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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Comparative evaluation of deep learning workloads for leadership-class systems by Junqi Yin, Aristeidis Tsaris, Sajal Dash, Ross Miller, Feiyi Wang, Mallikarjun (Arjun) Shankar
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Design and Fabrication of Automatic UPS Battery Maintenance System by Nithyaprakash R., Shankar S., Naveen Kumar R., Abinesh P., Abishek R., Harish Senthur B.
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Detection of Macrolide Resistant Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Children with Lower Respiratory Tract Infection by Sanger Sequencing Targeting Domain V Region of 23S rRNA Gene by Damodharan Perumal, A.R. Heamchandsaravanan, Karthick Shanmugam, Shankar Dhamodharan, Janani Nandan, Prabu Dhandapani
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Computational analysis of influence of particle size, oxygen concertation, and furnace temperature on the ignition characteristics of pulverized high ash and high moisture coal par... by Munamala Penchala Reddy, Anand Shankar Singh, V. Mahendra Reddy, Ahmed Elwardany, Hemachandra Reddy
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Challenges associated with drilling of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites-A review by Goh Kai Ze, A. Pramanik, A.K. Basak, C. Prakash, S. Shankar, N. Radhika
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Role of surface quality on biocompatibility of implants - A review by Ahmad Fikri bin Anwar Fadzil, A. Pramanik, A.K. Basak, C. Prakash, S. Shankar
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Advancing Tobacco Cessation in LMICs by Abhishek Shankar, Mark Parascandola, Pirabu Sakthivel, Jagdish Kaur, Deepak Saini, Naveen Prabhu Jayaraj
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