Tamil director Babu Sivan, who directed Vijay and Anushka Shetty's 'Vettaikaaran', passed away aged 54 on Wednesday at Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital in Chennai. Reportedly, he died due to the liver and kidney-related ailments. Condoling his death, music composer-actor Vijay Antony tweeted, "He was a very simple man who gave me complete freedom to execute my ideas in 'Vettaikaaran'."