Shankar (actor)

Infobox actor
name = Oru Thalai Raagam Shankar

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birthname = Shankar
birthdate = birth date and age|1960|7|30
birthplace = Thrissur, India
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yearsactive = 1980 - present

Dream opening

Actor Shankar had a dream debut with the T.Rajendran's Tamil Mega Hit " Oru Thalai Raagam " which completed 365 days in theatres. Luck favoured him in Malayalam Films too with Fazil's "Manjil Virinja Pookkal", where Mohanlal debuted as villain. Suddenly Shankar became a hot property in both Tamil and Malayalam film Industry and almost all his films doing good business. He was the Second Super Star of Malayalam Films of 80s after Late Action Star "Jayan". He never experimented with his roles, still he had a very large fan base in Kerala. Many of his ordinary films were hits just because of his presence. His teaming with Mohan Lal is very popular with many Hits. Shankar's pairing with actresses Menaka and Ambika were considered as safe bets. During late 80's, he cut down his film assignments and shifted to USA for personal and business reasons. However his ventures failed to ignite box office after his come back

Hit list

His Malayalam Hit Films are ..........
* Manjil Virinja Pookkal (1980)
* Padayottam (1982)
* Ente Mohangal Poovaninju (1982)
* Sandhyakku Virinja Poovu (1983)
* Engane Nee Marakkum (1983)
* Itha Innu Muthal (1984)
* Poochakoru Mukoothi (1984) (which was remade into Hindi as Hungama )
* Muthodu Muthu (1984)
* Parayanum Vayya Parayathirikkanum Vayya (1985)
* Punnaram Cholli Cholli (1985)
* Aram + Aram = Kinaram (1985)
* Oru Nokku Kaanan (1985)
* Ayalvasi Oru Daridravasi (1986)
* Ajantha
* Chekkeranoru Chilla (1986) (which was remade into Telugu with Chiranjeevi in lead )
* Sukhamo Devi.... (1986)

He had hits in Tamil like .....
* Oru Thalai Raagam
* Koyil Pura
* Kaathalanum Nadhiyinile
* Raagam Thedum Pallavi....

He slowly disappeared from Films in late 80's to concentrate on business, but came back strongly with films like...
* Maanaththe Kottaram
* Gaandharvam
* Sooryavanam
* Stalin Shivadas
* Shraavu
* Madhuram
* Bhadra
* Sundarippravu
* The Fire
* and
* Nineiththu Nineiththu Paarthaien , a Pyramid Saimira Production in which he paired opposite Roja in Tamil..

Snippets

The pair of Mohanlal and Shankar is one of the most Guaranteed pair of Malayalam Films ever. None of their combination was Flop.

Shankar has an interesting list of films which is yet to get released even after the first copy is out like Kaattupoththu, Oru Mayilpeelithandum Kure Valapottukalum, The Suspense etc.

Directorial debut

Shankar already completed his first directorial venture in Malayalam " VIRUS ", a film on AIDS, is awaiting Indian release, even though it had the US release.

Current status

The latest Malayalam film, Shankar acted is the Children's film "ROBOT" and he has already completed another film "Rhythm" , plus his new serial for Surya TV "Ammakkayie" is under progress in which he teams with his old hit pair Menaka.

He lives in Cochin with his wife and son.

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