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 Tamizh 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 Tamizh 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 made his comeback with a horror-comedy 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]
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