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{{short description|Indian film director and screenwriter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = B. Babusivan
| image =
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| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1964|11|4|}}
| birth_place = [[Chennai]], [[Madras State]], India
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|09|16|1964|11|4|df=yes}}
| death_place =
| othername =
| occupation = [[Film director]], [[writer]]
| yearsactive = 2008-2020
| spouse =
}}
'''B. Babusivan''' (4 November 1964 - 16 September 2020) was an Indian [[film director]] and screenwriter of [[Tamil cinema|Tamil films]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/53337.html|title=What's next for Babu Sivan?|date=7 January 2010|work=IndiaGlitz|accessdate=5 May 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://expressbuzz.com/Entertainment/Southern%20Glitz/the-magic-lives-on/29064.html |title=The magic lives on... |date=24 December 2008 |work=[[Indian Express]] |accessdate=5 May 2010 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He initially began his career as an assistant director to film director [[Dharani (director)|Dharani]]. In 2009, Babusivan became independent director in ''[[Vettaikaaran (2009 film)|Vettaikaaran]]'' starring [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]], [[Anushka Shetty]] and [[Srihari]] .

After a long interval in 2019, B. Babusivan made his re-entry in [[Tamil serials]] taking over [[Rasaathi (TV series)|Rasaathi]], a [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] serial.

Babusivan died on September 16, 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/vettaikaaran-director-babu-sivan-dies-at-54-in-chennai-1722613-2020-09-17|title = Vettaikaaran director Babu Sivan dies at 54 in Chennai}}</ref>

==Filmography==
'''Films'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! rowspan="2" style="width:35px;" | Year
! rowspan="2" style="width:250px;" | Film
! colspan="2" style="width:195px;" | Credited as
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:80px;" | Language
! rowspan="2" style="text-align:center; width:250px;" class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
! style="width:65px;" | Director
! width="65" | Writer
|-
|| 2008 ||''[[Kuruvi]]''|| style="text-align:center;" |{{n}}|| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" |{{y}}|| rowspan="3" |[[Tamil language|Tamil]]||Dialogues only
|-
|| 2009 ||''[[Vettaikaaran (2009 film)|Vettaikkaran]]''|| style="text-align:center;" |{{y}}||
|-
|| 2017 ||''[[Bairavaa]]''|| style="text-align:center;" |{{n}}||Credited for story discussion (thanks card)
|}
'''Serials'''
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Serial
!Cast
!Language
!Notes
|-
|2019–2020
|''[[Rasaathi (TV series)|Rasaathi]]''
|Debjani modak, [[Baladitya (actor)|Baladitya]], [[Vichithra]], [[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]]
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|Took over after director [[Raj Kapoor (Tamil film director)|Rajkapoor]] left the series (28 Episodes)
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Film directors from Chennai]]
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[[Category:21st-century Indian film directors]]
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