Shiva Shankar Lalam, known professionally as Shiva Nirvana, is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in
Telugu cinema. Nirvana has directed three films, ''
Ninnu Kori'' (2017), ''
Majili'' (2019) and ''
Tuck Jagadish'' (2021).
Early life and career
Nirvana hails from
Sabbavaram of
Visakhapatnam district,
Andhra Pradesh. He graduated with
Bachelor of Education and worked as a Biology teacher for two years. Nirvana subsequently moved to
Hyderabad and started working as an
Assistant director
The role of an assistant director on a film includes tracking daily progress against the filming production schedule, arranging logistics, preparing daily call sheets, checking cast and crew, and maintaining order on the set. They also have to tak ...
for films like ''
Rakta Charitra'' (2010) and ''
Solo'' (2011). His birth name is Siva Sankar Lalam but he adopted the last name Nirvana as he felt "very connected to it" when he came across it for the first time.
Awards and nominations
Filmography
References
External links
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Indian film directors
Living people
Telugu film directors
Year of birth missing (living people)
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