Sivasankar master no more
The Hindu
He suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday evening
Choreographer K. Sivasankar, who worked predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films, died on Sunday evening. He was 73 and is survived by his wife and two sons.
His younger son Ajay Krishnan said Sivasankar was hospitalised for the last eight days and suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday evening. He had earlier tested positive for COVID-19.
Having choreographed songs in hundreds of films across languages, Sivasankar master, as he is popularly known, notably worked in the films Suryavamsam, Varalaaru, Poove Unakkaga, Thiruda Thirudi, and Baahubali: The Beginning.
Chennai has two categories of Black kites: a larger group heading to the city from the western parts of India during the south west monsoon and heading back when the monsoon is past; and another group, smaller and resident, which would make minor movements in and around Chennai looking for an optimal atmosphere for nesting and raising the young. A couple of pylons in Perumbakkam suggest that Black kites have found an ideal nesting space there
This is part of the Karnataka Namakarana Suvarna Mahotsava celebrations organised to mark the naming of the State as ‘Karnataka’ during the tenure of the late D. Devaraj Urs. The statue, sculpted at an approximate cost of ₹21.24 crore, is 41-foot-tall including the pedestal and weighs around 31.5 tonnes.