Selva Stunt

Selva Stunt

Stunt Silva is an Indian Stunt actor ,action director and Stunt Co-coordinator who has worked in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi and Hindi films. He made 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. Career :After training as a male nu... Show more »
Stunt Silva is an Indian Stunt actor ,action director and Stunt Co-coordinator who has worked in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi and Hindi films. He made 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. 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. He also pursued work as a peon in offices and dabbled in a transport business to keep afloat financially. In 2002, he met a dance choreographer from the film industry who advised him to sign up as a background dancer in films. 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 chose to leave his hospital ward boy duties. During his time an assistant, he notably appeared as Vikram's body double in Anniyan (2005) and helped Rajinikanth perform stunts in Sivaji (2007). 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. In 2014, he was described by Sify.com as having achieved a "career high" through his work on prestigious film projects. Stunt Silva has also featured in films portraying a supporting antagonist. After being seen as a henchman in 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.Current Projects :Silva have been collaborated with Gowtham Menon's Ennai Noki Paayum Menons Ennai Noki Paayum Menons Ennai Noki Paayum Thotta and Acham Enbathu Madamayada . Also working in a movie 2.0 (Enthiran), directed by Shankar and Kodi directed by R. S. Durai Senthilkumar. These are the Upcoming movies in 2016 . Show less «
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