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S. Shankar is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Producer Indian born on 17 august 1963 at Kumbakonam (Inde)
Shankar Shanmugam, commonly known as Shankar, is an Indian film director and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. Recognized for directing high budget films, he is also a pioneer of vigilante movies in Tamil. He made his directional debut in Gentleman (1993) produced by K. T. Kunjumon, for which he was awarded the Filmfare Best Director Award and the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director. He is the highest paid film-maker in India among his contemporaries. 2010, in the Entertainment category.
Two of his films, Indian (1996) and Jeans (1998), were submitted by India for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2007, he was awarded an Honorary doctorate by M. G. R. University.
Shankar resides in T.Nagar, Chennai.
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S. Shankar
Birth name Shankar Shanmugham
Nationality Inde
Birth 17 august 1963 (61 years) at Kumbakonam (Inde)
Creator of S Pictures
Awards Filmfare Awards South
Nationality Inde
Birth 17 august 1963 (61 years) at Kumbakonam (Inde)
Creator of S Pictures
Awards Filmfare Awards South
Two of his films, Indian (1996) and Jeans (1998), were submitted by India for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2007, he was awarded an Honorary doctorate by M. G. R. University.
Biography
Shankar's family includes his father Shanmugam, mother Muthulakshmi, his wife Easwari and two daughters and a son.Shankar resides in T.Nagar, Chennai.
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Idhu Kathirvelan Kadhal (2014)
, 2h36Directed by S. R. Prabhakaran
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Udhayanidhi Stalin, Nayantara, Chaya Singh, Santhanam, Saranya, Sunder Ramu
Roles Himself
Rating47%
The film opens with a prologue, in which a person is being taken to a hospital and the doctor later reporting that the person's condition will be known only after sometime. The scene then shifts a few months back.
Ninaithathu Yaaro (2014)
Directed by Vikraman
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Rejith Menon, Nimisha Suresh, Richard Rishi, Riythvika, Subiksha, Monica (a) M. G. Rahima
Roles Special Appearance
Rating57%
Nanban (2012)
, 3h9Directed by S. Shankar
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Themes Films about education, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Buddy films
Actors Vijay, Jiiva, Srikanth, Ileana D'Cruz, Sathyan, Sathyaraj
Rating77%
Venkat Ramakrishnan (Srikanth), Sevarkodi Senthil (Jiiva) and Panchavan Parivendan aka Pari (Vijay) are three first year engineering students who share a room in the hostel of Ideal Engineering College (IEC), Chennai. Venkat studies engineering to pursue his father's wishes over his own wish – to become a wildlife photographer, while Senthil studies engineering to get his family out of poverty. Pari, on the other hand, studies engineering for his simple passion for machines and devices. He believes that one should follow excellence, not success, as success will take care of itself if excellence is followed. However, this approach to studies is sneered upon by the dean of the college, Professor Virumandi "Virus" Santhanam (Sathyaraj). Virus and the faculty favour Pari's classmate, an NRI student Srivatsan aka "Silencer" (Sathyan), who believes in mindless rote learning over understanding to reach his goals of corporate status. Pari constantly spars with Virus and Silencer due to their differences in their educational approaches.
Enthiran (2010)
, 2h45Directed by S. Shankar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Musical films, Robot films
Actors Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Rai, Danny Denzongpa, Santhanam, Karunas Sethu, Devadarshini
Roles a Military Officer
Rating70%
After a decade of research, the scientist Dr. Vaseegaran creates a sophisticated android robot with the help of his assistants, Siva and Ravi, in order to commission it into the Indian Army. He introduces the robot, named Chitti, at a robotics conference in Chennai. Chitti helps Sana, Vaseegaran's medical student girlfriend, cheat in her examination, then saves her from being assaulted by a group of thugs. Vaseegaran's mentor, Professor Bohra, is secretly engaged in a project to create similar android robots for a terrorist organisation, but has so far been unsuccessful.
Sivaji: The Boss (2007)
, 3h5Directed by S. Shankar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Themes Films about music and musicians, Politique, Musical films, Political films
Actors Rajinikanth, Shriya Saran, Suman, S. Manivannan, Vivek, Prof. Solomon Pappaiah
Rating74%
Sivaji (Rajinikanth), an Indian software systems architect, returns to India from the United States. He aims to establish a non-profit trust called the Sivaji Foundation to build a network of hospitals and educational institutions to serve the poor free of charge. However, Adiseshan (Suman), an influential businessman, sees Sivaji as his competitor with the fact of the matter being that he runs profit-making educational institutions and hospitals. Sivaji is forced to bribe the corrupt civil service, but eventually, the bribes demanded become so high that he has to mortgage his house and sell his car to pay them. When Sivaji goes to court, he loses the case filed against him by Adiseshan regarding the methods Sivaji had used to open his foundation as a result of bribing numerous government officials. Simultaneously, Sivaji falls in love with a girl named Tamizhselvi (Shriya Saran). However, upon asking for his horoscope, an astrologer warns that their union will result in Sivaji's death. When Tamizhselvi refuses the proposal due to her concern for Sivaji, he calms her fears and convinces her to marry him.
Indian (1996)
, 3h5Directed by S. Shankar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Kamal Haasan, Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar, Sukanya, Goundamani, Senthil
Roles Self
Rating80%
A cat and mouse game ensues between Senapathy (Kamal Haasan), referring to himself as Indian, a 70-year-old vigilante, who is on a killing spree of corrupt bureaucrats and Krishnaswamy (Nedumudi Venu) a CBI officer is hell bent on tracking down Indian.
Kadhalan (1994)
, 2h46Directed by S. Shankar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Prabhu Deva, Nagma, Raghuvaran, Vadivelu, Girish Karnad, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Roles Self
Rating70%
Prabhu, the chairman of Chennai's Government Arts College, is asked by his Principal to invite the Governor of Tamil Nadu, Kakarlal Sathyanarayana Moorthy, to be the chief guest on the annual day of the college. When he goes to invite Kakarlal, he bumps into his daughter, Shruthi, instantly falling in love with her. To propose his love for her, he even joins in the same dance class as her. She too subsequently gets to know more about him and falls in love with him. Since there is considerable fear of terrorism in the state, Kakarlal does not permit his daughter to travel anywhere without bodyguards. On one occasion, she manages to give them the slip and runs away with Prabhu at a dance festival. Shortly after, there is the threat of a bomb being planted. Shruthi is immediately brought home and Prabhu is arrested. Shruthi is forbidden to see Prabhu. After being beaten severely, Prabhu is released from police custody and taken back home, tended by his police father Kathiresan. He then goes to meet Shruthi unaware of the changed circumstances. This is where he finds evidence that will lead him to a hideout of bomb specialist Mallikarjuna who is the mastermind of all the bomb blasts. Prabhu realizes that Mallikarjuna has been working for Kakarlal to kill innocent civilians with bombs. Kakarlal pays Mallikarjuna to put a bomb in Government General Hospital. Kakarlal betrays Mallikarjuna by killing him with a (bomb radio). Unfortunately, Mallikarjuna survives but he's wounded. Mallikarjuna changes the time, so the bomb can explode earlier. When Kakarlal shows up, he realizes that Mallikarjuna's still alive but Mallikarjuna disappears again. Prabhu and other people take the patients out of the Government General Hospital. Kakarlal, Kakarlal's wife, and Shruthi get stuck in an elevator. Prabhu finds the bomb and manages to get out of the hospital as soon as possible, so he can throw the bomb off the bridge into the water. The bomb explodes in the water. After Shruthi gets out of the elevator, a wounded Mallikarjuna breaks from the top and electrocutes Kakarlal to death. Mallikarjuna also dies because of blood loss. The film ends with the reunion of Prabhu and Shruthi. It's presumed that Prabhu and Shruthi got married.
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I (2015)
, 3h8Directed by S. Shankar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Vikram, Suresh Gopi, Upen Patel, Amy Jackson, Prabhu, Power Star Srinivasan
Rating73%
Lingesan (Vikram) is a bodybuilder from the suburbs of Chennai, whose main ambition is to become Mr. India. He wins the title of Mr. Tamil Nadu, which gives him entry to the Mr. India pageant. He is infatuated by Diya (Amy Jackson), a leading supermodel. Diya is soon blacklisted and all her advertisement film contracts are cancelled by John (Upen Patel), her co-star in all her advertisements, after she constantly rejected his advances. To save her career, Diya decides to replace John with Lingesan, whom she had earlier met at one of her shoots, as her co-star for her next advertisement. Lingesan agrees, sacrificing his Mr. India ambitions in the process.
Nanban (2012)
, 3h9Directed by S. Shankar
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Themes Films about education, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Buddy films
Actors Vijay, Jiiva, Srikanth, Ileana D'Cruz, Sathyan, Sathyaraj
Rating77%
Venkat Ramakrishnan (Srikanth), Sevarkodi Senthil (Jiiva) and Panchavan Parivendan aka Pari (Vijay) are three first year engineering students who share a room in the hostel of Ideal Engineering College (IEC), Chennai. Venkat studies engineering to pursue his father's wishes over his own wish – to become a wildlife photographer, while Senthil studies engineering to get his family out of poverty. Pari, on the other hand, studies engineering for his simple passion for machines and devices. He believes that one should follow excellence, not success, as success will take care of itself if excellence is followed. However, this approach to studies is sneered upon by the dean of the college, Professor Virumandi "Virus" Santhanam (Sathyaraj). Virus and the faculty favour Pari's classmate, an NRI student Srivatsan aka "Silencer" (Sathyan), who believes in mindless rote learning over understanding to reach his goals of corporate status. Pari constantly spars with Virus and Silencer due to their differences in their educational approaches.
Enthiran (2010)
, 2h45Directed by S. Shankar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Musical films, Robot films
Actors Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Rai, Danny Denzongpa, Santhanam, Karunas Sethu, Devadarshini
Rating70%
After a decade of research, the scientist Dr. Vaseegaran creates a sophisticated android robot with the help of his assistants, Siva and Ravi, in order to commission it into the Indian Army. He introduces the robot, named Chitti, at a robotics conference in Chennai. Chitti helps Sana, Vaseegaran's medical student girlfriend, cheat in her examination, then saves her from being assaulted by a group of thugs. Vaseegaran's mentor, Professor Bohra, is secretly engaged in a project to create similar android robots for a terrorist organisation, but has so far been unsuccessful.
Sivaji: The Boss (2007)
, 3h5Directed by S. Shankar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action
Themes Films about music and musicians, Politique, Musical films, Political films
Actors Rajinikanth, Shriya Saran, Suman, S. Manivannan, Vivek, Prof. Solomon Pappaiah
Rating74%
Sivaji (Rajinikanth), an Indian software systems architect, returns to India from the United States. He aims to establish a non-profit trust called the Sivaji Foundation to build a network of hospitals and educational institutions to serve the poor free of charge. However, Adiseshan (Suman), an influential businessman, sees Sivaji as his competitor with the fact of the matter being that he runs profit-making educational institutions and hospitals. Sivaji is forced to bribe the corrupt civil service, but eventually, the bribes demanded become so high that he has to mortgage his house and sell his car to pay them. When Sivaji goes to court, he loses the case filed against him by Adiseshan regarding the methods Sivaji had used to open his foundation as a result of bribing numerous government officials. Simultaneously, Sivaji falls in love with a girl named Tamizhselvi (Shriya Saran). However, upon asking for his horoscope, an astrologer warns that their union will result in Sivaji's death. When Tamizhselvi refuses the proposal due to her concern for Sivaji, he calms her fears and convinces her to marry him.
Anniyan (2005)
, 3h1Directed by S. Shankar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Psychologie, Musical films
Actors Vikram, Sadha, Prakash Raj, Vivek, Nassar, Nedumudi Venu
Rating82%
Ramanujam Iyengar, also known as Ambi, is an orthodox Brahmin and a straightforward consumer protection advocate living in Chennai. He expects everyone to follow the laws and prosecutes those who flout them. However, his efforts fail as circumstantial evidence always seems to favour the accused. He also fails to raise civic awareness due to pervasive corruption and a general lack of seriousness. Frustrated at his inability to bring about a change in society, his suppressed anger manifests itself in an alter-ego named "Anniyan", a grim reaper-themed serial killer who punishes corrupt and indifferent people. Anniyan creates a website, compiles a list of wrongdoers from his site, and kills them using punishments described in the Garuda Purana, one of the ancient Hindu scriptures.
Boys (2003)
, 2h25Directed by S. Shankar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Siddharth, Genelia D'Souza, Bharath, S. Thaman, Nakul, Manikandan
Rating71%
Munna (Siddharth Narayan), Babu Kalyanam aka Bob Galy (Bharath), Juju (Nakul), Krishna (Thaman) and Kumar (Manikandan) are five friends. They come from different backgrounds – Munna from a middle-class family, Bob Galy from a Telugu-speaking family, Juju from an academic-achieving family, Krishna from a rich family and Kumar from a poor family. But all of them have common interests – spending their time smoking, downing alcohol, ogling girls, watching pornography and complaining about their parents. Much to the chagrin of their parents, they have no interest in studies. They meet a depressed middle-age man, Mangalam (Vivek) in a bar one day and help him home after he passes out. Although they first use him as a source to get alcohol, Mangalam enjoys their company and becomes a mentor of sorts for the boys.They even go as far as hiring a prostitute(whose contact was obtained from mangalam) to have sex with while Munna's parents are out of station (Bhuvaneswari), but all of them back down at the last moment.
Nayak: The Real Hero (2001)
, 3h7Directed by S. Shankar
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Political films
Actors Anil Kapoor, Rani Mukherjee, Amrish Puri, Paresh Rawal, Johnny Lever, Saurabh Shukla
Rating77%
Riots and violence cause deaths and destruction in Mumbai city but the Chief Minister Balraj Chauhan (Amrish Puri) because of some political motive, does not take any preventive step. TV reporter Shivaji Rao (Anil Kapoor) in a telly interview of Chauhan publicly brings to light the CM's disregard towards the elimination of the recent violence and his total failure as a CM working for the growth and development of the state. Chauhan, just to stick up for his political image, says to Rao snapping his fingers, "Sirf ek din... sirf ek din ke liye CM bannke dikhaao", (Become the CM just for a day), something that later became a popular and theoretical political concept in India where edification in political and social arena is a crying need. Rao accepts Chauhan's challenge and emerges as an efficient CM wiping out various socio-economic problems of the state and dismissing the corrupt government employees. Rao's beloved is played by Rani Mukherjee.
Mudhalvan (1999)
, 2h51Directed by S. Shankar
Origin Inde
Genres Thriller
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Musical films, Political films
Actors Arjun Sarja, Manisha Koirala, Raghuvaran, S. Manivannan, Vadivelu, Vijayakumar
Rating83%
The story focuses on Television Journalist Pughazhendhi (Arjun) working for "Q TV". During riots triggered by a fight between some college students and bus drivers, which threaten to touch upon the touchy issue of castes, the CM of the state Raghuvaran reveals his unwillingness to take strong action to quell the violence for fear of estranging any of his political bases. To set things right, he then appears on a live interview with Pughazhendi, who had coincidentally captured the CM's earlier unwillingness to take a stand, on camera.