| CID Shankar | |
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| Directed by | R. Sundaram |
| Written by | A. L. Narayanan |
| Starring | Jaishankar A. Sakunthala Thengai Srinivasan |
| Cinematography | C. A. S. Mani |
| Edited by | L. Balu |
| Music by | Vedha |
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Running time | 137 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
CID Shankar is a 1970 Indian Tamil-language spy thriller film, directed by R. Sundaram, produced by Modern Theatres and written by A. L. Narayanan. Music was by Vedha.[1] It stars Jaishankar, A. Sakunthala, and Thengai Srinivasan. V. S. Raghavan, R. S. Manohar, C. L. Anandan, Jayakumari, B. V. Radha and M. Bhanumathi play supporting roles. The film was a remake of the 1965 French/Italian co-production Eurospy film OSS 117 Mission for a Killer.[2] It was released on 1 May 1970,[3] and became an average success.[4] Sakunthala became known as "CID Sakunthala" after the film's release.[5]
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- ^ "CID Shankar". The Indian Express. 1 May 1970. p. 5. Retrieved 30 October 2020 – via Google News Archive.
- ^ Pillai, Swarnavel Eswaran (2015). Madras Studios: Narrative, Genre, and Ideology in Tamil Cinema. Sage Publications. p. 29. ISBN 978-93-5150-212-8.
- ^ Raman, Mohan V. (8 November 2014). "What's in a name?". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2020.