Shanker Ramakrishnan

Shanker Ramakrishnan
Shanker Ramakrishnan
Occupations	Film director; actor; scriptwriter;
Spouse	Shruthi Udayakumar
Children	2

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

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’.^{[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

Key
†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

All films are in Malayalam language unless otherwise noted.

As actor

Year	Title	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
2018	Painting Life	Nassar
2021	One	N. Shamsudeen
2021	Kaaval	K.P. Varghese
2022	Meppadiyan	Doctor
	Pada	Officer
	Twenty One Gms	Shihab Muhammad
	Padma	Tony Nambadan
	Varaal	A.P. Ananthakrishnan
	Headmaster
	Kotthu	Prathap
2023	Thaaram Theertha Koodaram	Reghunath	^[6]
2024	Thalavan	SP Hemanth Ram IPS	^[7]

As scriptwriter

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
2023	Rani: The Real Story	Himself

As director

Year	Film	Notes
2009	Kerala Cafe	Segment: Island Express
2019	Pathinettam Padi	^[8]
2023	Rani: The Real Story^[9]

Television

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

References

^ "Urumi". The Times of India.
^ "Natholi review".
^ "Kunjali Marikkar IV". The Times of India. November 2017.
^ "Kunjali Marikkar IV postponed".
^ "pathinettam padi".
^ "'Thaaram Theertha Koodaram' trailer promises a suspense entertainer". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
^ Features, C. E. (8 May 2024). "Biju Menon-Asif Ali starrer Thalavan gets a release date". Cinema Express. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
^ "Prithviraj joins the sets of 'Pathinettam Padi'". The News Minute. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
^ "Shanker Ramakrishnan's Rani to feature Bhavana, Urvashi". Cinema Express. Retrieved 7 March 2023.

External links

Shanker Ramakrishnan at IMDb

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[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] Features, C. E. (8 May 2024). "Biju Menon-Asif Ali starrer Thalavan gets a release date". Cinema Express. Retrieved 8 May 2024.

[8] "Prithviraj joins the sets of 'Pathinettam Padi'". The News Minute. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

[9] "Shanker Ramakrishnan's Rani to feature Bhavana, Urvashi". Cinema Express. Retrieved 7 March 2023.

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