S. Shankar
Shankar Shanmugam (born 17 August 1963), credited as S. Shankar or his mononym Shankar, is an Indian film director, film producer, and screenwriter who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. In addition, he also worked in Hindi films and Telugu films. His films typically deal with contemporary social issues, vigilante themes, and the usage of state-of-the-art technology and VFX. He has won one National Film Award, four Filmfare Award South, and six Tamil Nadu State Film Awards in his career. Six of his films have won the National Film Award for Best Special Effects.Shankar made his debut as a director in the film ''Gentleman'' (1993), for which he won the Filmfare Best Director Award and the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Director. He usually collaborates with composer A. R. Rahman, both having done over 11 films together. Two of his films, ''Indian'' (1996) and ''Mudhalvan'' (1999), which deal with social and political issues, were commercially very successful and also submitted by India for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but neither earned a nomination. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by M. G. R. University.
Shankar's psychological thriller ''Anniyan'' was released in 2005 with highly critical and commercial success. After Anniyan, Shankar teamed up with Rajinikanth on ''Sivaji'' (2007), the most expensive Indian film at that time. He again collaborated with Rajinikanth for the science fiction film ''Enthiran'' (2010), which again turned out to be highest grossing Tamil film at that time and also its sequel ''2.0'' (2018), is the seventh highest-grossing film in India and the tenth highest-grossing Indian film worldwide. It is also the highest-grossing Indian film of 2018. Provided by Wikipedia
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Comprehending the model of omicron variant using fractional derivatives by Shivani Sharma, Pranay Goswami, Dumitru Baleanu, Ravi Shankar Dubey
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Contribution of socio-economic and demographic factors to the trend of adequate dietary diversity intake among children (6–23 months): evidence from a cross-sectional survey in Ind... by Divya Bhati, Abhipsa Tripathy, Prem Shankar Mishra, Shobhit Srivastava
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Nonlinear Mixed Convective Flow over a Moving Yawed Cylinder Driven by Buoyancy by Prabhugouda M. Patil, Hadapad F. Shankar, Mikhail A. Sheremet
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Chediak-Higashi Syndrome in Accelerated Phase Masquerading as Acute Leukemia by Mili Jain, Ashutosh Kumar, Uma Shankar Singh, Rashmi Kushwaha
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Unusual Foreign Bodies in the Head & Neck Region by Jayanta Saha, Debabrata Biswas, Sabyasachi Gon, Uday Shankar Roy
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Histopathological and cytological correlation of tumors of breast by Sushma Yalavarthi, Ramamurti Tanikella, Shailaja Prabhala, Uma Shankar Tallam
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