Shiv Kumar Subramaniam was an actor and screenwriter who primarily worked in Hindi films. He started his career by co-writing the screenplay of Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Parinda in 1989 where he was also the assistant director and had a small role to play in it. As a writer he wrote films like 1942: A Love Story (1994), Is Raat Ki Subah Nahin (1996), Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi (2003), Teen Patti (2010), Etc. On the acting front, some of his notable roles have been in films like Prahaar (1991), 1942: A Love Story (1994), Risk (2007), Kaminey (2009), Aatma (2013), 2 States (2014), Bangistan (2015), etc.