Famous People with Name Shankar

Shankar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shankar: Shankar started off as the Hero of 1 year ran Tamil Mega Hit " Oru Thalai Raagam ", had a dream opening in Malayalam Films too with Fazil's Manjil Virinja Pookkal, as the hero of the film in which Mohanlal was the villain.He was the Second Super Star of Malayalam Films of 80s after Late Action Star "Jayan". Shankar gave a large number of solo hits both in Tamil as well as Malayalam.

Shankar Nag            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shankar Nag: a popular actor and director of Kannada cinema. He also directed and acted in the teleserial, Malgudi days (???????? ????), based on celebrated novelist R.K.Narayan's (???.??.???????) short stories. Besides these, he was actively involved in Kannada theatre activities.Shankar Nag was born on November 09, 1954 in Karnataka (in Mallapur village from Honavar taluk (Near Kumta) of Uttara Kannada district). After completing formal education, Shankar moved to Bombay (now Mumbai). In Mumbai he was attracted to Marathi theatre and immersed himself in theatrical activities. Incidentally, he met his future wife, Arundhathi (???????) during a drama rehearsal.

Shankar Lakshman            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shankar Lakshman: was an Indian hockey player. He was goalkeeper of the Indian team in the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics, that won two gold medals and one silver medal. He was captain of the Indian team which won the gold in the 1966 Asian Games. He belonged to Mhow and liv

Shankar Jaikishan            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shankar Jaikishan: an Indian musical composer duo in the Hindi film industry, were active mainly during the 1950s and 1960s. They were the premier composers of their period which is also considered the golden era of Hindi film music. They are generally regarded as the greatest composers in the Hindi film industry. Their fan following includes the likes of Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey, O.P. Nayyar, Laxmikant of Laxmikant Pyarelal fame, Anu Malik, Usha Khanna. Rahul Dev Burman used to take tips from Jaikishan on a regular basis.

Shankar Sarda            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shankar Sarda: a well known critic, journalist, editor and author in Marathi Literature. He has authored over 60 books in Marathi. He has critiqued and reviewed around 2500 books in various newspapers since 1960. He was awarded Nieman Fellowship in 1964 at Harvard University [1]. He was editor of various Marathi newspapers like Maharashtra Times Sunday edition, Daily Lokmitra, Dainik Aikya, Dainik Deshdoot, Lokmat.

Anoushka Shankar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Anoushka Shankar: is a Taiwanese actor, singer and commercial model from Taiwan. He is a member of the famous Taiwanese boy band JVKV, also known as F4, and has starred in many Taiwanese dramas. His stage name, ???, literally means

Gauri Shankar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Gauri Shankar: a young Indian chess prodigy who is a FIDE Master. He has won 27 International junior chess medals at the age of 14 and has also drawn and defeated many International Masters in his chess career so far. Gauri's elder brother, 17-year old Arjun Vishnuvardhan is an International Chess Master and the 2006 National G/60 Chess Champion of the United States.

S. Shankar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

S. Shankar: a popular film director, film producer and screenwriter from Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu, India. He has made many Tamil movies which have social themes with a commercial narration [1]. He is credited with delivering expensive, high end CGI in most of his films. Most of his movies from Tamil are dubbed into other languages especially Telugu and Hindi.He started his career with Gentleman which grossed very well, then followed by Kadhalan, Indian, Jeans and Mudhalvan which were all mega-blockbusters. He also remade Mudhalvan in Hindi as Nayak: The Real Hero. His next film Boys was a musical blockbuster but grossed moderately in Tamil and Telugu. His film Anniyan [2], a psychological thriller, was a huge commercial hit in both Tamil and Telugu languages. In 2007

Mamata Shankar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Mamata Shankar: an actress in the Bengali language film industry of India. She had acted in films by renowned film directors including, Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Rituparno Ghosh, Buddhadev Dasgupta and Gautam Ghosh. In addition to being an actress, she is a danseuse and choreographer [1].She is the sister of the daughter of legendary dancers Uday Shankar and Amala Shankar, and the niece of Pandit Ravi Shankar.

Tanushree Shankar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Tanushree Shankar: one of the leading dancers and choreographers of contemporary dance in India and is based in Kolkata, India. She earned her fame as a danseuse as the leading dancer of the Ananda Shankar Centre for Performing Arts in the 1970s and 1980s. Her husband the late Ananda Shankar was a world famous music composer who experimented with fusion music. He was the son of world famous dancers, Pandit Uday Shankar & Amala Shankar, and also the nephew of the Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar.