Shihan Hussaini

Some Lesser Known Facts About Shihan Hussaini

• Shihan Hussaini grew up in Madurai.

• While he was in school and college, he participated in various extracurricular activities.

  

• He then started a rock band named Jet Liners in which he was a guitarist-vocalist and his friend Senthil was a drummer.

• He did his training in Carnatic vocals under Jeyalakshmi in Madurai.

• During his college days, he composed a few English songs like Watson and Crick, Mind Raped, Hand in Hand, and Mist in My Mind. He also composed a Tamil song Salla Sallanu.

• He was also trained in Western vocals.

• Apart from guitar, he was trained in a few other musical instruments like keyboard and drums.

• Shihan had conducted a few photography courses for budding photographers.

• He acted in various Tamil films like Velaikkaran (1987), Paravaigal Palavitham (1988), Vedan (1993), My India (1997), and Chennai City Gangsters (2025).

  

• He was trained in Karate and Taekwondo under the founder of Taekwondo General Choi Hong Hi and the chief of World Isshinryu Soke Kichiro Shimabuku in Okinawa, Japan.

  

• Later, he started training children in karate.

  

• He was also trained in modern weaponry and delivery systems. He had started a security and bodyguard agency named High Profile.

• He was the founder and general secretary of The Archery Association of Tamil Nadu- TAAT. He trained more than 7000 archers and some of them participated in the Olympics. The organisation is the only archery association in Tamil Nadu which is recognised and affiliated with the Tamil Nadu Olympic Association and the Archery Association of India.

  

• He was a renowned sculptor and built a few well-known sculptures.

• He was a portraitist and gained immense popularity with his paintings and sketches.

  

• Shihan was a motivational speaker and was invited to various events to deliver speeches.

• He had lent his voice to various songs. He had also penned down the lyrics of a few songs.

• He had performed live at various stage shows and events.

• He enjoyed playing the guitar. Even when he was hospitalised a few days before his demise, he used to play guitar to relax his mind.

 

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• In 2008, he worked as a chef-host in the Tamil cookery show Athiradi Samayal which aired on Mega TV.

  

• He judged the Tamil reality TV show Vellum Thiramai (2022).

  

• He documented his cancer journey on his social media accounts. After his social media posts became viral, the Tamil Nadu government offered him financial help of Rs 5 lakh for his treatment.

• He was an animal activist and was actively involved in various social welfare campaigns.

• He was an avid animal lover and owned a pet dog named Peanut. He also had a few pet cats.

  

• He used to work out at a gym to remain fit.

  

• He was often spotted consuming alcohol at parties and events.

  

• On his YouTube channel, he uploaded his vlogs.

  

• The Indian actor Pawan Kalyan once shared that Shihan was his karate guru. Pawan said that he once used to clean Shihan’s room.

• Shihan was a great admirer of the Indian politician and actress Jayalalithaa. On Jayalalithaa’s 56th birthday, he made 56 portraits of her in his own blood.

  

• On 24 February 2013, he sculpted her face using 11 litres of frozen blood.

  

• In February 2015, he crucified himself praying that Jayalalitha won that year’s elections. He wore a T-shirt imprinted with her photo during the Crucifixion. His associates nailed six-inch iron nails in his hands and feet and he remained in that position for six minutes and seven seconds. After that, he was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital. When Jayalalithaa came to know about it, she asked him to stop doing crazy things. He was considered the only Muslim to crucify himself. Some people called him foolish and abnormal to do such acts. However, he said it was only his love for Jayalalitha.

  

• In 2016, he was appointed as the mind coach for the Korean Archery team at the Rio Olympics.

• In his leisure time, he enjoyed travelling to different places and reading books.

  

• Before his demise, his sculpture was made. He shared the information through his Instagram account.

  

• He also shared that his painting made in his blood would be displayed in his memorial in Kazimar Street, Madurai.

  

• In 2025, a few days before his demise, he donated his body to Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai for research purposes.