Sangeeth Sivan was a prominent screenwriter, producer and director in Hindi and Malayalam language films. He was born in 1959 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, and made his directorial debut with the Malayalam film ‘Vyooham’ in 1990 and followed it up with ‘Yodha’, ‘Daddy’ and ‘Johny’ before marking his Bollywood directorial debut in 1998 with Zor starring Sunny Deol and Sushmita Sen. He also directed popular films such as ‘Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne’, ‘Kyaa Kool Hai Hum’, ‘Apna Sapna Money Money’, ‘Ek: The Power of One’, ‘Click’, ‘Yamla Pagla Deewana 2’ and ‘Kapkapiii’. He passed away at the age of 65 on 08 May 2024 while undergoing treatment at Mumbai’s Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital following a cardiac arrest. He is the brother of ace cinematographer cum director Santhosh Sivan.