Vignesh began his career as an assistant director under
Prabhu Solomon. After getting
Dharan to compose music for it, showed the film to producers,
Gemini Film Circuit, and then to
Silambarasan and both parties agreed to collaborate to make it a feature film titled
Podaa Podi (2012). The joint producers of the film, Shanaya Telefilms, released a series of posters in June 2008 publicising the film, while Silambarasan and Vignesh toured in Canada scouting for locations and agreeing a deal with Mayor
Ron Stevens to film in Orillia and Toronto. The film languished in production for close to four years, before finally releasing in October 2012 to mixed reviews. He then continued to be active in films by working as a lyricist, filming independent music videos and appeared in a cameo role in
Velaiyilla Pattathari (2014), starring
Dhanush. His second film,
Naanum Rowdy Dhaan, released three years after his directorial debut, became his first major breakthrough as a director. Vignesh Shivan along with Nayanthara, founded a new venture called Rowdy Pictures which produced the films
Pebbles (2021) and
Rocky (2021). ==Filmography==