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{{short description|2005 Kannada film}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Auto Shankar
| image = Auto Shankar Grand 100 Days poster.jpg
| director = [[D. Rajendra Babu]]
| producer = [[Ramu (Film Producer)|Ramu]]
| writer = B. L. Venu
Tushar Ranganath
[Dialogues]
| screenplay = Ajay kumar
| story = Ajay kumar
| starring = [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]]<br>[[Shilpa Shetty]]<br>[[Radhika Kumaraswamy]]
| music = [[Gurukiran]]
| cinematography = H.C. Venu
| editing = T. Shashikumar
| studio = Ramu Films
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2005|09|09|df=y}}
| runtime = 170 minutes
| language = Kannada
| country = India
| budget =
}}
'''''Auto Shankar''''' is a 2005 [[Kannada]] film starring [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]], [[Shilpa Shetty]], [[Kutty Radhika]] and [[Sudharani]].<ref name="Cast">{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0466361/fullcredits|title=Auto Shankar (2005) - IMDb|publisher=|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> The film was directed by [[D. Rajendra Babu]] and produced by [[Ramu (Film Producer)|Ramu]], of Ramu Enterprises.<ref name="Cast" />

As the director wasn’t healthy during the majority of the shoot, Telugu film Industry's renowned associate director Shiva Rama Krishna, an associate of Puri Jagannadh, directed the songs and fight sequences and major portions of Shilpa Shetty. The movie was filmed in a variety of locations including [[Austria]], [[Finland]], the [[Bangalore Palace]], and the Mysore Lamps Factory, [[Mysore]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0466361/locations|title=Auto Shankar (2005) - IMDb|publisher=|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> The film was dubbed in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''Aanavakari'' , in [[Hindi]] as ''Shilpa - The Big Don'' and in [[Malayalam]] as ''Sarappa Sundari''.

The movie was remade in Bangladeshi in 2017 as ''[[Ohongkar]]'' <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvtQ1e--A_o|title=Ohongkar Teaser - Shakib Khan - Bubly - Toma Mirza - Ohongkar Bengali Movie 2017|last=Unlimited Audio Video|date=12 June 2017|publisher=|via=YouTube}}</ref> thereby becoming the sixth Kannada film to be remade in Bangladeshi as well as the sixth Kannada movie to be remade in a foreign language after ''[[Anuraga Aralithu]]'' , ''[[Appu (2002 film)|Appu]]'', ''[[Kothigalu Saar Kothigalu]]'' , ''[[Appayya (2013 film)|Appayya]]'' and ''[[Bachchan (2013 film)|Bachchan]]''.<ref>https://m.timesofindia.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/from-anuraga-aralithu-to-u-turn-kannada-movies-that-were-remade-in-foreign-languages/amp_etphotostory/76302041.cms</ref>

== Plot ==
Shankar ([[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]]) is a middle class auto driver. He is friendly and jovial. Maya ([[Shilpa Shetty]]), a money-lender, is brought up in a rich family. She is portrayed as a boorish character. She is unscrupulous in recovering loans given to the poor and has designed crude methods to recover the money. She is also the daughter of a lady [[don (honorific)|don]].

Shankar defends the poor and fights the moneylenders. Several interesting battles follow, after which the Maya loses all her property and prestige. It is also revealed that she is not really the daughter of the lady don. She then learns a lesson that reforms her attitude. She makes amends and Shankar embraces her as the two fall in love. Shankar finally fights all the gangsters led by the lady don and brings an end to all the injustice being imposed on the poor.

==Cast==
* [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]] as Auto Shankar
* [[Shilpa Shetty]] as Maya
* [[Sudharani]]
* [[Radhika Kumaraswamy]]
*Dr. Nagesh kavati
*[[Telangana Shakuntala]] as Baddi Bangaramma
*Mohan Raj
*Rajashekhar kotian
*Mohan Juneja
*Maarimutthu Sarojamma
*[[Srinivasa Murthy]]
*Sumithra
*Shanthamma
*H. M. T. Nandha
*Padma vasanthi
*Guru kiran
*Ganesh rao kesarkar
*Badri Narayan
*Guru Murthy
*[[Rangayana Raghu]]
*[[Srinivas Prabhu]]
*[[Sadhu Kokila]]
*Ashok rao
*Lakshman rao
*[[Doddanna]]
*[[Ramesh Bhat]]
*[[Avinash]]
*Thara anuradha
*Bhavya
*[[B. Jayamma]]
*Ashalatha
*Bangalore Nagesh
*Dileep
*M. N. Suresh
*Pailwaan Venu

==Box office==
''Auto Shankar'' successfully ran for 100 days. The film was released at the same time as the [[Puneeth Rajkumar]] starrer ''[[Namma Basava]]'' and there was a fierce competition between the two films. Both the films were successful at the box office,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.viggy.com/english/current_namma_basava_100days.asp |title=Namma Basava and Auto Shankar hit the 100days mark |publisher=Viggy.com |date=2011-03-13 |accessdate=2012-07-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.latestcinema.com/kannada/Kannada-audio-race.html |title=Kannada audio race : Jogi, Amrithdhare, Vishnu Sena, Anna Thangi, Uppi Dada MBBS, top five films : Jogi, Amrithdhare, Auto Shankar, Namma Basava, Swamy, Guru Kiran has now become the toast of Kannada film music fans |publisher=Latestcinema.com |accessdate=2012-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427025714/http://www.latestcinema.com/kannada/Kannada-audio-race.html |archive-date=27 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> but ''Auto Shankar'' turned out to be more successful than ''Namma Basava''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chakpak.com/content/news/upendra-vs-puneeth |title=Upendra vs Puneeth ! |publisher=Chakpak |date=2012-03-19 |accessdate=2012-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504204024/http://chakpak.com/content/news/upendra-vs-puneeth |archive-date=4 May 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>Shilpa is still known for her villanious performance in the film.

==Soundtrack==
Music Director: Guru Kiran

The music of the song "Ready Ready" was used in the [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] film ''[[Nagavalli (film)|Nagavalli]]'' and the music was given by Guru Kiran.
{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
! Song title !! Singers
|-
| "Kabaddi Kabaddi" || [[Rajesh Krishnan]], [[Malathy Lakshman|Malathi]]
|-
| "Kachhi Kachhi" || [[Udit Narayan]]
|-
| "Line Hodi" || [[Malgudi Subha]], [[Guru Kiran]]
|-
| "Raja Muddu Raja" || [[S. Janaki]], [[P. B. Sreenivas]]
|-
| "Ready Ready" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
|-
| "Yen Madlo" || [[Sunder (singer)|Sundar]]
|-
|}

== Controversies ==
The movie sparked off a controversy with regard to a photo of Shilpa Shetty from the movie. A [[Madurai]] based lawyer filed an obscenity case against Shetty. Shetty however, protested by saying that "It (the photo) is not vulgar. I am an actor and an entertainer and I won't endorse vulgarity".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/nm15/i-won-t-endorse-vulgarity-shilpa/article1-135246.aspx |title=I won't endorse vulgarity: Shilpa |date=8 August 2006 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |accessdate=26 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427012523/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news-feed/nm15/i-won-t-endorse-vulgarity-shilpa/article1-135246.aspx |archivedate=27 April 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|0466361|Auto Shankar}}
*[http://www.viggy.com/english/current_auto_shankar.asp Review of the film]

{{D. Rajendra Babu}}

[[Category:2000s Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:2005 action films]]
[[Category:2005 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films set in Bangalore]]
[[Category:Films scored by Gurukiran]]
[[Category:Films shot in Finland]]
[[Category:Films shot in Austria]]
[[Category:Kannada films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films directed by D. Rajendra Babu]]

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