Hyderabad: Shiva Shankar ‘Master’ choreographer dies of Covid

HYDERABAD: Well-known choreographer Shiva Shankar ‘Master,’ who has worked for over 800 films in more than 10 languages, passed away due to Covid-19 complications at a corporate hospital in the city on Sunday.
The 72-year-old choreographer was associated with the film industry for the last 46 years. He also acted in several movies and was also a popular television personality.
Shiva Shankar ‘Master’ also won a national award as choreographer for the song ‘Dheera dheera’ starring Ram Charan Tej in the film ‘Magadheera’ directed by S S Rajamouli.Some of the films that he has acted in include ‘Nene Raju Nene Mantri’, ‘NTR Kathanayakudu’, and ‘Rajugari gadhi 3’.
“Heartbroken to hear about the demise of Shiva Shankar masterji...Will always miss you masterji. May almighty give strength to the family to bear this loss. Cinema will always miss u sir,” actor Sonu Sood tweeted. As the family of Shiva Shankar needed financial support following his hospitalisation, Sonu Sood came forward to help them. Help also poured in from Chiranjeevi and Dhanush.
Shiva Shankar ‘Master’ who was born in Tamil Nadu, entered the film industry in 1975 and went on to prove his mettle by bagging several awards for his work. He was a recipient of the best choreographer award given by the Tamil Nadu state government for his films ‘ Poove Unakkaga’, ‘Vishwa Tulasi’ and ‘Varalaru.’ As choreographer, some of the notable films that he has worked for in the Telugu included ‘Khaidi’, ‘Suryavamsham’, ‘Allari Pidugu’, ‘Arundati’, and ‘Bahubali-The Beginning.’