Well Known Cinematographer Santosh Sivan turned as actor with a Malayalam film Makaramanju. The movie has won best film award in International Film Festival of Kerala and critical acclaims.

Makaramanju is a film about legendary painter Raja Ravi Varma’s life. Most of the movie is deals with Ravi Varma’s quest to paint a theme of Pururavas and Urvashi’s romance. Now the news is that this movie is to be dubbed in Telugu as ‘Ravi Varma’. On S V R media (p) ltd banner Shobarani producing this movie in Telugu.