Digital Content Creator and one of the Best Writers in India

One of the Best Authors of India

Anand Sivakumaran has been telling stories since he was 5. Anand’s repertoire spreads across a variety of genres. His writing is pacy, crisp and very visual, obviously influenced by his having been a movie script writer and television script writer for almost two decades. He always has a love for the written word and his sentences roll off the tongue in an almost musical fashion.

He has written for the print media, for advertising, for radio, television (genres ranging from comedy to horror, youthful drama to sci-fi and fantasy), films like Kalyug and now the web. He published his first novel 'Natasha Mehra Must Die', the first of the Doomsday Triology which registered his name among the Best Authors in India. This book is a thriller, the next ‘64’ is a love story that comes with an expiry date. He will therefore be regaling the reading public in myriad ways, in the years to come.

One of the Best Screenplay writers in India

Anand Sivakumaran has been a screenwriter for over 17 years. He has written path breaking films like Kalyug, genre films like Nazar and Buddha Mar Gaya and the as yet unreleased Detour. In Television, he has written sitcoms like Yeh Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan and Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa, light drama like Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahin, thrillers like Guns and Roses, youthful drama like The Buddy Project, Sadda Haq, rom coms like Miley Jab Hum Tum and Jab Love Hua, adventure like Lucky, Sci-fi like Antariksh and fantasy like Hatim. He recently did a social messaging series Adhafull which became the most popular show on DD.

He has won awards like the ITA award for the best youth series. His mastery over multiple genres, depth of characterisation, reflection of the socioeconomic realities make him one of the best writers in India. In the years to come, one hopes to see lots more film scripts from him and him finding his place amongst the renown screenplay writers in India.

Digital Content Creator and storyteller

Anand Sivakumaran has now ventured into the field of Digital Content Creation with his creative collective – CrocTales. The company creates and works as Showrunner on web series and also does scripts for film and television. They are working on pitches with platforms like VOOT, VIU, Filter Copy, the Times Group, Eros Now etc.

Anand also does live storytelling sessions at venues like Social wherein he interacts with an audience and creates and tells stories spontaneously using cues given by them and making them the protagonists of these tales. He also does workshops on screenwriting, the aim being to create a whole new generation of the best writers in India.

Anand Sivakumaran also posts short stories online on his web site, on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, based on a photograph or a line suggested by his readers. He is also a motivational speaker and has a popular daily blog called Morning Ray of Sunshine.