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S.A. Shankar
S.A. Shankar
Born	August 17, 1963 (age 46); Kumbakonam, India
Occupation	Film director,; Film producer,; Screenwriter
Years active	1993 - present
	Official website

S. Shankar (born 17 August 1963 in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India) is an Indian film director and producer. He often makes movies that have social themes with a commercial narration.^[1] He is credited with delivering expensive, high end CGI in most of his films. He basically comes from the Chennai Film Industry and makes movies in Tamil language. His films are often dubbed into other Indian languages like Hindi and Telugu. Shankar initially worked as an assistant director to S. A. Chandrasekhar.

[edit] Career

He started his career with Gentleman which grossed very well, then followed by Kadhalan, Indian, Jeans and Mudhalvan which were all mega-blockbusters. He also remade Mudhalvan in Hindi as Nayak: The Real Hero. His next film Boys was a musical blockbuster but grossed moderately in Tamil and Telugu. His film Anniyan ^[2], a psychological thriller, was a very huge blockbuster hit in Tamil and Telugu languages.

In 2007, he directed and released Sivaji: The Boss with Rajinikanth in the lead role which was an Indian record breaker for the sale of tickets and international popularity, becoming the highest ever grossing film of the Indian film industry by grossing $98 million worldwide. He is currently working with Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai again, after Sivaji and Jeans respectively, for the film Endhiran which is expected to be released in 2010.

Many of his movies, such as Gentleman and Anniyan, has the protagonist, be played by a Brahmin. However, in recent interviews, he has stated, that it has to do more with the physique of a Brahmin, rather than singling out a specific caste.^[3]

[edit] Filmography

[edit] As Director

Year	Film	Cast	Notes
1993	Gentleman	Arjun Sarja, Madhubala, Goundamani, Senthil, Vineeth, Manorama, M. N. Nambiar	Dubbed into Telugu as Gentleman Winner, Filmfare Best Music Director Award Remade in Hindi with the same title
1994	Kadhalan	Prabhu Deva, Nagma, Vadivelu, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Raghuvaran, Girish Karnad	Winner, National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer Winner, National Film Award for Best Audiography Winner, National Film Award for Best Editing Winner, National Film Award for Best Special Effects Winner, Filmfare Best Music Director Award Dubbed into Hindi as Humse Hai Muqabla Dubbed into Telugu as Premikudu
1996	Indian	Kamal Haasan, Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar, Goundamani, Senthil, Nedumudi Venu	Winner, National Film Award for Best Actor Winner, National Film Award for Best Art Direction Winner, National Film Award for Best Special Effects Dubbed into Hindi as Hindustani Dubbed into Telugu as Bharatheeyudu
1998	Jeans	Prashanth Thyagarajan, Aishwarya Rai, Nassar, Senthil, Raju Sundaram, Lakshmi	Winner, National Film Award for Best Special Effects Winner, Filmfare Best Music Director Award Winner, Filmfare Best Director Award Dubbed into Hindi as Jeans Dubbed into Telugu as Jeans
1999	Mudhalvan	Arjun Sarja, Manisha Koirala, Sushmita Sen, Raghuvaran, Manivannan, Vadivelu, Laila Mehdin	Winner, Filmfare Best Director Award Winner, Filmfare Best Music Director Award Dubbed into Telugu as Oke Okkadu
2001	Nayak: The Real Hero	Anil Kapoor, Rani Mukerji, Pooja Batra, Amrish Puri, Sushmita Sen	Hindi film
2003	Boys	Siddharth Narayan, Genelia D'Souza, Bharath, Vivek, Senthil, Nakul	Dubbed into Telugu as Boys
2005	Anniyan	Vikram, Sadha, Vivek, Prakash Raj, Yana Gupta, Nasser, Nedumudi Venu	Winner, National Film Award for Best Special Effects Winner, Filmfare Best Director Award Winner, Filmfare Best Music Director Award Winner, Filmfare Best Actor Award, Dubbed into Hindi as Aparichit Dubbed into Telugu as Aparichithudu
2007	Sivaji: The Boss	Rajinikanth, Shriya Saran, Vivek, Suman, Raghuvaran, Manivannan	Winner, National Film Award for Best Art Direction Winner, National Film Award for Best Special Effects Winner, Filmfare Best Music Director Award Nominated: Filmfare Best Director Award Dubbed into Telugu as Sivaji: The Boss
2010	Endhiran	Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Rai	Filming

[edit] As Producer

Year	Film	Cast	Notes
1999	Mudhalvan	Arjun Sarja, Manisha Koirala, Sushmita Sen, Laila, Raghuvaran	Winner, Filmfare Best Producer Award Dubbed into Telugu as Oke Okkadu
2004	Kaadhal	Bharath, Sandhya	Dubbed into Telugu as Premiste
2006	Imsai Arasan 23am Pulikesi	Vadivelu, Tejashree, Nagesh, Manorama, Nassar	Dubbed into Telugu as Himsaraju 23va Pulakesi
2006	Veyil	Pasupathy, Bharath, Bhavana Balachandran, Priyanka, Shriya Reddy	Winner, National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil Winner, Filmfare Best Producer Award Dubbed into Telugu as Vesavi
2007	Kalloori	Akhil, Tamanna Bhatia
2008	Arai Enn 305-il Kadavul	Santhanam, Ganja Karuppu, Prakash Raj, Madhumitha, Jyothirmayi
2009	Eeram	Aadhi, Nandha, Sindhu Menon, Saranya Mohan
2009	Rettaisuzhi	K. Balachander, Bharathiraja, Anjali	Filming

[edit] See also

S Pictures - Shankar's Production company.
S Musics - Shankar's newly formed Audio Record label.

[edit] References

^ "Shankar's prime weapon is his script writing". India4u. 2001. http://www.india4u.com/kollywood/sankar.asp. Retrieved 2001-12-23.
^ S. Srinivasan (2005). "Anniyan (2005)". Nowrunning. http://nowrunning.com/film/review.asp?movieNo=2060&mv=Anniyan. Retrieved 2005-06-12.
^ http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:vZWqXI3bSusJ:www.my-telugu.com/cgi-bin/n/viewnews.cgi%3Fnewsid1119885198,66185,+S.+Shankar+director+brahmin&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a

[edit] External links

[kamal-0] "Shankar's prime weapon is his script writing". India4u. 2001. http://www.india4u.com/kollywood/sankar.asp. Retrieved 2001-12-23.

[anniyan-1] S. Srinivasan (2005). "Anniyan (2005)". Nowrunning. http://nowrunning.com/film/review.asp?movieNo=2060&mv=Anniyan. Retrieved 2005-06-12.

[2] ttp://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:vZWqXI3bSusJ:www.my-telugu.com/cgi-bin/n/viewnews.cgi%3Fnewsid1119885198,66185,+S.+Shankar+director+brahmin&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a

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