Shanker Ramakrishnan

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

Shanker Ramakrishnan
Occupations
  • Film director
  • actor
  • scriptwriter
SpouseShruthi Udayakumar
Children2

Career

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’. 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
Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
  • All films are in Malayalam language unless otherwise noted.

As actor
YearTitleRoleNotes
2012SpiritAlexyNominated, SIIMA Award for Best Male Debutant
PoppinsHari
Bavuttiyude NamathilSethu
2013Silence Schoolbus Driver
2013Nadan Anand
2014PeruchazhiAndy/Sachidhanandhan
How Old Are YouMinister
SecondsMahadev
OttamandaramVinayan
2014Ente Sathyanweshana PareekshakalMajeed Abu
2015NirnnayakamDr.Prakash Mathew
Love 24x7Murali Gopalakrishna Pillai
LohamGangster AliKhan
2016White Anwar
2018IraJacob Chandi
Painting LifeNassar
2021OneN. Shamsudeen
KaavalK.P. Varghese
2022MeppadiyanDoctor
PadaOfficer
Twenty One GmsShihab Muhammad
PadmaTony Nambadan
VaraalA.P. Ananthakrishnan
Headmaster
KotthuPrathap
2023Thaaram Theertha KoodaramReghunath[6]

As Scriptwriter
YearFilmDirectorNotes
2009Kerala CafeHimselfSegment: Island Express
2011UrumiSantosh Sivan
2013Natholi Oru Cheriya MeenallaV. K. Prakash
2014Ente Sathyanweshana PareekshakalSubil SurendranDelayed-Screenplay
2017My StoryRoshni Dinaker
2019MamangamM Padmakumar
2023Rani: The Real StoryHimself

As director
YearFilmNotes
2009Kerala CafeSegment: Island Express
2019Pathinettam Padi[7]
2023Rani: The Real Story[8]
Television
YearTitleRoleChannelNotes
2016 October – 2017Rahasya SancharangalHostAsianet PlusTelevision Debut

References
  1. "Urumi". The Times of India.
  2. "Natholi review".
  3. "Kunjali Marikkar IV". The Times of India. November 2017.
  4. "Kunjali Marikkar IV postponed".
  5. "pathinettam padi".
  6. "'Thaaram Theertha Koodaram' trailer promises a suspense entertainer". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  7. "Prithviraj joins the sets of 'Pathinettam Padi'". The News Minute. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  8. "Shanker Ramakrishnan's Rani to feature Bhavana, Urvashi". Cinema Express. Retrieved 7 March 2023.


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