Shivajith Padmanabhan

In this Indian name, the name Padmanabhan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Shivajith.

Shivajith Padmanabhan (born 16 December 1982) is an Indian actor from Kerala, who made his debut in the bilingual film Veeram (2016) directed by Jayaraj.^[1]

Shivajith Padmanabhan
Born	(1982-12-16) 16 December 1982 (age 40) Kannur, Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupations	Actor Dancer Model
Years active	2016 – Present
Parents	Padmanabhan Nambiar M. R. Madanavalli

Biography

Shivajith was born to Padmanabhan Nambiar and M. R. Madanavalli in a small village called Thalavil, Kannur. He has a sister Shijina Padmanabhan.^{[citation needed]}

Shivajith started pursuing his passion for arts early in life and started learning Kathakali, Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi and also to play Mridangam. He won the title of 'Kalaaprathibha' for two consecutive years 1998 and 1999 at the Kerala State Youth Festival (now called Kerala School Kalolsavam), breaking all the existing records. For the film Veeram (2016), he practiced Kalaripayattu^[2] for two years and his skills as a Kalari artist is a major highlight of the movie where he portrayed the Aromal Chekavar.^[3][4][5][6]

Filmography

Year	Title	Character	Director	Languages
2016	Veeram	Aromal Chekavar^[7]^[8]	Jayaraj^[9]	Malayalam, Hindi, English
2018	Ranam	Rajan Nambiar	Nirmal Sahadev	Malayalam
2019	Kalki	Amarnath^[10]^[11]^[12] ^[13]^[14]^[15]	Praveen Prabharam^[16]	Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil
2020	Backpackers^[17]	Kattoor Jolly	Jayaraj^[18]	Malayalam
2021	Kurup	Shahu^[19]	Srinath Rajendran	Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada
2022	Rudhran	Sashi	S. Kathiresan^[20]^[circular reference]	Tamil
2022	Kumari	Thuppan Thamburan^[21]^[circular reference]	Nirmal Sahadev	Malayalam

References

1. "Veeram movie review: rediscovering Chandu, the cheat". OnManorama. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
2. "ആരോമല്‍ ചേകവര്‍ റിട്ടേണ്‍സ്". mangalam.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
3. Anand, Shilpa Nair (22 February 2017). "On becoming Aromal Chekavar". The Hindu.
4. "Not shooting, but training for Veeram was the hardest". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
5. "Kunal Kapoor helped me immensely while shooting Veeram in Hindi: Shivajith Nambiar – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
6. James, Anu (24 February 2017). "Veeram 2017 movie review: Live updates on what audience says about Kunal Kapoor-starrer". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
7. മുരളി, ശ്യാം. "ആരോമല്‍ ചേകവരാകാന്‍ ശിവജിത്ത് കാത്തിരുന്നത് 14 വര്‍ഷം". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
8. Shetty, Akshata (25 February 2017). "Veeram movie review: Jayaraj film starring Kunal Kapoor gets thumbs up from Twitterati!". India.com. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
9. "Jayaraaj". IMDb. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
10. "പോരിനൊരുങ്ങി കൽക്കിയിലെ നായകനും വില്ലനും ജിമ്മിൽ". News18 Malayalam. 27 July 2019.
11. "'കല്‍കി'ക്കായി ടോവിനോ ഒരുങ്ങുന്നത് ഇങ്ങനെ". mediaone7.
12. "Build up to Kalki – Times of India". The Times of India.
13. "Baddie cool". Deccan Chronicle. 9 August 2019.
14. "Shivajith Padmanabhan in Kalki sends a shiver down your spine". The Times of India. 2 August 2019.
15. "Kalki fame Shivajith Padmanabhan Dances on Badai Bungalow". The Times of India. 9 August 2019.
16. "Praveen Prabharam". IMDb.
17. "Jayaraj signs Kalidas Jayaram for 'Backpackers'". New Indianexpress. 9 September 2019.
18. "Jayaraaj". IMDb. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
19. "Kurup teaser out: Dulquer Salmaan brings to life the infamous conman with style and swag". Cinema Express. 26 March 2021.
20. . Archived from the original on 26 December 2020. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
21. "Shine Tom Chacko joins Aishwarya Lekshmi in Prithviraj Productions-backed 'Kumari'".

External links

• Shivajith Padmanabhan at IMDb