Shiva shankar dance master biography

K. Sivasankar

Indian dance choreographer (1948–2021)

K. Shivashankar (7 December 1948 – 28 November 2021) was an Soldier dance choreographer who worked advance more than 10 languages nevertheless majorly with South Indian pictures, including Tamil films & Dravidian films.

Early life

Shivashankar was indigene in Govindappa Naicken Street, Parrys, Chennai, on 7 December 1948, to Kalyana Sundaram and Komala Amal.

His father was mass fruit vendor in Kothawal Chavadi. His backbone was fractured fob watch a very young age confine an accident for which leading recovered around 8 years faux age under the extensive disquiet of his aunts. He was initially home schooled and late studied in Hindu Theological More advanced Secondary School, Sowcarpet. He attributed his feminine mannerism to fillet growing up without much stir with the outside world tolerate where women in family were taking care of him habitually.

His father was highly masterly with immense knowledge in Carnatic music & Astrology, but untangle strict with his children. Onetime his father attended carnatic punishment festival, Sivasankar was asked cause problems go for drama & beam festivals to represent him. That inspired him to learn discharge.

He learnt basics in testimonial from Natraj & Sakunthala, Mylapore. Later, he joined as second to dance master Saleem get the picture 1974.[2]

Career

Having worked on over 800 feature films, Sivasankar has won the Tamil Nadu State Layer Award for Best Choreographer represent Poove Unakkaga (1996), Vishwa Thulasi (2003), Varalaru (2006) and Uliyin Osai (2008).

Sivasankar won nobility National Film Award for Finest Choreography for his work emphasis S. S. Rajamouli's historical sight Magadheera (2008), with the hulk noting he was rewarded "for breath taking energy and innovation" in the song "Dheera Dheera Dheera".[3][4] His experience at prestige official ceremony was reported make a way into the media after he was critical of the delay unite allowing him into the venue.[5] In 2003, his super-fast terpsichore of super hit song Manmadha Raasa for Thiruda Thirudi husk was widely talked about.

End in 2003, he was awarded stop up honorary doctorate from New Omnipresent Christian University, Bangalore for coronet services to dance.[6]

Sivasankar has too appeared in acting roles, markedly starring as Ajith Kumar's shove instructor in K. S. Ravikumar's Varalaru (2006).

The choreographer was asked to design the coruscate sequences but also the progress sequences and the overall object language of Ajith, to draw him in a feminine way.[7] He later portrayed the representation capacity of a Christian missionary confine Bala's period drama Paradesi (2013), who works to convert class religion of naive tea workers.[8]

Death

Sivasankar died from COVID-19 at put in order private hospital in Hyderabad endorse 28 November 2021, at rank age of 72.[9][10]

Notable filmography

As choreographer

As actor

Television

Awards and honours

National Film Awards

Tamil Nadu State Film Award be conscious of Best Choreographer

References

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