K. S. Adhiyaman is an Indian film director and producer, who has directed Hindi and Tamil films. Adhiyaman apprenticed under director K. Vijayan for eight films in the late 1980s, before deciding to become a film maker.After beginning his directorial career with a relatively unnoticed film in Thoorathu Sondham (1992), Adhiyaman wrote the dialogues for Suresh Menon's well received films Pudhiya Mugam (1993) and Paasamalargal (1994) and subsequently bagged the opportunity to make another film.