland.
		Sivan flits easily between the worlds of art and commercial cinema, the reason he seems to be the favourite camera eye for directors.
		Director Priyadarshan says it is Sivan's ability to grasp the director's idea of a frame and give it a new dimension that makes him stand out as a cinematographer.
	members.tripod.com /shaheen_2/santoshashoka.html (492 words)

	Eye Weekly - Terrorism's human face - 08.10.00
		It's her ragged breathing that drives the narrative along, the uninterpretable play of emotion across her face that provides the film with much of its nerve-wracking suspense, as we are continually invited to try to predict exactly which way this silent, stony young zealot will jump.
		Sivan reveals much of this sweetness through repeated images of Sri Lanka's glorious natural beauty -- lush foliage, dripping water -- and the human interactions her mission forces upon her.
		Some people thought that Malli should give up her life for her country, for example; some people thought that simply by making the film from her point of view, I was saying her point of view was right.
	www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_08.10.00/film/terrorist.html (810 words)

	mybindi.com - Toronto International Film Festival
		With Asoka, Sivan details the life story of one of the most important figures in Indian history in a monumental fashion, but never loses the sense of intimacy and emotional accuracy that characterized his earlier films.
		Incorporating a love story, palace intrigues and the sweeping impact of one man's personal development, the film is an account of events that have risen to the level of myth across the course of millennia.
		Santosh Sivan graduated from the cinematography programme at the Film and Television Institute of India in 1984.
	www.mybindi.com /arts-entertainment/whatson/tiff-asoka.cfm (495 words)

	Santosh Sivan to shoot Hollywood film in Kerala
		Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 20 (IANS) Ace filmmaker Santosh Sivan is all set to begin work on his latest venture - a Hollywood film to be entirely filmed in Kerala.
		Santosh is director and cinematographer of the film, which has been given the working title "Kerala", to be shot in Munnar early next year.
		Sanjeev Sivan, his filmmaker brother, said: "It is being jointly produced by Echo Lake Productions of Los Angeles, Adirondack Pictures of New York and Santosh Sivan Productions of India.
	www.nowrunning.com /news/news.asp?it=5282 (263 words)

	Sivan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Sivan began his career as a photo journalist and won several awards for his photographs.
		Through the years, Sivan has produced over twenty documentaries and short films for the Films Division and other institutions.
		The he finds that his anxious parents have reached before him, having suspected his destination from what his closest friend told them.
	www.cinemaofmalayalam.net /sivan.html (295 words)

	Santosh Sivan
		Sivan is one of India's top cinematographers; he has lensed literally dozens of big-budget Bollywood blockbusters.
		His directorial debut, The Terrorist, is rather different; a low-budget indie film which earned him John Malkovich's patronage at the Cairo Film Festival.
		It may prove to be for him what Bandit Queen was for Shekhar Kapur - an attention-grabbing way in to English-language films - though Sivan seems happy to continue working in India.
	www.thecontext.com /docs/3299.html (71 words)

	Movie Review : Navarasa - Nine Emotions
		Santosh Sivan is one of the most accomplished names of Indian cinema.
		NAVARASA is more of a documentary on the third gender, though Sivan has tried to weave a story of a man and his niece alongside.
		Sivan isn't in form, either as a director or as cinematographer or as one of the writers of the enterprise.
	www.indiafm.com /movies/review/12581 (426 words)

	Santosh Sivan to do film for Kerala tourism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 24 (IANS): Renowned cinematographer and director Santosh Sivan will be doing a series of promotional films for Kerala tourism.
		Santosh Sivan has been asked to finish the work and hand the final version in a month's time.
		Sivan has been asked to do six separate one-minute films depicting all the myriad facets of tourism in Kerala.
	www.nowrunning.com /news/news.asp?id=1168 (160 words)

	SANTOSH SANJEEV'S THE TERRORIST - Brooke Comer
		Then Santosh Sivan's directorial debut, which Sivan also wrote and shot, about a young suicide bomber preparing for her final blast, filled the screen.
		The verdict was in: Santosh Sivan was a rising star.
		Sivan was already a star in India, having shot Bollywood films for family-owned Sivan Studios in Trivandrum ever since film school.
	members.impulse.net /~mlynch/Brooke/terrorist.html (508 words)

	The Terrorist . Austin Chronicle . 04-24-00
		Flashbacks to a time of training open up the resolute mindset of the terrorist to us ("If you were a man, I'd marry you," she tells Malli), but when a crisis of sorts arises in the second act, you can't help but know the film's resolution then and there.
		Sivan's direction is flawless, however, capturing the lush death of the jungle and the primitive-by-our-standards beauty of rural Sri Lanka (the film was actually shot in India).
		The problem lies not with Sivan or Dhakar (she's in almost every frame, a definite, haunting plus), but with the film's occasional melodramatics.
	www.filmvault.com /filmvault/austin/t/terroristthe1.html (420 words)

	Amazon.com: The Terrorist: DVD: Santosh Sivan,Ayesha Dharker,K. Krishna,Sonu ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		This is a starkly sad and beautiful film by the Indian filmmaker Santosh Sivan, in the Tamil language with English subtitles.
		Sivan's cinematography is exquisite--vibrant colours fill the screen while the camera concentrates on a leaf sinking in water, or the steady fall of rain.
		Santosh Sivan - Director, Santosh Sivan - Writer (Story), Santosh Sivan - Writer (Screenplay), Ravi Deshpande - Writer (Screenplay), Vijay Deveshwar - Writer (Screenplay), C.K. Raajaa Chandra Sekar - Writer, Mark Burton - Producer (executive producer), Sunil Doshi - Producer (executive producer), Abhijit Joshi - Producer (producer), Chintu B. Mohapatra - Producer (line producer), A.
	www.amazon.com /Terrorist-Santosh-Sivan/dp/B00004Z1FK (2630 words)

	DesiClub.com - Features - Santosh Sivan - Asoka's Director
		Renowned as one of India's premiere cinematographers, Santosh Sivan's directorial debut was rather different to what people expected.
		Santosh first heard the story of Asoka when he was in school.
		According to Santosh the current appreciation of Bollywood is long overdue and promises this is just the start.
	www.desiclub.com /bollywood/bollywood_features/printlisting.cfm?id=122 (477 words)

	Dailynews - Santosh Sivan's English film 'Kerala'
		Santosh Sivan is a Malayali, but he learnt his art in Tamilnadu.
		One of his recent efforts is 'Ananthabadram' in which Santosh Sivan has played upon the unique culture of Kerala, especially its fl magic and occult background.
		The best way in which to reach nationally and globally is to make the film in English and that's why Santosh Sivan opted to make 'Kerala' in English.
	www.cinesouth.com /masala/hotnews/new/11032006-1.shtml (265 words)

	iFMagazine.com Reviews - THE TERRORIST (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Loosely based on a real life incident THE TERRORIST is an impressive first feature by famed Indian cinematographer Santosh Sivan about Malli (Ayesha Dharkar) a young woman who has the formidable task of carrying out the assassination of a national politician.
		This is the second foreign coming-of-age film this year (the other being NOT ONE LESS from China) that deals with a teenage girl thrust into an important position beyond her years.
		It’s easy to see where director Sivan’s talents lie with his fabulous use of sharp close-ups, expressionist lighting and multiple lenses to enhance each scene.
	www.ifmagazine.com /review.asp?article=378 (554 words)

	BrothersJudd.com - Review of Santosh Sivan's The Terrorist
		It is a mark of his excellence as a filmmaker that Mr.
		Sivan makes us care for and even root, at least a little bit, for Malli, but a mark of his basic decency that he can't bring himself to let her go through with her attack.
		Santosh Sivan seems to believe the same and while it makes the film satisfying on an emotional level, one has to wonder if it doesn't compromise the story on an intellectual level.
	www.brothersjudd.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/reviews.moviedetail/movie_id/16 (1529 words)

	Amazon.com: Asoka: DVD: Santosh Sivan,Shahrukh Khan,Kareena Kapoor,Danny Denzongpa,Rahul Dev,Hrishitaa Bhatt,Gerson Da ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In the third century B.C., the Mauryan king Asoka built a vast empire by means of ruthless conquest; but after the great Kalinga war he became sickened by the terrible slaughter he had caused, converted to Buddhism and dedicated the rest of his life to spreading peace and prosperity.
		Following the assassination of their royal parents, Kaurwaki and Arya are on the run in the company of the loyal general, Bheema (Rahul Dev).
		Santosh Sivan - Director, Saket Chaudhary - Writer, Santosh Sivan - Writer, Abbas Tyrewala - Writer, Mark Burton - Producer (associate executive producer), Juhi Chawla - Producer (co-producer), Juhi Chawla - Producer (producer), Sanjiv Chawla - Producer (executive producer), Shahrukh Khan - Producer (producer)...
	www.amazon.com /Asoka-Santosh-Sivan/dp/B00005RYLQ (3140 words)

	Asoka (2001) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		But, accepting the films' own claim that this is not "a complete historical account of Asoka's life," one could look at Asoka for it's entertainment value and discover that it is a film of great value.
		It's quite the spectacle, yet the battle scene is relatively short in comparison to the rest of the film which is dominated by the love affair between Asoka and Kaurwaki (Kareena Kapoor).
		Sivan was clearly trying to envision a reasoning for Asoka's bloodlust and subsequent reversal.
	www.kungfucinema.com /reviews/asoka.htm (956 words)

	RadioSargam.Com: The Complete Entertainment Portal
		While paying too much attention to camera angles and shot compositions, director Santosh Sivan has missed the soul of the romance.
		Because the love between the two is not intense, their separation does not draw emotions in the post-interval portion.
		Santosh Sivan's camerawork is not just better than his direction but is also of international standard.
	www.radiosargam.com /movies/moviereviews/a/asoka.htm (739 words)

	Official website of writer Laura Hird, Cinematics, review of 'The Terrorist'
		An interview with the director, Santosh Sivan, and leading actress, Ayesha Dharkar, of ‘The Terrorist’ on the World Socialist website
		Sivan picks his 10 most memorable scenes from Indian cinema
		Kara Kellar Bell is a 38 year old film and media graduate from the West of Scotland, with a passion for European novels, French films, silent cinema, and Brazilian music (everything from Daniela Mercury and other pop stars through to bossa nova).
	www.laurahird.com /filmreviews/terrorist.html (1204 words)

	The Hindu : Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram : Road to Hollywood
		The film, shot in Munnar, focusses on the dilemma of people who straddle two worlds.
		Santosh Sivan on the sets of `Road to the Sky'
		Andrew D. Spaulding, executive vice-president of Echo Lake productions, says "We want to do more films with Santosh Sivan, and we are talking with other Indian directors as well.
	www.hindu.com /thehindu/fr/2006/03/03/stories/2006030301360100.htm (1131 words)

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