Dignity Dialogue, a magazine which is praised
for its special efforts for senior citizens,
features S Ve Shekher on the cover page
this issue. Shekher who will fall into the
senior citizen belt in two years time opens
up in this issue.
The net savvy S Ve Shekher blogs at www.sveshekhar.com,
where he indulges in web conversation and
sends e-mails to his fans. He is the first
of his generation to go hi-tech. With no
secretaries or personal assistants to aid
him in his work, he is more than happy to
function from his small but neat office
room at his Raja Annamalaipuram residence.
Shekher entered dramatics at the age of
13, when he was a class VIII student, at
the sets of Que Sera Sera by Major Sounderrajan
where his father was providing special effects.
Having been discouraged by his family members
on his entry into the drama world, Shekher
took to Mechanical Engineering but his interests
were in sound recording, still photography,
editing, direction and production.
In the year 1974, he started his own drama
troupe called the Natakhapriya and his first
hero was none other than the veteran actor
Nagesh. Seeing Shekher’s sense of
humor off stage, Nagesh encouraged him on
stage, which happened in 1975.
A hard worker, Shekher has to his credit
a place in the Limca Book of Records for
staging 8 different plays in a single day
with a costume change done 88 times.
He termed his secret of success as ‘My
brand of humor’. Shekher was introduced
on the celluloid screen by K Balachander
in Varumain Niram Sevappu. He also tried
his hand in the small screen where he offered
successful serials like Vanna Kolangal and
Nam Kudumbam.
Apart from being an actor and politician,
he has raised funds through his dramas for
Tsunami, Kargil fund, and for various schools
and hospitals. This was possible because
the minimum ticket for his play is nowhere
less than Rs. 200/- and of course he has
a huge fan following who are willing to
pay any price for his humor.
With all these achievements, it is still
a wonder why he has not been awarded the
prestigious Padma Shri award.
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