Santhosh P. Jayakumar

Santhosh made his directorial debut with Gaddam Gang, the Telugu remake of the Tamil film Soodhu Kavvum (2013).^[1] He made his Tamil debut with Hara Hara Mahadevaki (2017) starring Gautham Karthik.^[2] Santhosh Jayakumar directed the privacy art Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu (2018) with Gautham Karthik again. The success of the film prompted him to direct the Telugu remake Chikati Gadilo Chithakotudu (2019) and begin production on a sequel titled Irandam Kuththu starring himself.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} In 2018, he briefly began working on a film titled Theemai Dhaan Vellum with Gautham Karthik, but the film was later dropped.^[7]

His upcoming film includes a thriller Pulanaivu with Arvind Swami.^[8][9]

Santhosh was born on 21 November 1988 in Chennai. Santhosh did his schooling in AV. Meiyappan MHSS, Virugambakkam.

As director and actor

Year	Film	Language	Credited as		Role	Notes
			Director	Actor
2015	Gaddam Gang	Telugu	Y	N		Remake of Soodhu Kavvum
2017	Hara Hara Mahadevaki	Tamil	Y	N
2018	Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu		Y	N
	Ghajinikanth		Y	N		Remake of Bhale Bhale Magadivoy
2019	Chikati Gadilo Chithakotudu	Telugu	Y	N		Remake of Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuththu
2020	Irandam Kuththu	Tamil	Y	Y	Veera
2022	Poikaal Kuthirai		Y	N
2024	The Boys		Y	Y	Karthi

As lyricist

• Santhosh P. Jayakumar at IMDb