Shiva (actor)

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Shiva
Actor Shiva image.jpg
Portrait of Shiva in 2024
Born (1982-12-10) 10 December 1982 (age 42) [1]
Other namesMirchi Shiva
Occupations
Years active2001–present
Spouse
Priya
​
(m. 2012)​
Children2

Shivais an Indian actor and dialogue writer who appears in Tamil language films. Prior to his acting career, Shiva worked as a radio jockey with Radio Mirchi. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] His tenure earned him the nickname Mirchi Shiva. [7] Acting mainly in comedy films, he rose to fame following his performances in the Venkat Prabhu directorials Chennai 600028 (2007) and Saroja (2008). He is humorously known by fans as Agila Ulaga Superstar after his hilarious spoof on Tamil cinema's portrayal in Thamizh Padam (2010). [8]

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Film career

Shiva's first film role was a supporting role in the 2001 film 12B , where he played Shaam's friend. [9] He debuted as a lead actor in Venkat Prabhu's 2007 sports comedy Chennai 600028 alongside several stars. [10] His next role, again under Venkat's direction, Saroja (2008). Both films were box office hits. [11]

Shiva then starred in Thamizh Padam (2010), a full-length parody of contemporary Tamil cinema, and his performance earned rave reviews. His comedy Va Quarter Cutting , was an average grosser. His first 2011 release became the long-delayed romantic drama Pathinaaru , which was his first non-comedy venture. During the period, he also completed another comedy film titled Siva Poojaiyil Karadi, by Rama Narayanan, but the film was never released. [12]

In 2012, he featured alongside Vimal in Sundar C's comedy film Kalakalappu , which won positive reviews and performed well commercially. Portraying the role of the small-time crook Raghu, critics noted that Shiva was the film's "scene-stealer" and "carries the first half with his quips". [13] [14] The success of the film fetched the actor more scripts and Shiva went on to feature in four comedies in 2013. His first release Thillu Mullu , a remake of the 1981 Rajinikanth starrer, featured him alongside Isha Talwar and Prakash Raj and also fared well commercially. The actor also won positive portrayal of a conman with a critic noting that "Shiva has taken the entire film in his shoulders and has given his best. His comic timing is perfect and the one-liners are hilarious." [15] [16] His second release of the year Sonna Puriyathu , where he played a dubbing artist, also won good reviews. Sudhish Kamath of The Hindu praised the actor's performance noting that "Nobody makes silly jokes work with a straight face like Shiva does", also that he is the "funny man pretending to be important". [17] The next release Ya Ya , featured him alongside Santhanam in the lead role. Shiva was next seen in Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi's directorial debut Vanakkam Chennai , a romantic musical opposite Priya Anand. The film received positive to mixed reviews. [18]

In 2015, he starred in two films with Masala Padam and 144 . [19] [20] In 2016, his films were Adra Machan Visilu and Chennai 600028 II , a sequel sports comedy to Chennai 600028. [21] [22] In 2018, Kalakalappu 2 , the sequel to that film Kalakalappu, has been released, directed by the same Sundar C. [23] After a gap of eight years, C. S. Amudhan's Thamizh Padam 2 (2018) has released, amidst high expectations. [24] His voiceover has also appeared in films such as Vandi (2018) and Charlie Chaplin 2 (2019). [25] [26]

In 2022, Shiva is best known for his parody films, is back with a horror-comedy spoof movie Idiot . [27] In 2023, he had two released in Single Shankarum Smartphone Simranum and Kasethan Kadavulada . [28] [29] In 2024, Shiva, in his usual quirky style, opens up the dusty box from the sequel 2013 original and tries to revive his ‘kidnapping’ business after a jail term in Soodhu Kavvum 2 . [30]

Personal life

Shiva married his long time girlfriend and former national level badminton player Priya on 15 November 2012. [31] [32] They have one son and a Daughter [33]

Filmography

Key
†Denotes films that have not yet been released

As actor

List of Shiva film credits
YeartitleRoleNotes
2001 12B Shakti's co-workerUncredited role
Aalavandhan PartygoerUncredited role
2003 Whistle Jeeva's friendUncredited role
2007 Chennai 600028 KarthikNominated, Vijay Award for Best Debut Actor
2008 Saroja Ajay Raj
2010 Thamizh Padam Shiva
Va Sunderrajan (Sura)
2011 Pathinaaru Shiva
Ko HimselfSpecial appearance
2012 Kalakalappu Raghu
2013 Thillu Mullu Pasupathy (Ganguly Kanthan)
Sonna Puriyathu Shiva
Ya Ya Ramarajan "Ram" (Dhoni)
Vanakkam Chennai Madasamy (Ajay)
2015 Masala Padam Mani
144 Thesu
2016 Adra Machan Visilu "Simmakkal" Shekar
Chennai 600028 II Karthik
2018 Kalakalappu 2 Ganesh
Tamizh Padam 2 Shiva / Barathamuni
Party †Babu Murali / Bob MarleyUnreleased Film
2022 Naai Sekar PadaiyappaVoice only
Idiot Chinnarasu, Paandi and Thor
2023 Single Shankarum Smartphone Simranum Shankar
Kasethan Kadavulada Ramu
2024 Soodhu Kavvum 2 Gurunath "Guru"

Television

List of performances and appearances on television
YearTitleRole(s)NetworkNotesRef.
2014 3rd South Indian International Movie Awards Host Sun TV Co-hosted with Pooja Ramachandran
2015 4th South Indian International Movie Awards Co-hosted with Suchitra
2016 5th South Indian International Movie Awards Co-hosted with Sathish
2018 Colors Super Kids Colors Tamil —
2019 8th South Indian International Movie Awards Sun TV Co-hosted with Janani Iyer
Sun Kudumbam VirudhugalHimselfAppeared in a TV serial spoof video, portraying a doctor
2022 10th South Indian International Movie Awards HostCo-hosted with VJ Ramya

As lyricist

As singer

As writer

As narrator

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