Draft:Stun Shiva (action choreographer)

Stun Shiva (born as V. Siva Kumar), is an Indian action choreographer and actor who works in Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu cinema industries of India.

Early & Personal Life
Stun Shiva was born in 1970 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. His uncle Natarajan was a stuntman, specialized in performing motorcycle stunts in movies. Since childhood he was interested in sports and passionate about motorcycles that he became a motorcycle mechanic and learnt to perform stunts with motorcycle. As a preparation for his entry into cinema, Stun Shiva wanted to learn martial arts and met a Vietnamese martial arts master & got trained in martial arts.

Stun Shiva met an Indian-Vietnamese martial artist Lany Hau, the daughter of his martial arts master and proposed her for marriage. With the consent of both the families Stun Shiva and Lany got married in 1997. The couple has 2 sons Kevin Kumar and Steven Kumar who are also martial artists. Kevin Kumar & Steven Kumar had joined as stuntmen and assistant stunt coordinators to their father.

Stuntman
Initially Stun Shiva started his career as a motorcycle mechanic, due to his interest in the vehicle. His workshop was located near a saloon where all the stuntmen, assistant stunt coordinators and stunt coordinators used to come and he got attracted towards cinema especially stunts following his acquaintance with them.

In 1989, he joined the South Indian Cine & TV Stunt Directors, Stunt Artists Union with the help of his uncle Natarajan. He had worked as a stuntman to stunt coordinators such as Rambo Rajkumar, FEFSI Vijayan, Vikram Dharma, V. Raja, Judo. K. K. Rathnam, Judo. K. K. Ramu, Rocky Rajesh and Kanal Kannan.

Assistant Stunt Coordinator
Later Stun Shiva was promoted as an assistant stunt coordinator to his mentor Rambo Rajkumar & former colleague Kanal Kannan. K. S. Ravikumar who got acquainted with Stun Shiva when the latter had worked as a stuntman as well as assistant stunt coordinator in the former's movies, had given him the prefix "Stun" and changed his name to Stun Shiva.

He became well noted for his work in performing many highly risky stunts and assisting in coordinating stunts in movies, at the same time he had also faced severe injuries as well as near fatal major accidents. Especially in movies such as Thozhar Pandian in which he had toppled an auto three wheeler while riding it in a chase sequence, Pudhiya Mannargal in which he had jumped from a bus in an action block and Mr. Romeo in which he had performed a motorcycle stunt as a stunt double for Prabhu Deva by jumping with a motorcycle while riding it.

Stunt Coordinator
Stun Shiva decided to become a stunt coordinator and he was given an opportunity by Vijay who got acquainted with him when the latter had worked as a stuntman as well as assistant stunt coordinator in the former's movies such as Deva, Vishnu & Chandralekha. In 1997, Stun Shiva made his debut as a stunt coordinator in Love Today.

Stun Shiva 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. In 2000, he had received the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Stunt Coordinator for his work in Kannukkul Nilavu.

Actor
During his initial career as a stunt coordinator, he used to make uncredited appearances and play minor characters in movies. Later he became a full-fledged actor after getting recognized for playing the characters such as Royapuram Mani and Seema Raja in movies such as Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu and Goli Soda 2 respectively.

In 2019, he had received the Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award for Best Villain - Male for his villainous performance in Champion.

Stunt Coordinator

 * 1997 Love Today
 * 1997 Pistha
 * 1997 Once More
 * 1997 Kadhalukku Mariyadhai
 * 1997 Simmarasi
 * 1998 Ponmanam
 * 1998 En Uyir Neethaane
 * 1998 Veera Thalattu
 * 1998 Thulli Thirintha Kaalam
 * 1998 Swarnamukhi
 * 1998 Iniyavale
 * 1998 Thalaimurai
 * 1998 Pudhumai Pithan
 * 1998 Dhinamdhorum
 * 1998 Kannathal
 * 1998 Urimai Por
 * 1999 Chinna Durai
 * 1999 Sethu
 * 2000 Kannukkul Nilavu
 * 2000 Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven
 * 2000 Veeranadai
 * 2001 Vinnukkum Mannukkum
 * 2001 Kamarasu
 * 2001 Kadhal Sugamanathu
 * 2001 En Purushan Kuzhandhai Maadhiri
 * 2001 Nandha
 * 2002 Album
 * 2002 Mounam Pesiyadhe
 * 2003 Pithamagan
 * 2004 Arul
 * 2004 Perazhagan
 * 2005 Thotti Jaya
 * 2005 Ponniyin Selvan
 * 2006 Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu
 * 2007 Pachaikili Muthucharam
 * 2007 Thee Nagar
 * 2008 Nepali
 * 2008 Sakkarakatti
 * 2008 Sathyam
 * 2008 Aegan
 * 2009 Muthirai
 * 2009 Vaamanan
 * 2010 Siddhu +2
 * 2011 Kaavalan
 * 2014 Nimirndhu Nil
 * 2015 Sandamarutham
 * 2015 Valiyavan
 * 2016 Thodari
 * 2017 Indrajith
 * 2018 Imaikkaa Nodigal
 * 2018 Adanga Maru
 * 2019 Kaaviyyan
 * 2021 Kaadan
 * 2021 Bhoomi
 * 2021 Akhanda
 * 2022 Naane Varuven
 * 2023 Viduthalai Part 1
 * 2023 Rudhran
 * 2023 Kannitheevu
 * 2023 Custody
 * 2023 Jailer
 * 2023 Chandramukhi 2
 * 2023 Skanda
 * 2024 Viduthalai Part 2

Actor

 * 2000 Kannukkul Nilavu as a henchman
 * 2001 Vinnukkum Mannukkum as a henchman
 * 2002 Punnagai Desam as a pickpocket
 * 2002 Album as Karikkol
 * 2003 Pithamagan as a police inspector
 * 2016 Theri as Karikalan
 * 2018 Goli Soda 2 as Seema Raja
 * 2019 Champion as Dhanasekhar
 * 2021 Eeswaran as Rathnasamy
 * 2023 Rudhran as Guna

Awards & Honours

 * Won
 * 2000 Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Stunt Coordinator - Kannukkul Nilavu
 * 2019 Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award for Best Villain - Male - Champion
 * 2021 Honorary Doctorate from RBI University
 * Nominated
 * 2023 Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award for Best Stunt Director - Viduthalai Part 1

Legacy
Stunt coordinators and actors such as Anal Arasu, K. Ganesh Kumar, Silva, Ram-Laxman, Anbariv, Besant Ravi, Rajendran and Nandha Saravanan had worked as stuntmen and assistant stunt coordinators to him.