Shivaram is an Indian actor, producer and director who has primarily worked in Kannada cinema. He directed the 1972 Kannada film Hrudaya Sangama, and has produced the movies Gejje Pooje, Nanobba Kalla and Bahala Chennagide. He has starred in several movies like Namma Makkalu, Muyyige Muyyi, Guru Shishyaru, Bellary Naga, Bhakta Prahlada, Mangalya, and Haalu Jenu, to name a few. In 2017, he starred in the drama film Bangara s/o Bangarada Manushya, under the direction of Yogi G. Raj.