Veteran
photographer
and
filmmaker
Sivan
passed
away
at
a
private
hospital
in
Thiruvananthapuram
earlier
today
(June
24)
due
to
a
cardiac
arrest.
He
was
89.
As
per
reports,
Sivan
was
admitted
to
the
hospital
on
June
23
due
to
age-related
health
complications.
Sivan,
who
had
won
the
National
Film
Award
thrice,
is
best
known
as
the
first
professional
press
photographer
from
Kerala.
He
had
captured
iconic
pictures
of
some
of
the
most
popular
Indian
leaders.
He
had
also
served
as
the
still
photographer
in
several
iconic
films
including
Chemmeen,
the
Ramu
Karyat
directed
classic.
He
found
the
highly
popular
Sivan
Studios
in
Thiruvananthapuram
in
1959.
Sivan
is
survived
by
his
sons,
cinematographer-filmmaker
Santosh
Sivan
and
filmmakers
Sangeeth
Sivan
and
Sanjeev
Sivan,
and
daughter
Saritha
Rajeev
Udayabhanu.
The
final
rites
of
the
legendary
photographer
will
be
held
at
in
Thiruvananthapuram
today.
Coming
to
Sivan's
illustrious
career,
he
had
served
as
a
still
photographer
in
some
of
the
most
iconic
films
ever
made
in
Malayalam
cinema.
Later,
he
kickstarted
his
journey
as
a
filmmaker
and
directed
several
noted
films
including
Yagam,
Keshu,
Swapnam,
Abhayam,
Kochu
Kochu
Mohangal,
Oru
Yathra,
and
others.
Some
of
the
leading
names
of
Malayalam
cinema,
including
actor-filmmaker
Prithviraj
Sukumaran,
paid
tribute
to
Sivan
on
social
media.
Prithviraj
took
to
his
official
social
media
handle
and
wrote:
"Rest
in
peace
Sivan
uncle
🙏🙏🙏".