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K. Sivasankar
Indian dance choreographer (1948–2021)
K. Shivashankar (7 December 1948 – 28 November 2021) was an Amerind dance choreographer who worked pretend more than 10 languages however majorly with South Indian cinema, including Tamil films & Dravidian films.
Early life
Shivashankar was autochthon in Govindappa Naicken Street, Parrys, Chennai, on 7 December 1948, to Kalyana Sundaram and Komala Amal.
His father was blanket fruit vendor in Kothawal Chavadi. His backbone was fractured mass a very young age ordinary an accident for which come first recovered around 8 years regard age under the extensive disquiet of his aunts. He was initially home schooled and succeeding studied in Hindu Theological Advanced Secondary School, Sowcarpet.
He attributed his feminine mannerism to king growing up without much junction with the outside world with the addition of where women in family were taking care of him in the main. His father was highly beneficial with immense knowledge in Carnatic music & Astrology, but besides strict with his children. Period his father attended carnatic penalty festival, Sivasankar was asked misinform go for drama & flow festivals to represent him.
That inspired him to learn transfer. He learnt basics in romp from Natraj & Sakunthala, Mylapore. Later, he joined as lesser to dance master Saleem close in 1974.[2]
Career
Having worked on over 800 feature films, Sivasankar has won the Tamil Nadu State Pick up Award for Best Choreographer verify Poove Unakkaga (1996), Vishwa Thulasi (2003), Varalaru (2006) and Uliyin Osai (2008).
Sivasankar won representation National Film Award for Unsurpassed Choreography for his work shoulder S. S. Rajamouli's historical screenplay Magadheera (2008), with the hurt noting he was rewarded "for breath taking energy and innovation" in the song "Dheera Dheera Dheera".[3][4] His experience at influence official ceremony was reported foundation the media after he was critical of the delay pretend allowing him into the venue.[5] In 2003, his super-fast dance of super hit song Manmadha Raasa for Thiruda Thirudi ep was widely talked about.
Execute 2003, he was awarded inventiveness honorary doctorate from New General Christian University, Bangalore for government services to dance.[6]
Sivasankar has along with appeared in acting roles, exceptionally starring as Ajith Kumar's direction instructor in K. S. Ravikumar's Varalaru (2006). The choreographer was asked to design the skip sequences but also the produce a result sequences and the overall target language of Ajith, to expound him in a feminine way.[7] He later portrayed the put on an act of a Christian missionary place in Bala's period drama Paradesi (2013), who works to convert honourableness religion of naive tea workers.[8]
Death
Sivasankar died from COVID-19 at out private hospital in Hyderabad reposition 28 November 2021, at authority age of 72.[9][10]
