Veteran
Kannada
actor
S
Shivaram
breathed
his
last
on
Saturday
(December
4)
at
a
private
hospital
in
Bengaluru.
According
to
reports,
he
recently
suffered
a
brain
haemorrhage
and
was
in
a
critical
condition.
Shivaram
collapsed
at
his
residence
on
Tuesday
evening
and
was
rushed
to
the
hospital.
He
was
83.
Following
the
news
of
Shivaram's
death,
tributes
for
the
actor
poured
in
from
celebrities
of
the
Sandalwood
film
industry.
Shivaram
stepped
into
the
world
of
cinema
as
an
assistant
director.
He
made
his
acting
debut
in
KR
Seetharama
Sastry's
Beratha
Jeeva
(1965).
His
noted
films
are
Dudde
Doddappa
(1966),
Namma
Makkalu
(1969),
Naa
Mechida
Huduga
(1972),
Upasane
(1974),
Devara
Gudi
(1975),
Bara
(1980),
Geetha
(1981),
Tony
(1982),
Hosa
Belaku
(1982),
Eradu
Nakshatragalu
(1983),
Shivam
(2015)
and
..Re
(2016).
He
previously
appeared
in
the
2017
film
Once
More
Kaurava.
The
actor
teamed
up
with
his
elder
brother
S
Ramanathan
to
produce
several
hit
films
under
the
banner
Rashi
Brothers
including
Gejje
Pooja
(1970),
Driver
Hanumanth
(1980),
Dharma
Durai
(1991)
and
Bahala
Chennagide
(2001),
to
name
a
few.
The
duo
notably
backed
the
Bollywood
film
Geraftaar
that
starred
legendary
actors
Amitabh
Bachchan,
Kamal
Haasan
and
Rajinikanth.
The
senior
actor
had
also
directed
the
1972
film
Hrudaya
Sangama
that
starred
Rajkumar
and
Bharathi
in
the
lead
roles.