Stun Siva

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Stun Siva
ஸ்டன் சிவா
Born
V. Siva Kumar [1]

1970
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Other namesStunt Siva
Stun Shiva
Andrew
Occupations
  • Fight Master
  • Actor
Years active1989-Present
SpouseLany Hau (m.1997-Present) [2] [3]
ChildrenKevin Kumar
Steven Kumar [4]

Stun Siva (born as V. Siva Kumar in 1970), is an Indian fight master & actor who works in Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada & Telugu cinema industries of India. [5] [6] He made his debut as a fight master in the movie Love Today in 1997. [7] His sons Kevin Kumar & Steven Kumar are also a fight masters. [8] [9]

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Early & Personal Life

Stun Siva was born in 1970 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He was interested in sports & passionate about motorcycles that he became a motorcycle mechanic & learnt to perform stunts with motorcycle. [10]

He wanted to learn martial arts as preparation for his entry into cinema & met a Vietnamese martial arts master on the recommendation of Ramesh, the brother of FEFSI Vijayan & got trained in martial arts.

Stun Siva met a martial artist Lany Hau, the daughter of his martial arts master & proposed her for marriage. Stun Siva & Lany got married in 1997. They have 2 sons Kevin Kumar & Steven Kumar who are also martial artists. Kevin Kumar & Steven Kumar had joined their father Stun Siva as fighters, assistant fight masters & became fight masters. [11]

Career

During his initial career as a motorcycle mechanic, Stun Siva got attracted towards cinema when he got acquainted with the fighters, assistant fight masters & fight masters who used to regularly come to a saloon which was located near his garage. In 1989, he joined the South Indian Cine & TV Stunt Directors, Stunt Artists Union with the help of his uncle Natarajan, a fighter specialized in performing motorcycle stunts in movies. He had worked as a fighter to fight masters such as Rambo Rajkumar, FEFSI Vijayan, Vikram Dharma, V. Raja, Judo. K. K. Rathnam, Judo. K. K. Ramu, Rocky Rajesh & Kanal Kannan. Later he worked as an assistant fight master to fight masters such as Rambo Rajkumar & Kanal Kannan. He had performed many highly risky stunts in movies such as Thozhar Pandian , Pudhiya Mannargal & Mr. Romeo & met nearly fatal accidents.

Stun Siva decided to become a fight master & he was given an opportunity by Vijay who got acquainted with him when he had worked as a fighter as well as assistant fight master in some of Vijay's movies such as Deva , Vishnu & Chandralekha . In 1997, he made his debut as a fight master in Love Today . [12] Stun Siva had done both commercially appealing as well as experimental live realistic fight scenes notably in movies such as Kadhalukku Mariyadhai , Kannukkul Nilavu , Nandha , Pithamagan & Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu . [13] [14] [15] In 2000, he had received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Stunt Coordinator for his work in Kannukkul Nilavu .

In 2015, Stun Siva announced that he will be making his debut as a director in Karate Kaaran the Tamil remake of The Karate Kid introducing both his sons as actors, his wife will be writing the script along with acting & producing the movie. [16]

During his initial career as a fight master, he used to make uncredited appearances & play minor characters in movies. Later he became a full-fledged actor after getting recognized for playing the characters such as Royapuram Mani & Seema Raja in Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu & Goli Soda 2 respectively. In 2019, he had received the Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award for Best Villain - Male for his villainous performance in Champion . Stun Siva is actively balancing his career both as a fight master & actor.

Filmography

Fight Master

Actor

Awards & Honours

Legacy

Fight masters & actors such as Anal Arasu, K. Ganesh Kumar, Silva, Ram-Laxman, Anbariv, Besant Ravi & Rajendran had worked as fighters & assistants to him. [18] [19]

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