Background
Vignesh Shivan is the child of two police officers. His father worked as a superintendent, while his mother works as an inspector in Vadapalani.
Vignesh Shivan is the child of two police officers. His father worked as a superintendent, while his mother works as an inspector in Vadapalani.
He studied in Santhome Hr Security School, Mylapore.
He has been regularly associated in projects involving Silambarasan, Dhanush and Anirudh Ravichander, as well as helming independent music videos. He is also a junior of Simbu (Silambarasan) in his school. Vignesh Shivan made a short film and after getting Dharan to compose music for lieutenant
Showed the film to producers, Gemini Film Circuit, and then to his childhood friend, Silambarasan and both parties agreed to collaborate to make it a feature film titled Podaa Podi (2012).
The joint producers of the film, Shanaya Telefilms, released a series of posters in June 2008 publicising the film, while Silambarasan and Vignesh toured in Canada scouting for locations and agreeing a deal with Mayor Ron Stevens to film in Orillia and Toronto. The film languished in production for close to four years, before finally releasing in October 2012 to mixed reviews.
He then continued to be active in films by working as a lyricist, filming independent music videos and appearing in an acting role as an engineer in Velaiyilla Pattathari (2014). His second film, Naanum Rowdydhaan (2015), like his first film, went through several changes of cast and production studios, before finalising on Vijay Sethupathi and Nayantara as actors and Dhanush as producer.