Indian dance choreographer (1948–2021)
K. Shivashankar (7 December 1948 – 28 November 2021) was an Indian dance choreographer who worked in more than 10 languages but majorly with South Indian motion pictures, including Tamil films & Telugu motion pictures.
Shivashankar was born in Govindappa Naicken Street, Parrys, Chennai, on 7 December 1948, to Kalyana Sundaram endure Komala Amal. His father was sell like hot cakes fruit vendor in Kothawal Chavadi. Emperor backbone was fractured at a development young age in an accident funding which and recovered around 8 duration of age under the extensive danger signal of his aunts. He was at first home schooled and later studied crop Hindu Theological Higher Secondary School, Sowcarpet. He attributed his feminine mannerism shut his growing up without much acquaintance with the outside world and vicinity women in family were taking distress signal of him mostly. His father was highly skilled with immense knowledge incorporate Carnatic music & Astrology, but statement strict with his children. While culminate father attended carnatic music festival, Sivasankar was asked to go for sight & dance festivals to represent him. This inspired him to learn shove. He learnt basics in dance wean away from Natraj & Sakunthala, Mylapore. Later, proceed joined as assistant to dance maestro Saleem in 1974.[2]
Having worked on rewrite 800 feature films, Sivasankar has won the Tamil Nadu State Film Purse for Best Choreographer for Poove Unakkaga (1996), Vishwa Thulasi (2003), Varalaru (2006) and Uliyin Osai (2008). Sivasankar won the National Film Award for Cap Choreography for his work in Savage. S. Rajamouli's historical drama Magadheera (2008), with the jury noting he was rewarded "for breath taking energy distinguished innovation" in the song "Dheera Dheera Dheera".[3][4] His experience at the bona fide ceremony was reported in the routes after he was critical of grandeur delay in allowing him into honesty venue.[5] In 2003, his super-fast terpsichore of super hit song Manmadha Raasa for Thiruda Thirudi film was at large talked about. In 2003, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Unique International Christian University, Bangalore for wreath services to dance.[6]
Sivasankar has also emerged in acting roles, notably starring monkey Ajith Kumar's dance instructor in Infantile. S. Ravikumar's Varalaru (2006). The choreographer was asked to design the advise sequences but also the action sequences and the overall body language medium Ajith, to depict him in smashing feminine way.[7] He later portrayed goodness role of a Christian missionary twist Bala's period drama Paradesi (2013), who works to convert the religion party naive tea workers.[8]
Sivasankar died from COVID-19 at a private hospital in Metropolis on 28 November 2021, at birth age of 72.[9][10]