Jiiva

Jiiva—born Amar Choudary—was practically raised inside the film business, the youngest son of producer R. B. Choudary and a child actor by 1991. What charms me is the symmetry of his rise: he got his leading-man debut in his father's 50th production, a beautifully literal case of inheriting the family trade. Tamil cinema runs on a kind of emotional voltage that outsiders often underestimate, and to headline within it for years takes real durability, not just nepotistic luck. That he moved into producing himself suggests the same long game his father played. I respect performers who carry a regional film culture on their shoulders, and he's done exactly that.

Name (English)

Jiiva

Name (Japanese)

ジーヴァ

Reading

じーゔぁ

Born

January 4, 1983 (age 43)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Boar

Origin

Chennai, Chennai district, India

Occupation

actor

• Official sitehttp://www.jiivaonline.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/Actorjiiva
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiiva
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901655

Tags

• Chennai district
• actor

Last updated

2026-06-16

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.