Cinematographer · Director · Writer

Santosh Sivan

18 films on filmi.ai · 7 scored·Works in Tamil (38%), Hindi (33%), Malayalam (29%)

Batwara 1947

Hindi · Aug 2026 · 18+

Santosh Sivan ASC, ISC is an Indian cinematographer, film director, producer and actor in Indian cinema. Santosh graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and has to date completed 45 feature films and 41 documentaries. He is a founding member of the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC) and is the most awarded Director of Photography (DOP) in India. Santosh became the first Cinematographer in the Asia-Pacific region to be honoured with American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) membership. As a cinematographer, he has won five National Film Awards – including four for Best Feature Film Cinematography. As of 2014, he has received 11 National Film Awards , and 21 international awards,for his work in various films.He was awarded the Padmashree by the president of India in the year 2014.

Their films’ Filmi Score

across 7 films

as cinematographer, director and writer

2 Good · 5 Weak

Santosh Sivan movies

Every film on filmi.ai with this person credited — their full filmography, newest firstbest movies first (highest scored), then the unscored by year — scored or not.

By yearBy score

2026

Batwara 1947

Hindi · Aug 2026 · 18+

Cinematographer

2026

Raja Shivaji

Hindi · May 2026 · 16+

Cinematographer Not yet rated

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2024

Barroz: Guardian of Treasures

Director · Cinematographer

2022

Jack N Jill

Malayalam · May 2022 · All

Director · Writer · Cinematographer

2020

Darbar

Tamil · Jan 2020 · U/A

Cinematographer

2018

Chekka Chivantha Vaanam

Tamil · Sep 2018 · U/A

Cinematographer 2 reviews · not enough to score

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2017

Spyder

Tamil · Sep 2017 · U/A

Cinematographer

2014

Anjaan

Tamil · Aug 2014 · All

Cinematographer

2012

Thuppakki

Tamil · Nov 2012 · All

Cinematographer 1 reviews · not enough to score

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2000

Fiza

Hindi · Sep 2000 · U/A

Cinematographer Not yet rated

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1999

Vanaprastham

Malayalam · May 1999 · All

Cinematographer 1 reviews · not enough to score

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1998

Dil Se..

Hindi · Aug 1998 · 18+

Cinematographer 1 reviews · not enough to score

Cinematographer Not yet rated

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1995

Barsaat

Hindi · Sep 1995 · U/A

Cinematographer Not yet rated

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1992

Roja

Tamil · Aug 1992 · All

Cinematographer 2 reviews · not enough to score

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1991

Thalapathi

Tamil · Nov 1991 · U/A

Cinematographer 1 reviews · not enough to score

Cinematographer Not yet rated

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Santosh Sivan series

Every series on filmi.ai with this person credited, newest first. The number is the latest scored season’s Filmi Score.

Frequent collaborators

Three or more films together on filmi.ai, as director, writer, composer, cinematographer, editor or top-five billed cast.

A.R. Rahman

Composer · 6 films together

Sreekar Prasad

Editor · 6 films together

Mani Ratnam

Writer · Director · 5 films together

Suresh Urs

Editor · 4 films together

A. R. Murugadoss

Writer · Director · 3 films together

Arvind Swamy

Actor · 3 films together

About this page

Scores are the same Filmi Score you see on each film page. Films before the scored window show no number until we reach them. Their films’ Filmi Score is the plain average of the Filmi Scores of the films where they are director, writer, composer, cinematographer, editor or top-five billed cast — a description of those films, not a verdict on the person.