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Dr.S. Shankar
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Born (1963-08-17) August 17, 1963 (age 60)
India Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation(s)Film Director, Film Producer, Writer
Websitehttp://www.directorshankar.com/
Notes
Banner: S Pictures

S. Shankar (Dr.S.Shankar) (born August 17, 1963) is a popular film director, film producer and screenwriter from Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India. He has made many Tamil movies which have social themes with a commercial narration [1]. He is credited with delivering expensive, high end CGI in most of his films. Most of his movies from Tamil are dubbed into other languages especially Telugu and Hindi. He started his career with 'Gentleman' which grossed very well, then followed by 'Kadhalan', 'Indian', 'Jeans' and 'Mudhalvan' which were all mega-blockbusters. He directed the remake version of Mudhalvan in Hindi (Nayak),it was a success at the box office. His next film 'Boys' was a musical blockbuster but grossed moderately in Tamil and Telugu. His film Anniyan [2] (Aparichutudu in Telugu) which is based on Multiple Personality Disorder was a huge commercial hit in both Tamil and Telugu languages. As of June 2007, his film Sivaji: The Boss is released on 15th and said to break Indian records for the sale of tickets and demands. During the audio launch of Shankar's upcoming production film Kalloori, Director Shankar revealed the audio release will be under the Banner[3] S Musics.


Films

Directorial Credits

Year Film Cast Additional Info
1993 Gentleman Arjun, Madhubala, Goundamani, Senthil, Vineeth, Manorama, Nambiar dubbed in telugu as 'Gentleman'
1995 Kadhalan Prabhu Deva, Nagma, Vadivelu, Girish Karnad, Raghuvaran, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam dubbed in Hindi as 'Humse Hai Muqabala' and in Telugu as 'Premikudu'
1996 Indian Kamal Haasan, Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar, Goundamani, Senthil, Nedumudi Venu dubbed in Hindi as 'Hindustani' and 'Bharatheeyudu' in Telugu
1997 Jeans Prasanth, Aishwarya_Rai, Nassar, Senthil, Raju Sundaram, Lakshmi dubbed in Hindi and Telugu as 'Jeans'
1999 Mudhalvan Arjun, Manisha Koirala, Sushmita Sen, Raghuvaran, Manivannan,Vadivelu, Laila dubbed in telugu as 'Oke Okkadu'
2001 Nayak: The Real Hero Anil Kapoor, Rani Mukerji, Amrish Puri, Sushmita Sen Hindi remake of 'Mudhalvan'
2003 Boys Siddarth, Genelia, Bharath, Vivek, Senthil, Nakul, Manikanden dubbed in telugu as 'Boys'
2005 Anniyan Vikram, Sadha, Vivek, Prakash Raj, Yana Gupta, Nasser, Nedumudi Venu dubbed as 'Aparichit' in Hindi and 'Aparichithudu' in Telugu
2007 Sivaji: The Boss Rajinikanth, Shreya, Vivek, Suman, Raghuvaran, Manivannan, Nayantara dubbed in Telugu as 'Sivaji'

Under Discussion

Production Credits

  1. Mudhalvan (1999)
  2. Kaadhal (2004)
  3. Imsai Arasan 23am Pulikesi (2006)
  4. Veyil (2006)
  5. Kalloori (2007) (Announced)
  6. Arai Enn 305-il Kadavul (2007) (Announced)

News

- Shankar have been awarded an honorary doctorate from M.G.R University Tamil Nadu on August 27th 2007 for driving in social message's in all his movies.

See Also

  • S Pictures - Director Shankar's Production company.
  • S Musics - Director Shankar's Newly formed Audio Release Record label.
  • A.R.Rahman - Music Director A.R.Rahman
  • Balaji Sakthivel - Balaji Sakthivel, Director shankar's prominent assistant.

External links

Reference

  1. ^ "Shankar's prime weapon is his script writing". India4u. 2001. Retrieved 2001-12-23.
  2. ^ S. Srinivasan (2005). "Anniyan (2005)". Nowrunning. Retrieved 2005-06-12.
  3. ^ http://www.extramirchi.com/events/s-music-%E2%80%98kaloori%E2%80%99-audio-director-shankars-next-venture/ S Music ‘Kaloori’ audio - Director Shankar’s next venture
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