Veppilankulam, Panagudi, Radhapuram, Tirunelveli, India
Died
11 May 2021(2021-05-11) (aged 69)
Occupation(s)
Actor, comedian
Years active
1985 – 2021
Sivanathan Shanmugavelan Ramamoorthy (16 January 1952 – 11 May 2021[1]),[2] better known by his stage name Nellai Siva, was an Indian comedian and actor, who predominantly worked in Tamil cinema.[3] He worked mostly in comedy scenes. His first film was Aan Paavam released in 1985.[4] He appeared in popular movies like Mahaprabhu, Vetri Kodi Kattu, Kannum Kannum. His way of speaking in the movies is completely of Nellai slang, which shows him unique to other supporting actors. He has acted in over 500 films in his career.[5]
^Upadhyaya, Prakash (11 May 2021). "Tamil Actor Nellai Siva ; Celebs Mourn his". International Business Times.
^"Popular comedian Nellai Siva passes away". The Times of India. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
^"எலே... எனக்கு பொண்ணு தாரீயளா?".
^"Kollywood Movie Actor Nellai Siva Biography, News, Photos, Videos". nettv4u. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
Ramamoorthy (16 January 1952 – 11 May 2021), better known by his stage name NellaiSiva, was an Indian comedian and actor, who predominantly worked in Tamil...
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priest Alex as an Ayyappan devotee Supergood Lakshmanan as the cook NellaiSiva as a police officer Scissor Manohar as a kid's father Bonda Mani Vijay...
Ramanan as Officer Karthikeyan Bala Singh as Gopal Raj Kapoor Vijay Ganesh NellaiSiva Sridhar as himself in the song "Machan Peru Madhurey" R. Madhesh, an...
as Sivagiri and Karpagam's mother M. N. Rajam as Subha's grandmother NellaiSiva as a villager M. S. Bhaskar as a marriage broker Sashikumar Subramani...
Radhakrishnan as Valaiyapathi Madhan Bob as Ramakrishnan Singamuthu NellaiSiva Periya Karuppu Thevar as Periya Karuppu Halwa Vasu Khushbu in a cameo...
Creations M A Y 5 Eppodhum Ava Nenaipu Rama Manickam Rama Manickam, NellaiSiva, Crane Manohar Manickavel Cine Creations Kulasami Saravana Sakthi Vimal...
Udumalai Ravi as Man at the wine shop Sharmili as Keerthi Bava Lakshmanan NellaiSiva Gemini Balaji Sempuli Jagan Kumtaz G. K. made his directorial with Sutta...
Udayaraj as Suma, Thirumalai's friend R. Sundaramoorthy as Arasu's victim NellaiSiva as Thirumalai's friend Raghava Lawrence in a special appearance in the...
Murali (Half Tamil) N. S. Krishnan Namo Narayana Nandha Durairaj Nassar NellaiSiva Nithin Sathya Nizhalgal Ravi O. A. K. Thevar O. A. K. Sundar Omakuchi...
Chelladurai Vellai Subbaiah as Meena's relative Kovai Senthil as Broker NellaiSiva as Chicken seller Kamalesh as Mani's friend The film began production...
Madhan Bob as Police Officer Halwa Vasu as Shankar Lal's assistant NellaiSiva Thyagu Siva Narayanamoorthy as Shankar Lal's assistant The songs are composed...
John Amrithraj as Minister Sathyapriya Lollu Sabha Balaji Neelima Rani NellaiSiva The film marked the directorial debut of Thai Muthu Selvan who primarily...
MRK as Narayanan Besant Ravi as Shankar Sethu Vinayagam as Ramadurai NellaiSiva as Subramani, Perumal Pichai's supporter Bayilvan Ranganathan as Ramasamy...
Father Boys Rajan as 24TV Director Muthukaalai as 1st mortuary worker NellaiSiva as 2nd mortuary worker Janani Balasubramaniam Ramar (special appearance...
Moorthy as Mookaiah Prasanna Kumar as Oochandi Charle Chinni Jayanth NellaiSiva G. D. Ramesh as Rajkumar Madhan Gabriel as Pandi's brother Rangammal...
Sathyapriya as Kannikkadevi Mohan Sharma as Sundaram Bonda Mani and NellaiSiva as hostlers Mohan Raman, Ravikanth and Ambika in guest roles as wedding...
Suryakanth as Surya Bhuvaneswari as Sakthi (Krishnan love interest) NellaiSiva as Govindhan T. P. Gajendran claimed that success of Thirupathi Ezhumalai...
neighbour Meesai Rajendranath as Tirunelveli Inspector Palpandi (voice by NellaiSiva) Junior Silk Rekha as a dancer in Alli Mudicha song The film was initially...
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