K. Shankar

K. Shankar was a veteran film editor and director, born on Mar 17, 1926 in Malabar (now Kerala, in India). He directed more than 80 films in all the South Indian languages including Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada as well as in Hindi.

Film career

Shankar started his film career as a editor at the popular AVM studios, before moving into film direction. His first directorial was a Sinhalese movie, "Doctor." He has directed three Chief Ministers MGR ("Adimaipen" and "Kudiyiruntha Koil"); N.T. Rama Rao ("Bhookailash") and Jayalalithaa ("Gowri Kalyanam").

On later years, he directed devotional films such as "Thai Mookambigai" and "Varuvan Vadivelan." He got the State Government's Raja Sandow award from Chief Minister Jayalalithaa.

Partial filmography

Death

Shankar died due to heart attack at his residence on Mar 5 2006 at around at 7 pm. He was 80 years of age and is survived by his wife and six children.

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Shankar

Shankar is a Sanskrit word meaning "Beneficent" or "Giver of Bliss". Shankar is the Hindi/North Indian version of the name Shankara also written sometimes as Sankara.

People

Shankar (village)

Shankar is a village in the Nakodar tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab, India.

About

Shankar is a large size village that lies on the Nakodar-Jandiala Road. The nearest railway station to this village is Shankar Railway station about 2 km from the village. One of the oldest villages of the state of Punjab, this village has given birth to many scholarly people, politicians, army officers, engineers, doctors, prominent teachers and journalists. S. Pratap Singh was the President of SGPC for three terms (1933–36). His son S. Swaran Singh has been the longest serving cabinet minister in India. He served as Minister for External Affairs, Railways, Defence, Food, Science and Technology in the ministries of Pt. Nehru, Mr. Shastri and Mrs. Gandhi. S. Balbir Singh was the health minister of Punjab. Recently S. Apinder Singh become Chairman Of Market Committee Nakodar whose Father S. Jarnail Singh was freedom fighter and got many award including Rashtrapati Award.

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Shankar (actor)

Shankar (Shankar Panicker), is an Indian film actor and director, popularly known as Shankar (Malayalam: ശങ്കര്‍) in Malayalam films and Oru Thalai Raagam Shankar (Tamil: ஒரு தலை ராகம் சங்கர்) in Tamil films. A superstar of the early eighties, he was the most prominent romantic lead actor of Malayalam cinema after Prem Nazir. Galatta Cinema magazine described him as the True romantic hero of Mollywood in their special edition on 100 years of Indian cinema

Early life

Shankar was born to Thekkeveettil NK Panicker and Sulochana in Kechery, Thrissur, Kerala and his family later moved to Chennai when he was 4 years old. His father was a senior manager at Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited. He has two siblings, Krishnakumar and Indra. He completed the schooling from St. Bede's Anglo Indian High School, Chennai. He pursued bachelors in History from Gadwarl University, Rishikesh. Later he joined South Indian Film Chambers of acting completing 2 years of acting course.

Film career