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| Born | Shanker Panicker 22 January 1960[1] |
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| Years active | 1979–present |
| Works | Full list |
| Spouses | Radhika
(m. 1992, divorced)Rooparekha
(m. 2002; div. 2011)Chitra Lekshmi (m. 2013) |
| Children | 1 |
Shanker Panicker, better known as Shankar, is an Indian film and television actor, film director and producer, known for his work in Malayalam and Tamil films. He has acted in nearly 200 films and was a leading actor in Malayalam cinema and Tamil cinema in the early 1980s.[2][better source needed] Shankar's debut Tamil film, Oru Thalai Ragam, and Malayalam debut, Manjil Virinja Pookkal, completed theatrical runs of 365 and 250 days respectively. Later, he became a director and producer, while continuing to act, from 1990 to 2024.
Shankar produced the film Ezhuthola (2024), which won four awards at London Independent Film Award, Sundarban International Film Festival, and Tagore International Film Festival.[citation needed] Shankar is also a businessman and social worker. He ran a dance academy with his wife[which?] in London before 2024.
- ^ "Shankar Panikkar Biography | Malayalam Actor | Fact File | Photo Gallery | Wallpapers | Videos | News | Oneindia.in". Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ^ "The lover boys of Indian cinema-100 years of Indian cinema". Galatta Cinema. December 2012.