Sivakumar life and biography

Sivakumar is a Tamil cinema actor who has portrayed a wide range of character roles onscreen. Sivakumar was introduced in the Tamil movie Kaakum karangal (1965) which was produced by AVM Productions.

He has starred in the role of leading man and character actor in many Tamil movies such as Kandan Karunai, Thunivae Thozhan and Uyarndha Manidhan. He has acted in nearly 200 films till date. He is a three time winner of Filmfare Awards and a recipient of Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. His roles in Marupakkam and Sindhu Bhairavi showed his versatility as an actor with the former winning the Golden Lotus Award for Best Feature Film

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 Sivakumar.

Partial filmography:

1965 : Kaakkum Karangal
1966 : Motor Sundaram Pillai
1967 : Kandan Karunai
1970 : Ethiroli
1973 : Sollathaan Ninaikkiren
1976 : Annakili
1975 : Melnaattu Marumagal

Awards:

Sivakumar is a three time recipient of Filmfare Awards and a two-time winner of Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.

Filmfare Awards:

1979 - Best Actor Award for Rosaappo Ravikkai Kaari
1980 - Best Actor Award for Vandichakkaram
2007 - Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards:

1979 - Best Actor Award for Avan Aval Adhu
1982 - Best Actor Award for Agni Sakshi

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