Jaishankar
Acting
Biography
Jaishankar was an actor in Tamil cinema. He was credited onscreen with title of Makkal Kalingnar Jaishankar in most of the film starring him and is sometimes referred to as the Thennagathu James Bond (South Indian James Bond) because of his dashing roles in films such as Vallavan Oruvan and CID Shankar.
Born: July 12, 1938
Place of Birth: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Known For
Naalai Manithan
A doctor invents a drug that can bring dead people back to life. He injects the drug into the corpse of an orphan, which ends up altering his mental condition and sends him on a killing spree.
Oomai Vizhigal
P R K, who is on a killing spree, is aided by a local politician and a nefarious doctor. However, a policeman and a committed journalist join hands to nab him.
Thalapathi
Surya, a courageous man who was raised in the slums, fights for the rights of the poor and befriends Deva, who hires him as his commander and changes his life completely.
Marumagal
When his wealthy grandfather falls gravely ill, Raja convinces a kind-hearted flower girl, Radha, to pretend to be his fiancée so the old man can meet a homely bride. Her warmth wins over the family—but when Raja's real girlfriend and her greedy mother show up, Radha must silently endure the fallout to protect the grandfather’s fragile health.
Vidhi
Radha falls in love with Raja, son of a rich lawyer, and ends up pregnant. Now, Raja and his father refuse to accept her. Radha decides to battle it out in the courts in order to seek justice.
Poova Thalaiya
Ganesan is a widower and Paruvathamma is his mother in law. Shankar is the younger brother of Ganesan and he falls in love with Paruvathamma . A healthy competition takes place between evil minded S. Paruvathamma and Shankar so as to overthrow one another.
Poove Poochudava
An elderly woman who is rich lives alone in a town. However, her life changes for the better when her granddaughter comes to live with her.
Singaravelan
Singaravelan film revolves around a young man (Kamal Hassan) living in a village with his mother. He gets to know that his mother was estranged from her brother's family owing to her marriage with his father.She tells him that while her brother and his wife met with a fatal car accident soon after, they have a daughter (Khushboo) who since grew up in the city of Chennai. She hands him a photo of a baby Khushboo and asks him to track her down and marry her.Accordingly, Kamal sets out for the big city and heads for his friend Mano's house who is living with his 3...
Mounam Sammadham
The plot revolves around the wrong conviction of a business man and the efforts taken by the protagonist, a lawyer, to find the truth. The portrayal of the characters is similar in many ways to Malayalam cinema's investigative thrillers. The suspense is well maintained until the climax with little clue to the audience on the identity of the real culprit. The arguments in court were mostly inspired from 12 Angry Men (1957).
Apoorva Sagodharargal
An honest police officer pays a heavy price after he gets involved with a group of criminals. Years later, his son goes on a vengeance spree but his twin is mistaken as the culprit.
Filmography
as Aathikesavan
as Valluvardasan
as Natesan
as Krishnamoorthy
as Commissioner of Police (Tamil Version)
as Sundaram
as Ramanathan
as Mettupalayam Jameen
as Satyamoorthy
as Christopher
as Thangadurai
as Manjampetti
as Chandran
as Dr. Shankar
as Chakkaravarthi
as CID Inspector Shankar
as Sundaram
as Jaikumar
as David
as Vijay
as Justice Thiyagarajan
as Suresh father
as Muthulingam
as "Tiger" Dayanidhi
as Rajalingam
as Zameendar (Guest Role)
as Govindan
as Shankar
as Anand
as Self
as Navaneetha Krishnan
as Cameo (Himself)
as Ravi
as Ganga
as Police Inspector
as Ravi, Kankasabi's Son
as Shankar
as CID Shankar
as Shankar
as CID Shankar