FILM DIRECTOR

S. Shankar

1963 - Today

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Shankar Shanmugam (born 17 August 1963), credited as S. Shankar or his mononym Shankar, is an Indian filmmaker who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He is one of the most prolific and highest paid film directors in India. His films typically deal with the contemporary social issues, vigilante themes and the usage of state of the art technology and VFX. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of S. Shankar has received more than 7,251,432 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). S. Shankar is the 1,924th most popular film director (down from 1,765th in 2019), the 1,241st most popular biography from India (down from 1,096th in 2019) and the 49th most popular Indian Film Director.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 34.17

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of S. Shankars by language

Over the past year S. Shankar has had the most page views in the with 1,064,353 views, followed by Tamil (15,929), and Telugu (8,969). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (148.96%), Telugu (126.78%), and Hindi (57.34%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, S. Shankar ranks 1,924 out of 2,041. Before him are Barry Jenkins, Mark Duplass, Prabhu Deva, Wes Ball, Călin Peter Netzer, and Gracia Querejeta. After him are Mark Dindal, Chris Terrio, Jenji Kohan, Farhan Akhtar, Jay Duplass, and Jeff Cronenweth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, S. Shankar ranks 877. Before him are Theo Snelders, Craig Shakespeare, Jörg Hoffmann, Christine Cavanaugh, Susanne Gunnarsson, and Vera Pauw. After him are Cecilia Rouse, Ann Patchett, Xavier McDaniel, Vicente Zeballos, Don Michael Paul, and Kevin Asano.

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In India

Among people born in India, S. Shankar ranks 1,241 out of 1,861. Before him are Mithali Raj (1982), Abhijeet Bhattacharya (1958), Mohnish Bahl (1961), Sanjay Kapoor (1965), Saina Nehwal (1990), and Nassar (1958). After him are Syed Kirmani (1949), Urvashi Butalia (1952), Bhumika Chawla (1978), Ashish Vidyarthi (1962), Mahesh Manjrekar (1958), and Farhan Akhtar (1974).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, S. Shankar ranks 49. Before him are Ram Gopal Varma (1962), Sooraj Barjatya (1965), Kiran Rao (1973), Rituparno Ghosh (1963), Sai Paranjpye (1938), and Prabhu Deva (1973). After him are Farhan Akhtar (1974), Rajkumar Santoshi (1956), Anurag Kashyap (1972), Ashutosh Gowariker (1964), S. J. Suryah (1968), and Zoya Akhtar (1972).

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Filmography

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