Shanker Ramakrishnan

Shanker Ramakrishnan
Shanker Ramakrishnan
Occupation	Film director, actor, scriptwriter
Spouse(s)	Shruthi Udayakumar
Children	Rishikanth, Aagneya

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Shanker Ramakrishnan is an Indian film screenwriter, director, producer and actor, who works primarily in the Malayalam cinema.

Career[edit]

He started his career immediately after completing post-graduation from the School of Management Studies, CUSAT.

In the collective film Kerala Café, Shankar scripted and directed the critically acclaimed film segment "Island Express". Prithviraj who played the lead character “Leon” in the film invited Shankar to write August Cinema's maiden venture “Urumi^[1]”. Urumi was a historical drama film directed and filmed by Santosh Sivan with Prithviraj and Genelia in the lead roles. The movie created a turning point in Shankar's artistic career and gave him opportunities to work on the wider canvas.

V. K. Prakash, the National Award winner, invited Shankar to write the Malayalam version of the Hindi film "Freaky Chakra". The Malayalam version was titled "Netholi oru Cheriya Meen Alla^[2]" and was a postmodern experimental film starring Fahadh Faasil and Kamalinee Mukherjee.

Shankar's filmography took a surprise detour when his mentor Ranjith offered him a role to play Alexey Thadeus, the free-spirited cancer patient, in his movie “Spirit”. The role won Shankar the ‘SIIMA Award for Best Male Debutant and best supporting actor awards including the ‘Mathrubhumi Medimix Movie Award’.^{[citation needed]} Spirit was followed by V.K.P's “Poppins” and G.S. Vijayan's “Bavuttiyude Namathil” starring Mammootty and written by Ranjith.

Shankar then went on to play vivid characters in movies like "Seconds", Sreebala K. Menon's “Love 24X7” with Dileep, and Bobby-Sanjay's "How Old Are You" with Manju Warrier, directed by Roshan Andrews.

He took a break from acting and began working on the mega project "Kunjali Marikkar IV"^[3]" originally written by T. P. Rajeevan. The movie was initially expected to hit screens by end of 2018; however the film was indefinitely postponed owing to prior commitments of the crew.^[4] Shankar has also completed the scripting of "My Story", which will have Prithviraj and Parvathy playing the lead roles.

Shankar recently announced his directorial debut with Pathinettam Padi^[5]" to be produced by August Cinema. The video casting call for the new movie was hosted by actor Nivin Pauly on 17 August 2017, which went viral in the social media. On 2 October 2017, actor Mohanlal unveiled the title art of the movie.

Filmography[edit]

As Actor[edit]

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2012	Spirit	Alexy	Nominated, SIIMA Award for Best Male Debutant
	Poppins	Hari
	Bavuttiyude Namathil	Sethu
2013	Silence	Schoolbus Driver
2013	Nadan	Anand
2014	Peruchazhi	Andy/Sachidhanandhan
	How Old Are You	Minister
	Seconds	Mahadev
	Ottamandaram	Vinayan
2014	Ente Sathyanweshana Pareekshakal	Majeed Abu
2015	Nirnnayakam	Dr.Prakash Mathew
	Love 24x7	Murali Gopalakrishna Pillai
	Loham	Gangster AliKhan
2016	White	Anwar
2018	Ira	Jacob Chandi

As Scriptwriter[edit]

Year	Film	Director	Notes
2009	Kerala Cafe	Himself	Segment: Island Express
2011	Urumi	Santosh Sivan
2013	Natholi Oru Cheriya Meenalla	V. K. Prakash
2014	Ente Sathyanweshana Pareekshakal	Subil Surendran	Delayed-Screenplay
2017	My Story	Roshni Dinaker
2019	Mamangam	M Padmakumar

As Director[edit]

Year	Film	Notes
2009	Kerala Cafe	Segment: Island Express
2019	Pathinettam Padi	Released
2020	Ayyappan	Announced

Television

Year	Title	Role	Channel	Notes
2016 October – 2017	Rahasya Sancharangal	Host	Asianet Plus	Television Debut

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Shanker Ramakrishnan on IMDb

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[1] "Urumi".

[2] "Natholi review".

[3] "Kunjali Marikkar IV".

[4] "Kunjali Marikkar IV postponed".

[5] "pathinettam padi".

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