Shiva Nirvana

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).

Shiva Nirvana
Born	Shiva Shankar Lalam[1] Sabbavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	2005–present

Early life and career

Nirvana hails from Sabbavaram of Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh. His birth name is Siva Sankar Lalam, but he adopted 'Nirvana' as his last name as he felt "very connected to it" when he came across it for the first time.^[2][1] He graduated with Bachelor of Education and worked as a Biology teacher for two years. Nirvana subsequently moved to Hyderabad and worked as an assistant director to Ram Gopal Varma and Parasuram in Rakta Charitra (2010) and Solo (2011), respectively.

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Notes	Ref.
2017	Ninnu Kori	Also Lyricist	[3]
2019	Majili	Also Lyricist, Choreographer	[4]
2021	Tuck Jagadish	Also Lyricist and Playback Singer for the "Tuck Song"	[5]
2023	Kushi	Also Lyricist	[6]

Awards and nominations

Year	Ceremony	Category	Work	Result
2019	20th Santosham Film Awards	Best Story Writer	Majili	Won
2019	9th South Indian International Movie Awards	Best Director – Telugu		Nominated