Sivan is ready to debut as a film director according to sources. He was involved with Mani Ratnam on his 'Raavan' project. This talented cinematographer had also worked on Tahaan: The Boy With A Grenade, featuring the duo Rahul Khanna and Rahul Bose.

He has roped in Genelia D'Souza and Prithviraj to play the lead pair in his new film. As sources reveal, the cinematographer-director is really excited as to know about the assailant of Vasco De Gama.

Prithviraj, who is a big name in the South Indian film industry, would be playing the central character. Sivan also said that he is going to start Who Killed Vasco De Gama real soon.

He plans to release it in trilingual versions of Hindi, English and Malayalam. He also has expressed his wish to have the same cast of stars in all three versions of the film.