Stunt Silva

Stunt Silva
Silva (left) with Vijay on the sets of Thalaivaa (2013).
Born	Selvam Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu
Residence	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Silva Selva
Occupation	Action Director, Actor
Years active	1997 – present

Stunt Silva is an Indian stunt actor, action director and stunt co-ordinator who has worked in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Hindi and Sinhala films. He made6 his debut with the 2007 Telugu film, Yamadonga, directed by S. S. Rajamouli and has since also made appearances in films, portraying a supporting antagonist.^[1]

Career

After training as a male nurse at Stanley Medical College, Silva began working as a ward boy at hospitals in his home town of Tuticorin before joining Vijaya Health Centre in Chennai in 1990.^[2] He also pursued work as a peon in offices and dabbled in a transport business to keep a float financially. In 2002, he met a dance choreographer from the film industry who advised him to sign up as a background dancer in films.^[3] He took up dance lessons at Paul Raj's school but was unable to gain access into the dancers' union and instead, as a means of making any sort of money, opted to apply for membership with the union for stuntmen. Silva then began working as an assistant to stunt choreographer Peter Hein in Run (2002) and Thirumalai (2003), and choose to leave his hospital ward boy duties. During his time an assistant, (2005) and helped Rajinikanth perform stunts in Sivaji (2007).^[3]

After serving as an assistant fighter in several Tamil and Telugu films, director S. S. Rajamouli gave Silva an opportunity to work as the stunt director of his fantasy film Yamadonga (2007), for which his work won critical acclaim. He has since gone on to work in over one hundred Indian films as the lead stunt director, working with leading directors and actors. He won recognition for his chase sequences in Mankatha (2011) and has regularly collaborated in films directed by Venkat Prabhu.^[4] In 2014, he was described by Sify.com as having achieved a "career high" through his work on prestigious film projects.^[5]

Stunt Silva has also featured in films portraying a supporting antagonist. After being seen as a henchman in Yamadonga (2007), Thalaiva (2013), Jilla (2014) and Veeram (2014), he portrayed the role of a gangster in Gautham Menon's Yennai Arindhaal (2015).^[6] He was also revealed to be a playing a leading role in the sports film, Brazil, which began production in 2014.^[7]

Personal life

Stunt Silva was credited in films under his original name, Selvam, and also as Selva, before being mistakenly referred to as Silva in the credits of Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa (2010) by Gautham Menon. He has subsequently chosen to adapt it as a stage name, noting that the industry's fixation with foreign stunt directors, meant that a foreign-sounding name would benefit him.^[4]

Awards and nominations

Nominated Movie	Year	Language	Award	Category	Results
Mankatha	2011	Tamil	South Indian International Movie Awards — SIIMA & Vijay Television Awards	Best Action Choreography	Nominated
3	2012	Tamil	South Indian International Movie Awards — SIIMA & Vijay Television Awards	Best Action Choreography	Nominated
Vettai	2013	Tamil	South Indian International Movie Awards — SIIMA	Best Action Choreography	Nominated
Veeram	2014	Tamil	Vijay Television Awards	Best Stunt Director	Nominated
Jilla	2014	Tamil	Vijay Television Awards	Best Stunt Director	Nominated
Anjaan	2014	Tamil	South Indian International Movie Awards — SIIMA	Best Fight Choreographer	Nominated
Baji	2015	Marathi	International Marathi Film Festival Awards — IMFFA	Best Action	Won
Vedhalam	2015	Tamil	Edison Awards	Best Action Choreography	Won
Thani Oruvan	2015	Tamil	BENZ Club Award	Best Action Choreography	Won

Filmography

Year	Film	Language	Role	Director	Notes
2004	7/G Rainbow Colony	Tamil	Actor	Selvaraghavan	Remaked in Telugu
2005	Chhatrapati	Telugu	Actor	S. S. Rajamouli
2006	Ashok	Telugu	Actor	Surender Reddy
2006	Bommarillu	Telugu	Actor	Bhaskar
2007	Yamadonga	Telugu	Stunt director and Actor	S. S. Rajamouli
2008	Pourudu	Telugu	Stunt director	Rajkumar Thampi
2008	Yaaradi Nee Mohini	Tamil	Stunt director	Mithran Jawahar
2008	Homam	Telugu	Stunt director	J. D. Chakravarthy
2008	Hare Ram	Telugu	Stunt director	Swarna Subba Rao
2008	Souryam	Telugu	Stunt director	Siva
2008	Saroja	Tamil	Stunt director	Venkat Prabhu
2008	Arai Enn 305-il Kadavul	Tamil	Stunt director	Chimbu Deven
2009	Kadhalna Summa Illai	Tamil	Stunt director	Ilankannan
2009	Eeram	Tamil	Stunt director	Arivazhagan Venkatachalam
2009	Sankham	Telugu	Stunt director	Siva
2009	Drona	Telugu	Stunt director	J.Karun Kumar
2009	Rechipo	Telugu	Stunt director	Murali Paruchari
2010	Police Police	Telugu	Stunt director	Manmohan (director)
2010	Shambo Shiva Shambo	Telugu	Stunt director	Samuthirakani
2010	Ye Maaya Chesave	Telugu	Stunt director	Gautham Menon
2010	Kedi	Telugu	Stunt director	Kiran Kumar
2010	Goa	Tamil	Stunt director and Actor	Venkat Prabhu
2010	Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa	Tamil	Stunt director	Gautham Menon
2010	Panchakshari	Telugu	Stunt director Actor	Samudra V
2010	Vamsam	Tamil	Stunt director	Pandiraj
2011	Anaganaga O Dheerudu	Telugu	Stunt director	Prakash Kovelamudi
2011	Nadunisi Naaygal	Tamil	Stunt director	Gautham Menon
2011	Vaanam	Tamil	Stunt director	Krish
2011	Venghai	Tamil	Stunt director	Hari	Nominated for SIIMA Award
2011	Mankatha	Tamil	Stunt director	Venkat Prabhu	Nominated for SIIMA and Vijay Awards
2011	Osthe	Tamil	Stunt director	Dharani
2011	Velayutham	Tamil	Stunt director and Actor	Mohan Raja
2012	Ek Deewana Tha	Hindi	Stunt director	Gautham Menon
2012	The King & the Commissioner	Malayalam	Stunt director	Shaji Kailas
2012	Murattu Kaalai	Tamil	Stunt director and Actor	K. Selva Bharathy
2012	3	Tamil	Stunt director	Aishwarya R. Dhanush
2013	Thalaivaa	Tamil	Stunt director and Actor	A. L. Vijay
2013	Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya	Tamil	Stunt director and Actor	Manikandan	As Kolaveri David — Kidnapper
2013	Biriyani	Tamil	Stunt director	Venkat Prabhu
2014	Jilla	Tamil	Stunt director and Actor	R. T. Neason	Nominated for Vijay Awards
2014	Veeram	Tamil	Stunt Director and Actor	Siva	Nominated for Vijay Awards
2014	Mr. Fraud	Malayalam	Stunt director and Actor	B. Unnikrishnan
2014	Bramman	Tamil	Stunt director	Socrates
2014	Anjaan	Tamil	Stunt director	N. Lingusamy	Nominated for Vijay Awards
2014	Oru Oorla Rendu Raja	Tamil	Stunt director and Actor	R. Kannan	As Hitman
2015	Yennai Arindhaal	Tamil	Stunt director and Actor	Gautham Menon	As Matthew — Don
2015	Baji	Marathi	Stunt director and Actor	Nikhil Mahajan
2015	Pravegeya	Sinhala	Stunt director	Donald Jayanth
2015	Vai Raja Vai	Tamil	Stunt director	Aishwarya R. Dhanush
2015	Maari	Tamil	Stunt director	Balaji Mohan
2015	Yatchan	Tamil	Stunt director and Actor	Vishnuvardhan
2015	Loham	Malayalam	Stunt director	Ranjith
2015	Kaaval	Tamil	Stunt director	Nagendran R
2015	Idhu Enna Maayam	Tamil	Stunt director	A. L. Vijay
2015	Thani Oruvan	Tamil	Stunt director	Mohan Raja
2015	Uppu Karuvaadu	Tamil	Stunt director	Radha Mohan
2015	Thanga Magan	Tamil	Stunt director	Velraj
2015	Vedalam	Tamil	Stunt director	Siva
2015	Massu Engira Masilamani	Tamil	Stunt director and Actor	Venkat Prabhu	As Prince
2016	Style	Malayalam	Stunt director and Actor	Binu S
2016	Oppam	Malayalam	Stunt director	Priyadharsan
2016	Oozham	Malayalam	Stunt director	Jeethu Joseph
2016	Rajini Murugan	Tamil	Stunt director	Ponram
2016	Chakravyuha	Kannada	stunt director
2016	Thozha	Tamil	stunt director	Vamsi Paidipally
2016	Kodi	Tamil	stunt director	R. S. Durai Senthilkumar
2016	Achcham Enbadhu Madamaiyada	Tamil	Stunt director	Gautham Menon	Shooting in progress
2016	Kuttram 23	Tamil	stunt director	Arivazhagan
2017	Enai Noki Paayum Thota	Tamil	Stunt director	Gautham Menon	Shooting in progress
2017	Kumari Kandam	Tamil	stunt director	A. L. Vijay
2017	2.0	Tamil	stunt director	S. Shankar	Shooting in progress

References

External links

Stunt Sliva at the Internet Movie Database

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