Shankar

                                     Shankar

Shanmugam Shankar, commonly known as Shankar, is an Indian film director and producer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He made his directional debut in Gentleman (1993)  for which he was awarded the Filmfare Best Director Award and the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director.

He is the highest paid film-maker in India among his contemporaries.Two of his films, Indian (1996) and Jeans (1998) were submitted by India for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Shankar was born on August 17, 1963 in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India and he belongs to thevar family.His parents Muthulakshmi and Shanmugam . He completed a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Central Polytechnic College Tharamani[C.P.T], before entering film industry.

His second film Kadhalan, a romantic-action film was released in the following year, had Prabhu Deva in the lead role. Kadhalan too earned positive response and subsequently went on to become a magnificent venture at the box office. In 1996, he collaborated with Kamal Haasan for Indian.His musical entertainer film Boys was released in 2003, which received mixed response from the critics and audience, prompting it to do only average business. His psychological thriller Anniyan, featuring Vikram in three distinct characters (Ambi, Remo & Anniyan) was released in 2005 with Harris Jayaraj as the composer for his film

hankar's family includes his father Shanmugam, mother Muthulakshmi, his wife and two daughters.