Shankar Shanmugam is an Indian film producer. He is considered one of the finest filmmakers in the history of Indian cinema. Shankar started his career in Tamil cinema in 1993 and rose to fame with ten consecutive hit films in the first two decades of the 21st century. Due to his hardworking nature, Shankar is one of the highest paid and innovative directors in the film industry. He is often regarded as the Steven Spielberg of Indian cinema due to his high-budget films. Let us know more about S. Shankar.
Biography/Wiki
S. Shankar was born on 17 August 1963 in Kumbakonam, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India (Age as of 2023: 60). He studied at the Central Institute of Technology, Chennai, India, pursuing a diploma in Mechanical Engineering. Shankar wanted to work in films since he was a child, and his talent was recognized by the famous screenwriter SA Chandrasekhar, who happened to see the play in a stage play produced by Shankar and his team. Although he wanted to be an actor, he chose to be a director instead.
appearance
Shankar is 5 feet 9 inches (175 cm) tall. His weight is approximately 85 kg or 187 lbs. His eye and hair color are black.
family
Shankar was born to Shanmugam (father) and Mutulakshmi (mother). Shankar is married to Eswari Shankar.
S. Shankar and his wife
The couple has a son Arjith Shankar and two daughters; Aditi Shankar and Aishwarya Shankar.
S. Shankar with his wife and children
Profession
Shankar started his career as an assistant to directors such as SA Chandrasekhar and Pavithran. As an assistant to SA Chandrasekhar, his first film was Jai Shiv Shankar (1990) produced by famous actor Rajesh Khanna.
Director SA Chandrasekhar
His first film as a director was the 1993 Tamil film Gentleman. He made his debut in Hindi cinema with the film Nayak (2001) starring Anil Kapoor. Some of his directorial works are “India (Tamil)”, “Jeans”, “Shivaji”, “Robot” (renamed “Enthiran”; the most expensive Indian film at that time), “Nabar”, “I” wait.
After the commercial success of Enthiran in 2010, Shankar started working on Sci-Fi 2.0 in 2015. It is the most expensive Indian film ever made, with a budget of 5.43 billion rupees ($76 million). After that, he started filming “Indian 2”, the sequel to the Tamil film “Indian”.
2.0 movie poster
2.0 Cast
net worth
As in 2017, his net worth is around Rs 116 crore.
fact
- Two of Shankar’s films; India (1996) and Jeans (1998) were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
- Shankar is the highest-paid director in the Indian film industry.
- For most of his career, he worked primarily for Tamil cinema.
- Shankar is the only director with zero failures.
- He has directed 12 films with music maestro AR Rahman.
- In 2006, he won the National Film Award for the Tamil film Veyil.
- Shankar is considered the Steven Spielberg of Indian cinema for his history of making big-budget films.
- His favorite musician is AR Rahman and his favorite actor is Rajinikanth.
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