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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EgoSystem: Where are our Alumni? by James Powell, Harihar Shankar, Marko Rodriguez, Herbert Van de Sompel
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Hexagonal-shaped graphene quantum plasmonic nano-antenna sensor by S. Kavitha, Ravi Shankar Saxena, Ashish Singh, Kamakshi Kumari, Mohammed Aneesh
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Complete traumatic transection of thoracic spinal cord in a pediatric patient by Rachit Garg, Bhakti U Sarangi, Guruprasad Hassan Shankar, Ajay Walimbe
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The eyes see what the mind knows – Interpretation of magnetic resonance imaging by Rolika Bansal, Santosh G Honavar, Ravi Varma, Shiva Shankar Talloju
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Nonvenomous Snakebite in Pediatric Age Group—Wolf under a Sheep's Coat by Ranjit Kumar Sahu, Sourabh Shankar Chakraborty, Suresh K., Sourabh Gupta
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Deep brain stimulation for holmes tremors and literature review by Kunkala Lavanya, P Vijaya Shankar, K Visvanathan, S Sundar, P Philohazeena
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Ethical Dilemmas and Privacy Issues in Emerging Technologies: A Review by Lubna Luxmi Dhirani, Noorain Mukhtiar, Bhawani Shankar Chowdhry, Thomas Newe
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Surgical approach to Parapharyngeal Tumours - Our Experience by Devjani Ghosh Shrestha, Kinjal Shankar Majumdar, Nirmalya Samanta, Utpal Jana
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Multiplexed telecommunication-band quantum networking with atom arrays in optical cavities by William Huie, Shankar G. Menon, Hannes Bernien, Jacob P. Covey
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Laparoscopic splenectomy for tuberculous abscess of the spleen by Bhandarkar Deepraj, Katara Avinash, Shankar Manu, Mittal Gaurav, Udwadia Tehemton
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Antimicrobial Renal Injury in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: β-Lactams vs. Vancomycin by Jeffrey J. Cies, Wayne S. Moore II, Venkat Shankar, Arun Chopra
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Evaluation on novel Kalina power generation system through exergoenvironmental analysis by G. Uma Maheswari, N. Shankar Ganesh, T. Srinivas, B.V. Reddy
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