Auto Shankar (film)

Auto Shankar
Directed byD. Rajendra Babu
Written byB. L. Venu Tushar Ranganath
(Dialogues)
Screenplay byAjay Kumar
Story byAjay Kumar
Produced byRamu
StarringUpendra
Shilpa Shetty
Radhika
CinematographyH. C. Venu
Edited byT. Shashikumar
Music byGurukiran
Production
company
Ramu Films
Release date
  • 9 September 2005 (2005-09-09) (India)
Running time
170 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageKannada

Auto Shankar is a 2005 Indian Kannada-language action comedy film starring Upendra, Shilpa Shetty, and Radhika.[1][2] The film was directed by D. Rajendra Babu and produced by Ramu, of Ramu Enterprises. The films tells about Shankar an autorickshaw driver belonging to a middle-class family who gets into a conflict with Maya, a money-lender. However, tables turn when she loses her property and they fall in love.

The film was dubbed in Tamil as Aanavakari, in Hindi as Shilpa - The Big Don in 2007,[3] and in Malayalam as Sarappa Sundari. The film was remade in Bangladesh in 2017 as Ohongkar.[4]

  1. ^ "Happy birthday Shilpa Shetty: Azad to Auto Shankar, her 8 best South Indian films you should watch". Hindustan Times. 8 June 2021.
  2. ^ R. G. Vijayasarathy (11 July 2006). "Raadhika: Glam doll or performer?". Rediff.com.
  3. ^ "Make way for Shilpa, The Big Don". Rediff.com. 10 September 2007.
  4. ^ "From 'Anuraga Aralithu' to 'U Turn': Kannada movies that were remade in foreign languages". 10 June 2020.