Jiiva

Acting

Jiiva

Born

1984-01-04 (42)

Place of birth

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

55 titles

Jiiva is an Indian film actor who predominantly appears in Tamil films. Son of film producer R. B. Choudary, he started his career as a child actor in his father's films in 1996. He performed his first lead role in the 2003 romantic film Aasai Aasaiyai, before starring in Raam (2005), for which he won the Best Actor Award at the Cyprus International Film Festival. In his subsequent films, he has taken on roles of various types such as a stuntman in Dishyum (2006), a slum dweller in E (2006) and a psychopath in Kattradhu Thamizh (2007). On 21 November 2007, Jiiva married his childhood friend Supriya in New Delhi.[27] Supriya is a MBA graduate and an interior designer by profession. The two f…

Known for

The Kapil Sharma Show poster
7.0

Kapil Sharma is back with his gang - Bindu, Chandan and 'mohalle ki dhoban' Gudiya. In tow is a new character, Maski, along with Goli, Roopmati and more! Enjoy guaranteed laughter with Kapil and his antics as different celebrities join in.

The Kapil Sharma Show

2016

Lal Salam poster
10.0

Lal Salam is an Indian entertainment talk show hosted by actor Mohanlal on Amrita TV. The show is themed around Mohanlal's film career, it also introduces and honours humanitarians and social workers, and has other interactive and performance segments. It is the first television presentation by Mohanlal, hosted alongside Meera Nandan.

Lal Salam

2017

83 poster
7.2

On the 25th of June 1983, the Lord’s Cricket Ground witnessed one of the biggest underdog stories in the history of sports. Fourteen inspired players - led by a man's self-belief and conviction - fought against all odds and orchestrated India’s greatest sporting triumph by beating the two-time World Champions West Indies.

83

2021

S. Saraswathi poster
NR

A devoted mother whose life is shattered when her 12-year-old daughter goes missing. Desperate for answers, she turns to the police for help, but as the investigation unfolds, unexpected twists begin to deepen the mystery.

S. Saraswathi

2026

Nanban poster
7.1

The plot of the film illustrates the embankment of two friends on a quest for a lost buddy, who was once an optimistic and successful student. On their journey, they recount their college life and special moments that the three shared up until their lost friend secretly parted ways after convocation. During their quest, the two encounter a rival classmate who once made a long forgotten bet with them, a funeral that goes impossibly out of control, and a wedding they must crash.

Nanban

2012

Nitham Oru Vaanam poster
6.5

An introverted young man with OCD, who is dejected after his fiancé leaves him, learns to find happiness and positivity in life from two couples whose stories he reads about.

Nitham Oru Vaanam

2022

Film credits

2020s · 14 titles

83 poster
7.2

On the 25th of June 1983, the Lord’s Cricket Ground witnessed one of the biggest underdog stories in the history of sports. Fourteen inspired players - led by a man's self-belief and conviction - fought against all odds and orchestrated India’s greatest sporting triumph by beating the two-time World Champions West Indies.

83

2021

S. Saraswathi poster
NR

A devoted mother whose life is shattered when her 12-year-old daughter goes missing. Desperate for answers, she turns to the police for help, but as the investigation unfolds, unexpected twists begin to deepen the mystery.

S. Saraswathi

2026

Nitham Oru Vaanam poster
6.5

An introverted young man with OCD, who is dejected after his fiancé leaves him, learns to find happiness and positivity in life from two couples whose stories he reads about.

Nitham Oru Vaanam

2022

Custody poster
5.1

Siva, a police officer, has to escort a witness to the court. He learns that all the police service wants to kill the witness. An escape begins.

Custody

2023

Varalaru Mukkiyam poster
5.3

Karthik is an aspiring YouTuber, who wants to be famous and his friend Adaikalam aspires to be a politician. Karthik falls in love with Yamuna, his new Malayali neighbour but Jamuna, sister of his love interest falls in love with Karthik.

Varalaru Mukkiyam

2022

Black poster
6.8

Vasanth and Aaranya, a couple move into a serene row house, eager for peace and privacy, but a violent storm leaves them trapped inside, unsettling supernatural disturbances threaten to unravel their marriage. Vasanth must uncover the truth behind these supernatural occurrences before everything falls apart.

Black

2024

Thalaivar Thambi Thalaimaiyil poster
6.5

A village official attending a wedding becomes entangled in an escalating family dispute over power and old resentments, testing his leadership as he tries to contain the situation.

Thalaivar Thambi Thalaimaiyil

2026

Seeru poster
4.8

A guy from a small-town takes on a ruthless criminal lawyer for his friend and sister(s).

Seeru

2020

Aghathiyaa poster
4.8

Things go awry when a haunted mansion is opened as a tourist attraction by Aghathiyan leading to the unraveling of the dark history behind the mansion's previous occupant.

Aghathiyaa

2025

Yatra 2 poster
NR

The life of the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, the late YS Rajasekhara Reddy.

Yatra 2

2024

Gypsy poster
5.7

A young man travels across India and on his way he learns about the issues connected to nation-wide politics which urges him to do something about it.

Gypsy

2020

Singapore Saloon poster
6.2

In a village, friends Kathir and Basheer have big dreams. Inspired by Sacha, the owner of a local hairdressing salon, Kathir decides to become a hairdresser.

Singapore Saloon

2024

Coffee With Kadhal poster
6.8

Kathir's wedding brings together his two brothers and their reunion causes them to have second thoughts about their current love lives. Will each of them end up with who they want to be with?

Coffee With Kadhal

2022

Kalathil Santhippom poster
5.8

Two friends with contrasting characters lock horns with each other when a girl who was supposed to get hitched with one of them later falls in love with the other .

Kalathil Santhippom

2021

2010s · 23 titles

Nanban poster
7.1

The plot of the film illustrates the embankment of two friends on a quest for a lost buddy, who was once an optimistic and successful student. On their journey, they recount their college life and special moments that the three shared up until their lost friend secretly parted ways after convocation. During their quest, the two encounter a rival classmate who once made a long forgotten bet with them, a funeral that goes impossibly out of control, and a wedding they must crash.

Nanban

2012

Inji Iduppazhagi poster
5.3

An overweight, young woman, who finds it hard to land a husband, learns to accept her 'Size Sexy' figure and leads an awareness campaign against a dubious slimness centre.

Inji Iduppazhagi

2015

Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu poster
6.9

The romantic lives of two people – Varun and Nithya, are chronicled in this film from their school days until their adult lives. They fall in love multiple times and keep breaking up over minor issues. But deep down, they are so madly in love with each other that they keep giving themselves another chance.

Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu

2012

Gorilla poster
3.7

Three friends who need money to better their lives and a disillusioned farmer hatch a plan to rob a bank with a chimp as an accomplice.

Gorilla

2019

Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae poster
4.7

A young man who wants to own a house buys a mansion and moves into it with his extended family not knowing that there is a ghost in the place.

Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae

2017

Rowthiram poster
5.2

An angry young man who takes on the bad elements to clean the society.

Rowthiram

2011

Chandra poster
2.2

Princess Chandramathi falls in love with the music teacher Chandrahasa. However, she unwillingly gets engaged to US-based Arya and attempts to speak to her lover about her feelings for him.

Chandra

2014

Yaan poster
5.0

Yaan is a 2014 Tamil film directed by Ravi K. Chandran. The film stars Jiiva and Thulasi Nair in lead roles.

Yaan

2014

Kavalai Vendam poster
5.0

A chef who is separated from his wife decides to win back her love after she lands up at his doorstep asking for divorce.

Kavalai Vendam

2016

Endrendrum Punnagai poster
6.4

Gowtham has a troubled childhood once his mother goes astray. He develops a dislike towards women in general and would often been seen in a pensive mood. Things change for the better when he bonds with Sri and Baby at school. They make a pact that they would never marry in life. When circumstances force Sri and Baby to deviate from this, the bonding of the trio breaks and Gowtham comes to understanding how his perceived misconceptions about life is so untrue.

Endrendrum Punnagai

2013

Boss Engira Baskaran poster
6.4

Bhaskaran is in love with a young and beautiful professor, Chandrika. In order to catch her attention and start a successful career, he along with his friend, Nallathambi, get up to various antics leading to hilarious consequences.

Boss Engira Baskaran

2010

Thirunaal poster
5.3

An underling of a gangster decides to turn over a new leaf, but will his violent past let him do so?

Thirunaal

2016

Kadavul Irukaan Kumaru poster
3.0

A confused groom and his friend get booked by a cop while they are on the way back from a bachelor party.

Kadavul Irukaan Kumaru

2016

Tamizh Padam 2 poster
6.1

A stringent cop tries all the possible ways to nab a dreaded don who poses a big threat to the society.

Tamizh Padam 2

2018

Ko poster
7.2

Ashwin is a photographer, covering the upcoming elections for a newspaper. His life gets entangled with politics when one of his published photographs upsets a corrupt political party.

Ko

2011

Kee poster
6.0

A hacker gets the shock of his life when another hacker tries to destroy his dear ones.

Kee

2019

Mugamoodi poster
4.7

A man can no longer tolerate injustice and corruption and he becomes a vigilante to fight for a better society.

Mugamoodi

2012

Pokkiri Raja poster
4.1

A young man whose constant yawning leaves him out of work gets a gangster arrested by accident. Now, the latter is out to get his revenge, but what he doesn't know is how powerful a yawn can be.

Pokkiri Raja

2016

Singam Puli poster
5.1

This film involves around two characters both have been played by Jeeva. Siva is fisherman and does good things and on the other hand Ashok is a lawyer, womanizer and does bad things. At one point Ashok kills a girl with whom he made love. By certain amount of doubt, his brother Siva drags Ashok to court, there he uses his professional knowledge to escape out of the case.

Singam Puli

2011

Kalakalappu 2 poster
4.4

An ex-minister tries to get back a laptop containing the details about his corrupt wealth , but his auditor blackmails him for money. Meanwhile, three young men, with their own problems, get involved in this.

Kalakalappu 2

2018

Vandhaan Vendraan poster
4.8

No synopsis available yet.

Vandhaan Vendraan

2011

Kacheri Arambam poster
NR

The film begins at a journey in train where Paari (Jeeva) looks back at everything. Cut to the beginning, one remote village in Ramanathapuram. Paari is a do-gooder helping everyone in need. A magnanimous man, he gives anything and everything to others if they ask for. Promising his dad (Azhagan Perumal) to earn more, Paari sets out to Chennai. But he faces more challenges. He meets a young girl Madhi (Poonam Bajwa) and falls in love with her. Some goons also cause trouble for Paari. Meanwhile, Sivamani (J D Chakravarthy), the dreaded but sophisticated don of the city is getting ready to marry Madhu. When the two stories meet, chaos ensue, it is now up to Paari and Sivamani to sort it out.

Kacheri Arambam

2010

Neethaane En Ponvasantham poster
6.0

Childhood friends Varun and Nithya are in love with each other but due to different career choices, they break up with each other. Years later, Varun meets her and tries his best to win her back.

Neethaane En Ponvasantham

2012

2000s · 11 titles

Rameswaram poster
NR

Vasanthi (Bhavana) is the daughter of the big man (Lal), who does a lot of help for the refugees. Bhavana instantly falls for Jeevan (Jeeva), a Tamil refugee, staying in the camp in Rameswaram. Jeevan, nurturing a dream to go back to his home land, keeps on discouraging the girl, who is stubborn in her love. Jeevan’s heart, influenced by the pure love of the girl, starts melting slowly. Enters Bose Venkat, the cousin of Vasanthi with full of dreams to marry his childhood sweetheart. He joins as an Inspector in the local police station. The whole family is eagerly awaiting their marriage.

Rameswaram

2007

Pori poster
6.0

Hari (Jeeva) is an unemployed youth who runs a pavement book shop in Tripiclane area. His father (Nagesh) an upright retired school teacher buys him a shop in a building with his PF money. He names it “Periyar Bookshop” and runs it with friend Karunas. Meanwhile he constantly bumps into Pooja (Pooja), a television reporter and a love-hate relationship happens! However, one day a Malaysian based businessman (Seeman) comes and evicts him from the shop claiming that the place belongs to him. Hari discovers that his father was cheated by a land mafia gang which specializes in forged documents and is hand-in-glove with revenue officials. Hari decides to take the gauntlet and unveil the evil forces behind those property grabbers.

Pori

2007

Siva Manasula Sakthi poster
6.6

Siva and Sakthi lie about their respective jobs when they meet. Once the truth comes out, they decide to take revenge but start developing feelings for each other instead.

Siva Manasula Sakthi

2009

Dishyum poster
5.3

Bhaskar, a stuntman, is smitten with Cinthya, a college student. However, his heart is broken when he learns that she doesn't love him back but he still to tries persuade her.

Dishyum

2006

Thithikudhe poster
7.5

Chinnu and Anuradha, two childhood friends who are in love with each other, are seperated at an early age. Years later, fate brings them together in an unexpected way.

Thithikudhe

2003

Keerthi Chakra poster
6.2

When Major Mahadevan receives news of terrorists hiding inside a mosque, he and his team set out to apprehend them and then, he takes help of his team member, Jai, and plans to execute the mission.

Keerthi Chakra

2006

E poster
5.8

E movie revolves around bio-war and its potential dangers and how poor gullible Indians are made victims by International pharmaceutical companies that come to India to uses its people as Guiana Pigs to test their new formulations.

E

2006

Kattradhu Thamizh poster
7.4

A young Tamil-postgraduate, frustrated with the circumstances and futility of his job, slowly loses his mental balance and becomes a sociopath.

Kattradhu Thamizh

2007

Thenavattu poster
7.0

The film starts with Kailasam (Ravi Kale), the somber bigwig is performing the last rites of some one dear to him—but the appearance of Kottai (Jeeva), first in the chaotic Koovagam festival and later atop a Veeranam pipe, swinging a scythe maniacally sets the tone for the rest of the film. Cut to the flashback a few months ago:In madurai, where Kottai's mother (Saranya Ponvannan) is cutting down logs, and boasting about her son: he's a god who deserves to see the outside world and derive its benefits.

Thenavattu

2008

Raam poster
8.0

Ram is falsely charged for killing his mother. His neigbours are also called for interrogation. Everyone's effort leads to tracking down the real killer.

Raam

2005

Aasai Aasaiyai poster
NR

When young Shweta suddenly elopes with her beau, the road to romance takes an unexpected turn for her sister Brinda (Sharmilee) in this engaging love story. To keep her from following Shweta's lead -- and adding to their father's heartache -- a family friend enlists a gumshoe named Vinod (Jeevan) to tail Brinda. Along the way, Vinod and Brinda fall for each other … while her oblivious dad is busy arranging a marriage for Brinda.

Aasai Aasaiyai

2003

Series credits

Behind the camera