S. Shankar

In this Indian name, the name Shanmugam is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Shankar.

S. Shankar
Shankar in 2018
Born
Shankar Shanmugam

(1963-08-17) 17 August 1963 (age 61)
Kumbakonam, Madras State (present-day Tamil Nadu), India
Alma materCentral Polytechnic College
Occupation(s)Film director, Film producer, Screenwriter
Years active1993–present
SpouseEaswari Shankar
Children3, including Aditi[1]

Shankar Shanmugam (born 17 August 1963), credited as S. Shankar or his mononym Shankar, is an Indian film director, film producer, and screenwriter who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. In addition, he also worked in Hindi films and Telugu films. His films typically deal with contemporary social issues, vigilante themes, and the usage of state-of-the-art technology and VFX. He has won one National Film Award, four Filmfare Award South, and six Tamil Nadu State Film Awards in his career. Six of his films have won the National Film Award for Best Special Effects.

Shankar made his debut as a director in the film Gentleman (1993), for which he won the Filmfare Best Director Award and the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director. He usually collaborates with composer A. R. Rahman, both having done over 11 films together. Two of his films, Indian (1996) and Mudhalvan (1999), which deal with social and political issues, were commercially very successful and also submitted by India for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but neither earned a nomination. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by M. G. R. University.

Shankar's psychological thriller Anniyan was released in 2005 with highly critical and commercial success. After Anniyan, Shankar teamed up with Rajinikanth on Sivaji (2007), the most expensive Indian film at that time.[2] He again collaborated with Rajinikanth for the science fiction film Enthiran (2010), which again turned out to be highest grossing Tamil film at that time and also its sequel 2.0 (2018), is the seventh highest-grossing film in India and the tenth highest-grossing Indian film worldwide.[3][4] It is also the highest-grossing Indian film of 2018.

  1. ^ "Shankar's daughter Aditi Shankar to make her silver screen debut with Viruman". indianexpress.com. 6 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Sivaji – The Boss (Now Playing)". Indiatimes. 18 June 2007. Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Made on a budget of about Rs. 75 Crores...
  3. ^ "Top All Time India Grossers All Formats – 2.0 Second". Archived from the original on 1 March 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  4. ^ "2.0 All India Update – Crosses 400 Crore NETT". Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2019.