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{{Short description|Indian director, writer, musician, music producer, and actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Darbuka Siva
| native_name_lang = ta
| image =
| birth_date =
| occupation = Writer, Director, Music producer and Actor
| years_active = 2015–present
| notable_works = [[Mudhal Nee Mudivum Nee]], [[Enai Noki Paayum Thota]], [[Rajathandhiram]], [[Rocky (2021 film)|Rocky]]
| website = {{URL|www.darbukasiva.com}}
}}

'''Darbuka Siva''' is an Indian musician, filmmaker and actor based in [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu. Starting out as a drummer/percussionist, he went on to acting, writing and directing films which have won awards in film festivals in Europe and London.

== Career ==

=== Acting ===
In 2015, Darbuka Siva made his debut as an actor in the heist action-thriller [[Rajathandhiram]], where he played the character of Austin D'Costa. [[Baradwaj Rangan]], a film critic wrote: "Darbuka Siva, walks off with the film in his pocket. He has a great face for the movies (he may remind you of [[Dominique Pinon]]), and at a time comedy has been reduced to tired one-liners, it's a pleasure to be reminded of wit and timing."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/rajathanthiram-movie-review-a-solid-heist-thriller/article10723071.ece|title=Rajathanthiram: A solid heist thriller|newspaper=The Hindu|date=13 March 2015|last1=Rangan|first1=Baradwaj}}</ref>

=== Composer ===
In August 2016, Siva released his first ever full-length album as a music director for a feature film titled [[Kidaari]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/music/170118/discovery-of-a-musician.html|title=Discovery of a musician|work=Deccan Chronicle|date=17 January 2018}}</ref> The album received rave reviews for its organic sounds and the blend of Tamil folk music with contemporary sounds.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.musicaloud.com/2016/08/09/kidaari-music-review-tamil-soundtrack/|title=Kidaari – Music Review|work=Musicaloud|date=9 August 2016}}</ref>

During late 2016 Siva started working with [[Gautham Menon]] on making songs for [[Enai Noki Paayum Thota]]. The first single of the film, [[Maruvaarthai]] was released on New Year's Eve of 2016 with credits to a certain Mr.X as the music composer. The song was a hit as well as the Mr.X campaign itself.During September 2017, Gautham Menon confirmed that Darbuka Siva was the much talked about Mr.X.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/darbuka-siva-is-the-music-director-of-enai-noki-paayum-thota/article19880545.ece|title=DarbukaSiva is the music director of 'Enai Noki Paayum Thota'|work=The Hindu|date=18 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/gautham-vasudev-menon-reveals-the-music-director-of-ennai-noki-paayum-thotta-4896541/|title=Gautham Vasudev Menon reveals the music director of Ennai Noki Paayum Thotta|work=The Indian Express|date=18 October 2017}}</ref>

==Filmography==

=== As actor ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Rajathandhiram]]'' || Deepan (Austin D'Costa)
|
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Thodari]]'' || Rajapandi
|
|-
| 2022 || ''[[Mudhal Nee Mudivum Nee]]'' || Cupid
|Guest appearance
|-
|}

=== As director ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year !! Film
|-
| 2022 || ''[[Mudhal Nee Mudivum Nee]]''
|}

=== As composer ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year !! Film !! Language
|-
|rowspan=2|2016
|''[[Kidaari]]''
|Tamil
|-
|''[[Balle Vellaiyathevaa]]''
|Tamil
|-
|2017
|''[[Nimir]]''
|Tamil
|-
|2019
|''[[Enai Noki Paayum Thota]]''
|Tamil
|-
| 2021
|''[[Rocky (2021 film)|Rocky]]''
|Tamil
|-
| 2022 || ''[[Mudhal Nee Mudivum Nee]]''
|Tamil
|-
| rowspan=2 | 2025 || ''[[Dominic and the Ladies' Purse]]'' || Malayalam<ref>{{Cite web |last=Santhosh |first=Vivek |date=2025-01-01 |title=Mammootty-starrer Dominic and the Ladies' Purse gets a release date |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/malayalam/news/2025/Jan/01/mammootty-starrer-dominic-and-the-ladies-purse-gets-a-release-date |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=Cinema Express |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Tharunam]]''
|Tamil
|-
| 2026 || ''[[TN 2026]]'' || Tamil<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JypIeImNaoI |title=TN 2026 – Audio Jukebox {{!}} Natty Nataraj {{!}} Umapathy Ramaiah {{!}} Darbuka Siva |date=10 April 2026 |last=Saregama Tamil |author-link=Saregama |language=en |access-date=10 April 2026 |archive-url=https://preservetube.com/watch?v=JypIeImNaoI |archive-date=10 April 2026 |url-status=live |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>
|}

;As composer – Web Series
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Film
!Platform
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Queen (2018 film)|Queen]]''
|[[Mx Originals]]
|-
|2023||''[[Mathagam]]''
|[[Disney Hotstar]]
|-
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Further reading ==
# [https://chennaivision.com/revealed-darbuka-siva-enpts-music-director/ Darbuka Siva is the composer of ENPT] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104234401/https://chennaivision.com/revealed-darbuka-siva-enpts-music-director/ |date=4 January 2017 }}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|4254923}}

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[[Category:1982 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Musicians from Chennai]]
[[Category:Tamil musicians]]
[[Category:Indian male film score composers]]

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