Shivajith

Shivajith is an Indian actor from Kerala, who made his debut in the film Veeram in 2016, directed by Jayaraj.^[1]

Shivajith
Born	Kannur, Kerala, India
Occupations	Actor dancer model
Years active	2016–present
Parents	Padmanabhan M. R. Madanavalli

Biography

Shivajith was born to Padmanabhan Nambiar and M. R. Madanavalli in a small village called Thalavil, Kannur. He has a sister Shijina Padmanabhan.^{[citation needed]}

Shivajith started pursuing his passion for arts early in life and started learning Kathakali, Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi and also to play Mridangam. He won the title of 'Kalaaprathibha' for two consecutive years 1998 and 1999 at the Kerala State Youth Festival (now called Kerala School Kalolsavam), breaking all the existing records. For the film Veeram (2016), he practiced Kalaripayattu^[2] for two years and his skills as a Kalari artist is a major highlight of the movie where he portrayed the Aromal Chekavar.^[3][4][5][6]

He became a popular actor after his character Amarnath in the movie Kalki with Tovino Thomas.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Languages	Notes
2016	Veeram	Aromal Chekavar	Malayalam, Hindi, English	Debut film [7][8]
2018	Ranam	Rajan Nambiar	Malayalam
2019	Kalki	Amarnath	Malayalam	[9][10][11] [12][13][14]
2020	Backpackers	Kattoor Jolly	Malayalam	[15]
2021	Kurup	Sabu	Malayalam	[16]
2022	Kumari	Thuppan Thamburan	Malayalam	[17]
2023	Rudhran	Sashi	Tamil	Tamil debut
2024	Once Upon a Time in Kochi	Vinod	Malayalam	[18]
	ARM	Kavumbayi Sudhakaran		[19]
2025	Pravinkoodu Shappu	Komban Babu	Malayalam	[20]
	The Volunteer	Unknown	Telugu