shankar

S. Shankar (born 17 August 1963) is a popular film director from Tamil Nadu, India. He has made blockbuster Tamil movies which have social themes and are also entertaining, making them a right combination for commercial success. He is credited with delivering expensive, visually beautiful action movies and the use of latest visual technology in his movies. Most of his movies from Tamil are dubbed into other languages especially Telugu and Hindi. Some criticize him for the overdose of gimmicks in his movies and consider him as a sensational entertainer than a serious director.

Biography

He was at first an assistant to S.A.Chandrasekhar

Assistant Director

He started his Career as an assistant to director S.A.Chandrasekhar

Director

His directorial career began with the film Gentleman (1993) with Arjun playing the lead role, which was a Mega hit. His next film was Kadhalan which was a mega hit. This was followed by Indian with Kamal Hassan in the lead role. This was a grand success all over India. It was dubbed in Hindi as Hindustani. It was the Indian entry for the Academy Awards.

His films are well known for the songs and sound track. A. R. Rahman has composed music for all his movies except Anniyan.

His project Anniyan has featured most cameras used for a shot in Indian cinema. His previous films Nayak and Boys also held the earlier record with Main Hoon Na.

Producer

He had immense success as a producer with his own production house S Pictures Movies he has produced include

• 1999 - Mudhalvan directed by himself
• 2004 - Kaadhal directed by Balaji Sakthivel [1]
• 2006 - Imsai Arasan 23m Pulikesi directed by Chimbudeven
• 2006 - Veyil

Actor

He has acted in small roles in films directed by S.A.Chandrasekhar

Filmography

• Gentleman – Arjun, Madhubala, Goundamani, Senthil, A.R.Rahman.
• Kadhalan – Prabhu Deva, Nagma,Vadivelu, A.R.Rahman
• Indian – Kamal Hassan, Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar, Nedumudi Venu, A.R.Rahman.
• Jeans – Prashanth, Aishwarya Rai, Nassar, Senthil, A.R.Rahman
• Mudhalvan – Arjun , Manisha Koirala, Sushmita Sen, Vadivelu, Raghuvaran, A.R.Rahman.
• Nayak –Anil Kapoor, Rani Mukherjee, A.R.Rahman
• Boys – Siddharth, Genelia D'Souza, Bharath, Vivek, Senthil, A.R.Rahman
• Anniyan – Vikram, Sadha, Yana Gupta, Vivek, Prakash Raj, Harris Jayaraj.

Currently in production

• Sivaji: The Boss - Rajinikanth, Shriya Saran, Amitabh Bachchan, Nayantara, Mallika Sherawat, Vivek, A.R.Rahman