Sivakumar

Sivakumar is a giant in the truest sense. Born Palaniswamy in Coimbatore in 1941, he trained as a visual artist at Chennai's Government College of Fine Arts before becoming an actor, and that origin fascinates me. Across some 195 films, mostly in Tamil cinema since his 1965 debut, he won three Filmfare Awards South and two State Film Awards, then circled back to painting in later life. I love that his career bookends with art on both ends. A man whose entire life reads like a single, deliberate work deserves real reverence, and he has mine.

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Name (English)

Sivakumar

Name (Japanese)

シヴァクマール

Reading

しゔぁくまーる

Born

October 27, 1941 (age 84)

Origin

Coimbatore, Coimbatore district, India

Occupation

actor / writer / film actor / television actor / film screenwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Snake

University

Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai

Awards & achievements

• Filmfare Awards South

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sivakumar
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%82%AF%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7532374

Tags

• Coimbatore district
• actor
• writer
• film actor

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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