Portrait of Shankar

Shankar

Acting

Biography

Shanker Panicker is an Indian actor, film director and producer who has worked in Malayalam and Tamil films. He has acted in nearly 200 films and was a leading actor in Malayalam cinema during the 1980s and was also a lead youth hero in Tamil cinema at that time. Shankar's debut Tamil film Oru Thalai Ragam, and Malayalam debut, Manjil Virinja Pookkal, completed a theatrical run of 365 and 250 days respectively. He is often referred as the Romantic hero of Malayalam films.

Born: July 30, 1960

Place of Birth: Thrissur, Kerala, India

Filmography

2024
Bad Boyz

as Prem Menon

2021
Bhramam

as Uday Kumar / Uday

2015
2015
Sand City

as Ibrahim Rabbani

2014
Naku Penta Naku Taka

as Balakrishnan Iyer

2013
2013
Hotel California

as Aby Mathew

2012
Hide n' Seek

as Niranjan

2012
2012
Father's Day

as Ram Menon

2012
Casanovva

as Ajay

2011
China Town

as Jayakrishnan

2009
2008
Cycle

as Jayashankar

1997
Guru

as Singer (cameo appearance)

1994
Manathe Kottaram

as Director Shankar

1993
Gandharvam

as Chandran

1991
Abhimanyu

as Shekhar

1989
1986
Sukhamo Devi

as Nandan

1986
Dheem Tharikida Thom

as Suresh Menon

1985
1985
Vasantha Sena

as Mahesh Varma

1985
Oru Nokku Kanan

as Shankar

1984
1984
1983
1983
1983
Mortuary

as Venu

1982
Padayottam

as Chandru

1981
Oothikachiya Ponnu

as Vishwanathan

1981
Palangal

as Ravi

1980
1979
Sarapancharam

as Baby's Friend