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Sivakumar is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Producer Indian born on 27 october 1941 at Coimbatore (Inde)

Sivakumar

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Birth name Palanichamy Gounder
Nationality Inde
Birth 27 october 1941 (83 years) at Coimbatore (Inde)
Awards Filmfare Awards South

Sivakumar (born 27 October 1941 as Palanichamy Gounder) is a Tamil film actor who has portrayed a wide range of leading and supporting roles onscreen. Sivakumar was introduced in the Tamil movie Kakkum Karangal, a film that starred S.S.Rajendran in the lead role, which was produced by AVM Productions. Apart from acting, Sivakumar is also a painter and a public speaker. He is also ambidextrous.

In recent times, he has ventured into public speaking, giving his opinion on various subjects. He has been praised for the fluency and style of his speeches. He has given speech on Ramayana and Mahabharata, each in 2 hours and 15 mins at Vellalar College for Women, Erode.

Biography

Sivakumar is married to Lakshmi and the couple have three children; two sons who are actors, Surya Sivakumar and Karthik Sivakumar, and a daughter Brindha. His elder daughter-in-law, Jyothika was a leading Kollywood actress and his younger daughter-in-law is Ranjini Chinnaswamy.

Usually with

Ilaiyaraaja
Ilaiyaraaja
(43 films)
Aachi Manorama
Aachi Manorama
(33 films)
Nagesh
Nagesh
(18 films)
Sundarrajan
Sundarrajan
(17 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Sivakumar (106 films)

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Actor

36 Vayadhinile, 1h55
Directed by Rosshan Andrrews
Origin Inde
Genres Drama
Actors Jyothika, Rashin Rahman, Abhirami, Nassar, Ilavarasu, Delhi Ganesh
Roles President of India (voice only)
Rating68% 3.442193.442193.442193.442193.44219
36-year-old Vasanthi Tamizhselvan (Jyothika) is a UD clerk in the Revenue Department. Her husband is Tamizhselvan (Rahman) who works in Akashvaani. Tamizhselvan aspires to emigrate to Ireland, but Vasanthi can't accompany him as most Irish companies turn down her job applications because of her age being a problem.There is nothing interesting about her life; she leads a mundane life but she craves for a change.
Gurushetram – 24 Hours of Anger, 2h5
Origin Singapore
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Sivakumar
Rating64% 3.2177953.2177953.2177953.2177953.217795
Set in contemporary Singapore, Gurushetram - 24 Hours of Anger, is a sinuously provocative, edge-of-your-seat thriller about Prakash who is brought up in a particular segment of the working-class Indian society lined with the wreckage of broken families and dreams. Prakash, a 17-year-old, losing his family, seeks shelter with his uncle Vinod, the head of a drug ring, with his mentally challenged younger brother. The two teenagers emerge as pivotal accomplices in Vinod’s clandestine drug operations.
Pasanga
Pasanga (2009)
, 2h31
Directed by Director Pandiraj
Genres Drama
Themes Films about education
Actors Vimal, Vega Tamotia, V. Jayaprakash, Kishore Kumar, Sree Raam, Sivakumar
Rating76% 3.8399753.8399753.8399753.8399753.839975
The story unfolds in a dry barren village. Anbukkarasu (Kishore), the protagonist who wants to excel in his life as a Collector and is an encouraging child, comes across Jeevanandam (Sree Raam), the son of the school teacher Chokkalingam(JayaPrakash), on the first day of school. Jeeva develops instant dislike for Anbu. The good-hearted Anbu tries to befriend Jeeva. However, Jeeva continues to hate Anbu with a passion. Enter Manonmani (Dharini), Jeeva's cousin, who develops affinity towards Anbu. This only makes Jeeva detest Anbu further. Not only Anbu excels in academics but also in extracurricular activities, contributes to widening the rift between the two.Anbu's parents have diiferent opinions at Life which develops fight between them and also turns out to be a positive for Jeeva to hurt Anbu further.
Nizhalkuthu, 1h30
Directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Sukumari, Murali, Sivakumar, Narain, Shivaji
Roles Mallika's Lover
Rating72% 3.6261953.6261953.6261953.6261953.626195
The plot is set in the 1940s in a village of Travancore, British India. Kaliyappan, the last hangman of Travancore dynasty is dragging his remaining life by consuming alcohol and worshipping the Mother Goddess. The reason for this self-destruction is the remorse born out of the feeling that the last man he hanged was an innocent.
Poovellam Un Vasam
Directed by Ezhil
Genres Drama
Actors Ajith Kumar, Jyothika, Yugendran, Sivakumar, Sayaji Shinde, Sona Heiden
Roles Arunachalam, Chinna's father
Rating62% 3.147673.147673.147673.147673.14767
Two families stay in identical bungalows, adjacent to each other, tracing their friendship to over forty years. Their respective progenies Chinna and Chella (Ajith and Jyotika) are childhood buddies, their easy camaraderie and strong bonding carried over to their adult years. The two study in the same college, same class, zoom together on the motorbike, their togetherness at home and college, as accepted a fact as it was in films like 'Piriyadha Varam Vendum', etc. Somewhere along the way, the duo fall in love, throwing some soft glances at each other, when the other is not looking. Their college mate, Karna (Yugendran, son of Malaysia Vasudevan), makes devious plans to separate the duo and make Chella his. He doesn't seem to have any running feud with Chinna, is quite friendly with the duo, nor does he seem to be particularly in love with Chella. Chinna laps up all that Karna tells him about Chella loving him, and is heartbroken and goes out of station on a business trip.
Uyirile Kalanthathu, 2h29
Genres Action, Romance
Actors Suriya, Jyothika, Raghuvaran, Sivakumar, Raadhika Sarathkumar, Chinni Jayanth
Roles Surya's Father
Rating66% 3.3326353.3326353.3326353.3326353.332635
Surya plays the role of a medical college student and Jyotika is his girlfriend. Surya's father's role (played by his father in real life, Sivakumar) whilst Raghuvaran plays his elder brother, who is the collector of the district. Surya is the youngest son of the family and this gives much heartburn to elder brother Raghuvaran. Their rivalry begins from childhood and can be illustrated by the scene where the elder brother pinches his baby brother just to see him cry. The jealousy grows into adulthood. His whole aim in life is to see that Surya's life is beset with problems, thanks to him. However, Surya and his parents are blissfully unaware of the jealousy that has possessed Raghuvaran. When he discovers the love between Surya and Jyotika he passes on the word to Jyotika's elder brother who is a known rowdy around the area. He does this thinking that the rowdy would manage to beat up Surya and perhaps separate both Surya and Jyotika. This plan backfires, when the rowdy is more than happy to get them both married because more than anything, he cares about his sister's happiness. Raghuvaran then pushes Surya over a cliff edge.
Kannupada Poguthaiya
Genres Drama
Actors Simran, Karan, Jai Ganesh, Sivakumar, Lakshmi Narayan, Radha Ravi
Roles Paramasivam
Rating47% 2.39932.39932.39932.39932.3993
Vetrivel (Vijayakanth) is a respected young man who solves all the problems of his people. He is very fond of his brother Subramani (Karan). Vetrivel loves Gowri (Simran), who has finished her studies in the city and has returned to the village to live with her father (Jaiganesh), a teacher.
Malabar Police, 2h30
Directed by P. Vasu
Actors Sathyaraj, Kushboo Sundar, Abbas, Mumtaj, Sivakumar, Vijayakumar
Roles Nagarajan
Rating58% 2.9415252.9415252.9415252.9415252.941525
Raja (Abbas) and Julie (Mumtaj) are lovers and they elope to get married. During the elopement, they are witnesses of a minister's murder by Varadappan (Anandaraj).
Sethu
Sethu (1999)
, 2h10
Directed by Bala
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Romance
Actors Vikram, Abitha, Sivakumar, Sriman, Bharathi Vishnuvardhan, Rasheed Ummer
Roles Sethu's Brother
Rating80% 4.042084.042084.042084.042084.04208
Sethu (Vikram) is a rough and macho college rowdy and also The Students Union Chairman of the college, who uses violence as the only way to deal with people. He lives with his brother, a Magistrate (Sivakumar), and his sister-in-law, who is the only person who seems to understand him properly.
Unnai Thedi
Directed by Sundar C.
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Ajith Kumar, Malavika, Sivakumar, Aachi Manorama, Karan, B. K. Moulee
Roles Adhi Narayanan
Rating60% 3.001063.001063.001063.001063.00106
Raghu (Ajith Kumar), studying in Australia, goes to New Zealand with a friend and runs into Malavika. They start off having petty fights but end up falling in love. But circumstances force them to separate without exchanging any information about each other.
Kadhalukku Mariyaadai, 2h30
Directed by A. M. Fazil
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Actors Vijay, Shalini Ajith Kumar, Sivakumar, Radha Ravi, S. Manivannan, Thalaivaasal Vijay
Roles Chandrasekhar
Rating81% 4.095384.095384.095384.095384.09538
Jeevanandhan "Jeeva" (Vijay) is a very rich young man. Although his parents (Sivakumar and Srividhya) want him to settle down, he goes to another city to do his MBA and stays with friends. During this time, he meets Mini (Shalini) and they fall in love. She reciprocates his feelings, but trouble comes in the form of her tyrannical trio of brothers (Raatha Ravi, Thalaivasal Vijay and Shaji Khan) who are over-protective of their little sister and take an irrational dislike to Jeeva. They show hostility towards Jeeva and conflicts arise within the households and the couple decides to elope, they go to Kesavan’s Hometown and Manivannan refuge them before the Proposed Wedding. Jeeva tries to convince his mother one last time and in vain. On the day of the wedding both realize they miss their families. They decide to return home, relinquishing their feelings, and the families are happy and take them back. Jeeva’s Mom wants to see Mini so that she can get a better wife for his son goes to meet Mini. Initially reluctant to welcome them, the brothers hesitate, but their mother is welcomes them, ultimately their families accept their love, and they are reunited.
Raman Abdullah
Directed by Balu Mahendra
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Sivakumar, Karan, Vignesh, Easwari Rao, Babloo Prithiveeraj, Charle
Roles Haji
Rating55% 2.758212.758212.758212.758212.75821
Raman Abdullah has Karan and Vignesh as friends, one Musilm and the other a Hindu, their misadventures to save their face from a strict Haji, played by Sivakumar.
Sakthi
Sakthi (1997)
, 2h20
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Actors Vineeth, Yuvarani, Nizhalgal Ravi, Vadivelu, Aachi Manorama, Sivakumar
Roles Dharmaraj

In the past, the young Seethalakshmi (Raadhika Sarathkumar) became pregnant but she didn't reveal the father's identity. To punish her, the village chief Periya Ayya (Vittal Rao) ordered her to live alone in a small hut and after the childbirth, he took her newborn son. Whereas, Dharmaraj (Sivakumar) and Varalakshmi (Viji) got married. Periya Ayya then sent the baby to another village.