Famous People with Name Shankar

Shankar Oraon            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shankar Oraon: is an Indiaan footballer who is currently playing for Chirag United in the I-League as a Forward.

Shankar Retinam            Origin/Culture/Country: Malaysian

Shankar Retinam: is a Malaysian cricketer. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, he has played for the Malaysia national cricket team since 1997. He played in the Stan Nagaiah Trophy series against Singapore for the first time in 1999, also playing in that year's Sau

Shankar Pratap Singh Bundela            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Shankar Pratap Singh Bundela: was his former Estate under Madhya Pradesh. He joined the Bahujan Samaj Party on 4 November 2008. After joining the Bahujan Samaj Party and taking the symbol from Bahujan Samaj Party for Rajnagar seat he immediately declared candidate of Indian National C

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.

Uday Shankar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Uday Shankar: the pioneer of modern dance in India, and a world renowned Indian dancer and choreographer, was most known for adapting Western theatrical techniques to traditional Indian classical dance, imbued with elements of Indian classical, folk, and tribal dance, thus laying the roots of modern Indian dance, which he later popularized in India, Europe, and the United States in 1920s and 1930s and effectively placed Indian dance on the world map [1][2][3][4][5].

Ananda Shankar            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Ananda Shankar: was an Bengali musician best known for fusing Western and Eastern musical styles. He was married to Tanushree Shankar.In the late 1960s Shankar travelled to Los Angeles, where he played with many contemporary musicians including Jimi Hendrix. There he was signed to Reprise Records and released his first self-titled album in 1970, featuring original Indian classical material alongside sitar-based cover versions of popular hits such as The Rolling Stones' Jumpin' Jack Flash and The Doors' Light My Fire. This album has become an enduring cult classic.[citation needed]