S. Shankar is a famous South Indian director, producer, and writer. He was born on 17 August 1963 in Kumbakonam, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.
Shankar started his career as an assistant to directors like S. A. Chandrasekhar and Pavithran. As an assistant to S. A. Chandrasekhar, his first film was Jai Shiv Shankar (1990) which was produced by the famous actor Rajesh Khanna.
His first film as director was Gentleman which was a Tamil film that was released in 1993. He debuted in Hindi Cinema with the film Nayak (2001) starring Anil Kapoor.
Some of his directorial ventures are Indian (Tamil), Jeans, Shivaji, Robot (renamed as Enthiran; the Most expensive Indian film at that time), Nanban, I, etc. After the commercial success of Enthiran in 2010, Shankar started to work on sci-fi fiction 2.0 in 2015.
It is the most expensive Indian Film ever with a budget of ₹543 crores or $76 million. After that, he started working on Indian2, a sequel to his Tamil film Indian.
Shankar was born to Shanmugam (Father) and Muthulakshmi (Mother). Shankar is married to Easwari Shankar. The couple has one son, Arjith Shankar, and two daughters; Aditi Shankar and Aishwarya Shankar.