S Shankar

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. He is credited with delivering expensive, high end CGI in most of his films. He is an important figure in the Chennai film industry, sometimes referred to as Kollywood. Most of his movies are in Tamil, but some have been dubbed or remade into other Indian languages such as Hindi and Telugu. Shankar initially worked as an assistant director to S. A. Chandrasekhar.He started his career with Gentleman which grossed very well, then followed by Kadhalan, Indian with Kamal Hassan (Indian submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film), 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 a psychological thriller, was a very huge blockbuster hit in Tamil ...

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. He is credited with delivering expensive, high end CGI in most of his films. He is an important figure in the Chennai film industry, sometimes referred to as Kollywood. Most of his movies are in Tamil, but some have been dubbed or remade into other Indian languages such as Hindi and Telugu. Shankar initially worked as an assistant director to S. A. Chandrasekhar.He started his career with Gentleman which grossed very well, then followed by Kadhalan, Indian with Kamal Hassan (Indian submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film), 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 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, and also one of the highest grossing Tamil film. He planned to work with Kamal Hassan again in a film title 'ROBO', that turned into Endhiran which he is currently working with Rajinikanth and Aishwarya Rai, film expected to be released in 2010.

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