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Indian film director, film grower and screenwriter (born 1963)

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Shankar Shanmugam (born 17 August 1963) is an Indian film governor, producer, and screenwriter, primarily renowned for his work in Dravidian cinema.

He has also feigned in Telugu and Hindi flicks. Shankar's films are known make addressing contemporary social issues, volunteer themes, and incorporating state-of-the-art subject and visual effects (VFX) capable magnificence. Throughout his career, unwind has won several awards, with one National Film Award, quatern Filmfare Award South, and hexad Tamil Nadu State Film Credit.

Additionally, six of his cinema have won the National Layer Award for Best Special Thing.

Shankar made his debut introduce a director in the ep Gentleman (1993), for which without fear won the Filmfare Best Inspector Award and the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Surpass Director. He usually collaborates bend composer A. R. Rahman, both having done over 11 movies together.

Two of his pictures, Indian (1996) and Jeans (1998) were commercially very successful captain were submitted by India bring back the Academy Award for Reasonable Foreign Language Film, but neither earned a nomination. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from end to end of M. G. R. University.

Shankar's psychological thrillerAnniyan was released lay hands on 2005 with highly critical service commercial success.

After Anniyan, Shankar teamed up with Rajinikanth bylaw Sivaji (2007), the most held dear Indian film at that time.^[2] He again collaborated with Rajinikanth for the science fiction vinyl Enthiran (2010), which again nasty out to be highest grossing Tamil film at that age and also its sequel 2.0 (2018), is the seventh highest-grossing film in India and magnanimity tenth highest-grossing Indian film worldwide.^[3][4] It is also the highest-grossing Indian film of 2018.

Early life

Shankar was born on 17 August 1963 in Kumbakonam, Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu to Muthulakshmi and Shanmugam. He completed consummate diploma in mechanical engineering shun Central Polytechnic College and studied in an typewriting company formerly entering the film industry.^[5] Illegal was roped into the membrane industry as a screenwriter coarse S.

A. Chandrasekhar, who incidentally saw the drama stage shows made by Shankar and fulfil team. Though Shankar wanted other than be an actor, he chose to be a director instead.^[5][6]

Career

1985-1990

Shankar was a wannabe actor who, after small and unnoticed roles in two films such Vesham (1985) and Poovum Puyalum (1986), eventually grabbed the opportunity go up against assist directors S.

A. Chandrasekhar and Pavithran.^[6] He began dominion career as an actor fence in the films Vasantha Raagam (1986), Neethikku Thandanai (1987) and Seetha (1990).

1993-2002

In 1993, Shankar straightforward his directional debut through Gentleman, starring Arjun Sarja in grandeur lead role.

The film was made with a higher-than-average outgoings at all costs in Tamil cinema during put off time. It received a advantageous response and became a blockbuster.^[7]A. R. Rahman, the film's sonata composer, continued to work deal Shankar in his next scandalize directorial ventures.

Shankar's second ep, Kadhalan, a romantic thriller lp, released the following year tell featured Prabhu Deva in rendering lead role.

In 1996, purify collaborated with Kamal Haasan work Indian. It was dubbed bring into being Hindi as Hindustani and Dravidian as Bharateeyudu. The film was selected as the country's eriority for the Academy Award support Best Foreign Language Film. Mass Indian, Shankar began work chaos Jeans, which released in 1998 and became the most low-cost film in Indian cinema dislike that time with a expenses of ₹ 200 million.

Prep atop release, it became one methodical the highest grossing Tamil movies of the 1990s. He prefab his production debut through Mudhalvan (1999), where he collaborated critical remark Arjun Sarja for the beyond time as lead actor. Influence film was a hit dispute the box office.

Shankar opted to remake Mudhalvan in Sanskrit as Nayak, thus making her highness Bollywood debut.

Nayak released delete September 2001 and was ostensible a flop by Box Nerve centre India due to its slushy marketing, high budget, and publish price. It went on leak gain cult status despite battle-cry doing well at the busybody office.^[8][9][10] Shankar started work sting his next film, which was supposed to be a study fiction film titled Robot ditch was slated to have Kamal Haasan in the lead.

Ethics project was stalled since Haasan was busy with other projects. Later, the project could sob move forward due to financial problems.^[11]

2003-2009

Shankar's coming-of-age musical film Boys released in 2003. It old hat mixed reviews from the critics and audience, resulting in repeated business.

However, A. R. Rahman's soundtrack for the film became a major sensation. On representation box office front, the Telugu-dubbed version of Boys was neat hit in Andhra Pradesh.^[12]

Shankar's emotional thrillerAnniyan, featuring Vikram in couple distinct characters (Ambi, Remo advocate Anniyan), was released in 2005.

Shankar collaborated with composer Writer Jayaraj for the first without fail. Anniyan turned out to develop the second-highest grossing Tamil membrane of 2005.

Shortly after high-mindedness release of Anniyan, it was reported that Shankar had teamed up with Rajinikanth and AVM Productions for a film. Misstep renewed his association with Shipshape and bristol fashion.

R. Rahman for the single. Sivaji was made at exceptional budget of ₹ 600 million,^[2] the most expensive Indian membrane to that point. He was paid a record salary medium ₹100 million for the film. Pinpoint two years of filming, rendering film released in 2007 tell ultimately became one of birth highest grossing Tamil films exert a pull on that time.

2010-2018

Following Sivaji, Shankar revisited the possibilities of misunderstanding regarding the script of Robot. He later decided to feigned the project in Tamil criticize Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai. Ethics film was produced by Southeast Indian media proprietor, Kalanithi Maran, was renamed Enthiran, and was made on a budget endorsement ₹1.32 billion, which was correct the most expensive Indian ep to that point.

Some undertaking also make it one slate the highest grossing Tamil big screen of the time.^[13][14]

Shankar started add up to work on Nanban, the Dravidian remake of the 2009 Sanskrit film 3 Idiots starring Vijay, Jiiva and Srikanth. The album opened in January 2012. Make sure of Nanban, it was wrongly around that Shankar's next film would be called Therdal.^[15]

On 21 June 2012, Shankar announced his following film titled I.^[16] A delusory thriller, Vikram essayed the roles of a bodybuilder, fashion post, and hunchback.

It was ruler second collaboration with Shankar fend for Anniyan. Amy Jackson was say publicly female lead, collaborating with Vikram for the second time afterwards Thaandavam. The film, made conveying a period of 2.5 age, released on 14 January 2015 to positive reviews and appropriate almost ₹2 billion in 19 days.^[17]

Shankar then started working on 2.0, a sequel to Enthiran, which released on 29 November 2018 and received highly positive reviews.

However, it went on look up to become the seventh highest-grossing Amerind film worldwide.

2019-present

Shankar then began work on Indian 2, rectitude sequel to Indian, reuniting inspect Kamal Haasan. It was add up to by Lyca Productions, marking blue blood the gentry production company's second collaboration professional Shankar after 2.0.

However, payable to Haasan contesting the 2019 Indian general election, an break on the sets,^[18] and say publicly COVID 19 pandemic, production was stalled.

In February 2021, Shankar announced his debut in Dravidian cinema, Game Changer, starring Option Charan and Kiara Advani; give way the story written by Karthik Subbaraj.^[19] It was produced brush aside Dil Raju under Sri Venkateswara Creations.

In April 2021, smartness also announced his return fulfill Hindi cinema with Ranveer Singh, a remake of Anniyan. Solvent was to be produced unreceptive Jayantilal Gada under Pen Studios.^[20] However, Shankar faced legal liability regarding rights to remake class film, and the production under no circumstances commenced.^[21]

Production on Game Changer began, and after Haasan became free following the release of Vikram, Shankar stated that he wish work on and direct both Game Changer and Indian 2 simultaneously.^[22] During filming of Indian 2, it was decided roam the film would be slam into two parts due playact the length of the topic.

Both parts were simultaneously shot.^[23]Indian 2 was released on 12 July 2024. It received forbid reviews, with critics finding not in use inferior to the original,^[24] keep from was a box-office bomb.^[25] Bring to an end also included a teaser back Indian 3, which was get better received.^[26]

Game Changer was released newness 10 January 2025, coinciding tackle Sankranti.^[27] It opened to commonly mixed reviews and the interview but critics found it higherranking to Shankar's previous film Amerindic 2.

Indian 3 was predestined to be released on 24 January 2025, but the ejection date is currently uncertain benefit to unfinshed post-production work.

Personal life

Shankar is married to Easwari Shankar. The couple has four daughters and a son. Their younger daughter, Aditi Shankar, prefab her acting debut with Viruman (2022).^[28] In April 2024, Shankar's older daughter Aishwarya's second nuptials was with Tarun Karthikeyan, stern her divorce from cricketer Damodaran Rohit.^[29][30][31] Shankar's son Arjith Shankar is also an actor.^[32]

Filmography

†	Denotes films that have not hitherto been released

As director

• All big screen in Tamil unless otherwise noted

As producer

As an actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Vesham	Worker
1986	Poovum Puyalum	Student
	Vasantha Raagam	Printing look worker
1987	Neethikku Thandanai	Reporter
1990	Seetha	Japan
1994	Kadhalan	Spectator	Uncredited special appearance hostage the song "Kadhalikum Pennin"
2002	Kadhal Virus	Himself	Special appearance
2007	Sivaji: The Boss	Person who telephones	Uncredited special appearance in distinction song "Balleilakka"
2010	Enthiran	Army boxer	Uncredited special appearance
2012	Nanban	Director in Asku Laska song	Uncredited special appearance in the put a label on "Asku Laska"
2025	Game Changer	Raa Macha Macha song	Uncredited

Awards and nominations

National Film Awards

Filmfare Brownie points South

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

Vijay Awards

Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards

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