Veteran actor and screenwriter Shiv Subrahmanyam has passed away. Filmmaker Hansal Mehta shared a note expressing his condolences. The note read, “With profound and heartfelt grief, we wish to inform you of the passing of one of the most dignified and noble souls to inhabit human form - our dearest Shiv Subrahmanyam. Incredibly talented, he was much loved and revered personally as well as professionally.”
The note further read, “We extend our heartfelt condolences to his wife Divya, her mum, dad, Rohan, Rinki, and family; Bhanu chitti and all of Shiv’s family; and his huge legion of friends and fans.”
It also informed that Subrahmanyam’s funeral procession will leave from Yamuna Nagar in Andheri West and the cremation will be held at the Mokshdham Hindu Shamshanbhoomi in Andheri, Mumbai.
Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit tweeted, “Extremely shocked and pained to know about the tragic demise of our dear friend, a great actor and a brilliant human being Shiv Subramaniam. My heartfelt condolences to his wife Divya. May God give you enough energy to face this tragedy.”
“Terrible news. The sadness doesn’t end. A great guy, and incredible talent. Gone too soon. #RIP #respect,” actor Ranvir Shorey shared.
Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap shared a long note about Subrahmanyam on Instagram. He wrote, "The year 1992, I was doing a play with Jan Natya Manch and we came to Mumbai to perform at the Prithvi theatre Festival, the first person , my first celebrity I spotted at Prithvi was Francis from “Parinda” which was Shiv Subramaniam , also the writer of the film. The year 1994 .. I was working on my first independent script for a production house called Media Classic , the condition to which was that my script will be made only after the one that was in preproduction, written by Shiv Subramaniam and to be directed by Shivam Nair."
He added, "They were having issues with the script and I was the desperate young writer waiting for my turn . There came the time when they were just about ready to give up on the film”Auto Narayan” which was under preproduction. I requested them to let me have a go at the script and not shelve it, so my film gets made afterwards. Very gracefully Shiv and Shivam allowed me to do so. “Auto Narayan” got made and my script never did . After seeing the film , Shiv Subramaniam asked Shivam to also put my name as the writer’s credit on the film. That’s how I got my first screen writing credit in this film industry."
"That “Auto Narayan” led me to RGV and “Satya” happened . I owe so much of what I am to Shiva Dada and we hadn’t been in touch for long with me owing to my continuous bad health and state of mind. Waking up to hear the heartbreaking news of Dada passing away has just taken so much out of me. Rest in peace. Shiv Subramaniam . The most generous , beautiful man I’ve known," Anurag concluded.
Shiv Subrahmanyam was last seen in Sanya Malhotra’s Meenakshi Sundareshwar and has acted in films like Teen Patti, Kaminey, Hichki, and 2 States. He has also been credited for the screenplay of Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Parinda and Sudhir Mishra’s Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi.
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