Writer-actor Shiv Kumar Subramaniam who enacted a various vary of roles dies

WRITER-ACTOR Shiv Kumar Subramaniam, identified for his excellent portrayal of a various vary of supporting characters in Hindi cinema for over three a long time, handed away on Sunday night time. Described as “a gentle soul” by a lot of his business colleagues and acquaintances, Subramaniam is survived by his spouse, actor Divya Jagdale. He was 62.

Subramaniam, whose final main display look was because the grandfather of Sanya Malhotra within the Netflix household drama Meenakshi Sundareshwar (2021), was 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 information of his passing away shocked not solely those that knew him personally however many who admired his work within the discipline of cinema, tv, and theatre through the years. Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap known as Subramaniam “the most generous, beautiful man” he had identified. Recounting his assembly with him in 1994, Kashyap shared how the writer-actor allowed him to have a look at the script of Auto Narayan (1996), which was initially written by Subramaniam. Later. Subramaniam requested director Shivam Nair to present Kashyap author’s credit score too. “That’s how I got my first screenwriting credit…I owe so much of what I am to Shiva Dada,” wrote the writer-director.

Ayesha Raza Mishra posted this obit on her Facebook account.

Subramaniam made his mark on the planet of Hindi cinema with Parinda (1989), a shifting crime drama set in Mumbai. Apart from enjoying Francis, the henchman of gangster Anna, he additionally wrote the screenplay of Parinda and labored as an assistant director for it. Over the years, he essayed a number of attention-grabbing characters in a number of a lot talked about motion pictures similar to Prahaar (1994), 1942: A Love Story (1994), Droh Kaal (1995), Kaminey (2009), Teen Patti (2010), Stanley Ka Dabba (2011) and others.

In current years, Subramaniam was seen as a football-loving aged Appa in Tu Hai Mera Sunday (2016), the strict father of Alia Bhatt in 2 States (2014), other than showing as a principal in Hichki (2018) and Dr Nandi in Nail Polish (2021). The actor, who was a scholar of St Xavier’s College, Mumbai, was additionally a well-liked tv and theatre actor. He was a part of tv exhibits similar to Kismat (2011), Mukti Bandhan (2011), Pradhanmantri (2013-14) and 24 (2013). A flexible expertise, Subramaniam was a co-writer of a number of motion pictures similar to 1942 A Love Story (1994), Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2005), and Teen Patti (2010). He was 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 a part of their very first play, Oedipus. He additionally performed Guildenstern of their subsequent manufacturing, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, a play by Tom Stoppard. Calling him “a mentor, an older brother, a dear friend”, actor-writer Vivaan Shah remembered him as “a great artist and a beautiful human being”. Many from the leisure business together with Hansal Mehta, Manoj Bajpayee, Anil Kapoor, and Amol Gupte expressed their shock over his sudden demise.