Shiva Shankar

Shiva Shankar was a dance choreographer cum actor born and brought up in Chennai. He was born on 7th December 1948, to Kalyanasundaram and Komala Ammal. Kalyanasundaram was doing the wholesale fruits business in Kothawal Chawadi in Chennai. When he was a child, Shivashankar had a severe injury in his backbone due to an accident, and he recovered from that when he was eight. He completed his schooling at Hindu Theological Higher Secondary School. Shivashankar’s father was not only a businessman but also an exponent of classical music. He sent Shivashankar to get his dance training under the tutelage of Natraj and Sakunthala in Mylapore. Shiva Shankar was married to Sukanya and has two sons Vijay Sivasankar and Ajay Sivasankar.

Shivashankar joined the film industry in 1974 as an assistant to Saleem, a famous dance master. Paattum Bharathamum was his first film as an assistant dance master. It released in 1975. He made his debut as a solo dance master in 1980 in Kuruvikoodu. Some of his notable works are Mann Vasanai Mann Vasanai is a Tamil dubbed serial which showca >> Read More... directed by “ P Bharathiraja Director P Bharathiraja is a popular person, who r >> Read More... ,” featuring “ Pandiyan Pandiyan is a Tamil actor who has appeared in almo >> Read More... ” and Revathy,  Poove Unakkaga Poove Unakkaga is the Tamil family drama Romantic >> Read More... featuring “Vijay” and “ Sangita Born on July 25, 1976, in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, San >> Read More... ,” Suryavamsam, featuring Sarathkumar and “ Devayani Devayani, born as Sushma Jayadev on June 22, 1974, >> Read More... ,” Thiruda Thirudi featuring “ Dhanush Dhanush is an actor from Tamil cinema but has appe >> Read More... ” and Chaya Singh Chaya Singh was born on 16th May’1981 in Bangalore >> Read More... , Varalaru featuring Ajith Kumar Ajith Kumar is a prominent Tamil film actor, model >> Read More... , Arundhati featuring Anushka Shetty Anushka Shetty is the popular South Indian star wh >> Read More... , and Baahubali The Beginning featuring “ Prabhas Prabhas is one of the favorite heroes of the Andhr >> Read More... ,” Rana Daggubati Rana Daggubati is a famous Indian actor. He was bo >> Read More... , Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah Bhatia Tamannaah Bhatia is a well known actress in Tamil >> Read More... , and Ramya Krishnan.

He started his career as an actor in 2000 with the film James Pandu, featuring “ R Parthiepan Radhakrishnan Parthiepan is a renowned actor, cine >> Read More... ” and Prabhu Deva Story soon >> Read More... . He saw his last movie in 2021, Climax, as an actor. Five of his movies were released from 2022 to 2023 after his death.

He also acted in TV Serials, including a Telugu serial, Naga Bhairavi Naga Bhairavi is a Telugu fantasy supernatural thr >> Read More... and a Tamil serial, Jothi. Shivashankar was honoured with the Best Choreographer Award by the Tamilnadu government for Poove Unakkaga, Vishwathulasi, Varalaaru, and Uliyin Osai. He received the National Award for the Best Choreography in the song Dheera Dheera for the film Magadheera. It was directed by SS Rajamouli, featuring Ram Charan Ram Charan is a famous Tollywood actor and an entr >> Read More... and Kajal Aggarwal.

Shivashankar died on 28th November 2021 in a private hospital in Hyderabad while getting treatment for Covid-19.