Sivaram Mony

Sivaram Mony (born 31 May 1991), credited as Sivaram / Mony / Smony, is an Indian feature film director and editor who works in Malayalam and Tamil cinema. He was identified by G.Suresh Kumar & Menaka who are prominent Malayalam producers who produces the film under the banner of Revathy Kalamandhir. He made his directorial debut in Matchbox produced by Revathy Kalamandir. Started off as a short film maker in 2006 he has done several short films and bagged several awards in short film industry to his honor.

Personal life[edit]

Sivaram was born on 31 May 1991 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala to Retired Sub inspector R S Mony and Social worker Radhamma. He completed his Bachelor of science in Visual communication from Dr G R Damodaran College of Science, Coimbatore.On 11 September 2017, Sivaram married his college love Vanathi Kathir in Namakkal.

Career[edit]

2006-2011[edit]

Sivaram started off as a short film maker in 2006. Since then he went on to make several short films which won awards in International and National film festivals. In 2008, he moved to Coimbatore and was based there until 2011. During that time, he completed his under graduation.

2011-2016[edit]

Sivaram worked based out of Chennai during this time period and was known among his counterparts as an editor and director. He also worked in several media related agencies as creative director and editor.He made his entry into main stream cinema as location editor and worked for several Tamil films. In 2016, he shifted his base back to his hometown Trivandrum to work in Malayalam industry.

2017-present[edit]

Sivaram debuted as feature film director through Matchbox which was released in 72 theatres across Kerala. The film rights was purchased by Asianet. Currently he is working on his next feature film which is untitled and also a web series titled Gol Gappe in Hindi.

Filmography[edit]

Year	Film	Cast	Notes
2017	Matchbox	Roshan Mathew, Vishak Nair, Drishya Raghunath,

Short films[edit]

Mizhineerpookal (2006)
Preritham (2007)
Culprit (2007)
Aazhangal (2009)
Dhruvam (2010)
Unheard (2011)
In Conversation with God (2013)
Dil Chahta Hai Ki Band Baja Baarat Ke Saath Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (2014)
Pillow Talk (2015)
My Hero (2016)
Scope (2016)

Documentary films[edit]

Vishwakshema (2013 ) - a film on Gurukulam education
Legends of Tomorrow (2014) - a film on IFB Boca juniors
Pakshi Pani Bheethi Venda (2014) - a film by Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
One Health for Man Animal and Nature (2015) - a film by COHEART

Music video[edit]

Mizhiyile, a music video by OHM

As editor[edit]

Un manam sollum, a promotional song from Gubeer (2014)
Theemai dhaan vellum, a promotional song from Thani Oruvan (2015)

As actor[edit]

Child artist in Television serials[edit]

Vidhi (2000) telecasted in Asianet
Kaliyalla kalyanam (2001) telecasted in Kairali TV TV

Child artist in Cinemas[edit]

The Car (1997)- directed by Rajasenan
Kondattam (1998)- directed by K. S. Ravikumar
Aayiram Meni(1999)- directed by I.V.Sasi

Actor in Short films[edit]

Aazhangal (2009), as interviewer
Dhruvam (2010), as hero's friend
Screwed time stacks (2012), as lead actor- directed by Deepak
In Conversation with God (2013), as chess player
Foto(2014), as lead actor- directed by Vanathi Kathir

Actor in Cinema[edit]

Matchbox, as Sathyan

Accolades[edit]

Awards for Short films and Documentary films[edit]

Preritham : Special jury teen, Teenreels (Kerala Chalachithra Academy,2007)
Aazhangal : Best film, Bimbam International short film festival, 2010
Therefore, we : Best editor, AISFDF 2013
In conversation with god : best film, best director, AISFDF 2014 Coimbatore.
Vishwakshema : Best documentary AISFDF 2014 Coimbatore.
Legends of tomorrow : Best documentary, Christ college Bengaluru 2015 & AISFDF 2015
Wings of Fire : Best Editor, My Mumbai short film festival 2015.
The unheard : CANON best PSA award, 2012
My Hero : Top 15 Deserving Films of Yes I am the Change 2016

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Sivaram Mony on IMDb

Reliable Secondary Sources[edit]

Sivaram Mony on Book My Show ^[1]
Article about Sivaram Mony in The New Indian Express 2006 ^[2]
Article about Sivaram Mony in The New Indian Express 2007 ^[3]
About 'Mizhineerpookkal' on FILCA FESTIVAL BOOK 2006 ^[4]
About 'Preritham' on ALA FESTIVAL BOOK 2007 ^[5]
Being Part of International Screenwriters Workshop ^[6] conducted by Padmashri Kamal Hassan ^[7]
Best Short Film Award for Aazhangal-The Depth ^[8]
About Aazhangal on Cinemaximum Magazine 2009 ^[9]
About Sivaram on Cinemaximum Magazine 2009 ^[10]
Award WInnning Letter for YIAC 2017 ^[11]
Article about Sivaram Mony on EDEX 2016 ^[12]

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