WRITER-ACTOR Shiv Kumar Subramaniam, identified for his very good portrayal of a various vary of supporting characters in Hindi cinema for over 3 a long time, passed on to the great beyond on Sunday evening. Described as “a gradual soul” through lots of his business colleagues and acquaintances, Subramaniam is survived through his spouse, actor Divya Jagdale. He was once 62.
Subramaniam, whose ultimate main display screen look was once because the grandfather of Sanya Malhotra within the Netflix circle of relatives drama Meenakshi Sundareshwar (2021), was once cremated on Monday at Mokshdham Hindu Shamshanbhoomi in Andheri West. Many actors together with Naseeruddin Shah, Nana Patekar, and Makarand Deshpande attended his funeral. In February this 12 months, Subramaniam and Jagdale had misplaced their 15-year-old son Jahaan.
The inside track of his passing away stunned no longer best those that knew him for my part however many that admired his paintings within the box of cinema, tv, and theatre over time. Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap referred to as Subramaniam “essentially the most beneficiant, gorgeous guy” he had identified. Recounting his assembly with him in 1994, Kashyap shared how the writer-actor allowed him to take a look at the script of Auto Narayan (1996), which was once first of all written through Subramaniam. Later. Subramaniam requested director Shivam Nair to offer Kashyap publisher’s credit score too. “That’s how I were given my first screenwriting credit score…I owe such a lot of what I’m to Shiva Dada,” wrote the writer-director.
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Subramaniam made his mark on this planet of Hindi cinema with Parinda (1989), a transferring crime drama set in Mumbai. Aside from taking part in Francis, the henchman of gangster Anna, he additionally wrote the screenplay of Parinda and labored as an assistant director for it. Over time, he essayed a bunch of attention-grabbing characters in numerous a lot mentioned films reminiscent of Prahaar (1994), 1942: A Love Tale (1994), Droh Kaal (1995), Kaminey (2009), Teenager Patti (2010), Stanley Ka Dabba (2011) and others.
In recent times, Subramaniam was once noticed as a football-loving aged Appa in Tu Hai Mera Sunday (2016), the stern father of Alia Bhatt in 2 States (2014), except for showing as a major in Hichki (2018) and Dr Nandi in Nail Polish (2021). The actor, who was once a scholar of St Xavier’s Faculty, Mumbai, was once additionally a well-liked tv and theatre actor. He was once a part of tv displays reminiscent of Kismat (2011), Mukti Bandhan (2011), Pradhanmantri (2013-14) and 24 (2013). A flexible skill, Subramaniam was once a co-writer of a number of films reminiscent of 1942 A Love Tale (1994), Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2005), and Teenager Patti (2010). He was once additionally the voice of Rafiki within the Hindi model of Jon Favreau-directed The Lion King (2019).
Describing his passing away as a “colossal loss to the theatre”, Pondicherry-based Adishakti Theatre recalled that Subramaniam was once a part of their first actual play, Oedipus. He additionally performed Guildenstern of their subsequent manufacturing, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, a play through Tom Stoppard. Calling him “a mentor, an older brother, an expensive pal”, actor-writer Vivaan Shah remembered him as “a perfect artist and a good looking human being”. Many from the leisure business together with Hansal Mehta, Manoj Bajpayee, Anil Kapoor, and Amol Gupte expressed their surprise over his unexpected dying.