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SANTOSH SIVAN
 Continuing
in the tradition of perceptive Cinematographers making it big as
Directors, Santosh Sivan is creating visually arresting and
thought-provoking cinema today.
This graduate from the Film and Television Institute of India
drew international acclaim for his cinematographic work in Mani
Ratnam's Roja.
Thalapathi, Indira and Iruvar (Tamil)
were considered path-breaking cinematographic efforts. From the
beautifully picturised song "Adi Rakkama Kaya Thattu"
in Thalapathi to the "Acham Acham Illai"
song in Indira to the sensitive picturisation in the
quasi political Iruvar, Santosh Sivan established
himself in a league of his own.
Rakh, Rudaali, Gardish, Darmiyan, Dil Se...(Hindi),
Kalapani, Perumthachan (Malayalam) are his other
films which have received rave reviews. Santosh Sivan has also bagged
National awards as Best Cinematographer for the feature films Iruvar,
Kalapani, Perumthachan and the documentary Mohiniyattam.
His directorial debut The Story of Tiblu, won him
the 1988 National award for best short fiction film. His children's
film Halo, received the Best Children's film award
at the 43rd National Film Festival of India 1996.
His latest venture The Terrorist (Tamil) has bagged
three awards for Best Film, Best Director and Best Artist award
at the 22nd Cairo International Film Festival. The Terrorist
has also won the National Award for Best Feature Film.
SABU
CYRIL
 The
stage for the Miss World 1996 Beauty pageant seemed as much the
focus of attention as the contestants who vied for the crown. It
had Hampi, the capital of the erstwhile Vijayanagara Empire, as
its inspiration. Its creator - National award winning Art Director,
Sabu Cyril.
Born in the idyllic surroundings of the Anamalai range (Western
Ghats), he stayed in a forest cottage with his father Arthur
Cyril, who worked in the tea estate. Making his debut in 1988
as an Art Director, he has worked in over 48 feature films in Tamil,
Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.This student of art (from the
Government Arts and Crafts College, Chennai), with an un-dimmed
love for Physics and Chemistry, enjoys science fiction enormously.
He is also an Ad filmmaker, with over 250 assignments to his credit.
Among his memorable creations are the (manually) animated bun that
vied for honour with Mohanlal in Uncle Bun
(Malayalam, 1992), the robot dog in the T.V serial, En Iniya
Iyandira (Tamil), the shark in Amaram (Malayalam,
1990) and the special effects in Iyer The Great (Malayalam,
1989) and the period sets for Hey Ram (Tamil). Sabu
Cyril is the recipient of the National and Kerala State award
for the films Thenmavin Kombathu and Kaalapani
both in Malayalam.
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