Abhishek Shankar

Abhishek Shankar
Abhishek Shankar
Born	29 September 1964 (age 60); Chembur, Mumbai, India
Other names	Abhishek
Occupation(s)	Actor, director
Years active	1995 ; 2001–2017 ; 2019–Present

Abhishek Shankar is an Indian Tamil film and television actor who has worked on films and serials.^[1]

Career

Abhishek made his debut as an actor with Gnana Rajasekaran's critically acclaimed drama film Mogamul (1995), playing a leading role alongside Archana Joglekar.^[2] Unable to sustain a career in films, he switched over to television in 1999 after Ekta Kapoor offered him a role in her new serial, Kudumbam.^[3] He subsequently assisted her in the production of the Tamil television series, as well as portraying a comedy role. He went on to work on nearly forty more serials and rose to prominence, portraying the character Bhaskaran in the serial, Kolangal.^[4] The success of the show meant he was selected to feature in other shows in the late 2000s including Malargal, Girija and Kollywood Court on television.^[5]^[6]

In 2009, he announced his intentions of directing and producing films under his home banner of Hollywood to Bollywood Films. He began work on his directorial debut Kathai featuring newcomers, and the film had a low-profile release in January 2012. The film won mixed reviews, with a critic from Sify.com noting he "should be patted on his back for touching up on such a heavy subject".^[7] Abhishek then announced another project titled Kaiyazhuthu with Shaan, who played the lead role in Kathai, during the making of his first film, but the venture was later left incomplete.^[8] He launched another directorial venture in May 2012, a police action adventure with Samuthirakani in the lead role, but the film failed to progress.^[9]

Selected filmography

As actor

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1995	Mogamul	Babu
2001	Asokavanam
2003	Pallavan
2007	Ammuvagiya Naan	Raghu
2010	Azhagaana Ponnuthan
2011	Pathinaaru	Gopalakrishnan
2014	Thalaivan
2014	Vaayai Moodi Pesavum
2014	Samsaaram Aarogyathinu Haanikaram		Malayalam
2015	Aambala
2016	Pencil	Sundarajan
2017	Thupparivaalan	Madhivannan
2019	Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven	Prakash's brother
2020	Adangathey

As director

Year	Film	Notes
2010	Kathai

TV Series

Year	Title	Role	Channel
2001–2003	Alai Osai		Sun TV
2003	Kungumam
2003–2005	Adugiran Kannan
2003–2009	Kolangal	Bhaskar
2004–2007	Kalki		Jaya TV
2005–2007	Raja Rajeshwari		Sun TV
2005–2006	Manaivi
2005–2006	Dheerga Sumangali
	Selvangal
2006–2008	Chellamadi Nee Enakku
2008–2010	Thiruppavai
2009–2013	Chellamay	Anbukumar (AK)
2010	Mythili		Kalaignar TV
2010–2012	Anupallavi	Rajaraman	Sun TV
2011–2012	Thangam	Rathnan
2012–2013	Vellai Thamarai
2012–2013	Maya	Chandrashekhar	Jaya TV
2019–Present	Chocolate	Sanjay Kumar	Sun TV

References

External links

Abhishek Shankar at IMDb
Abhishek Shankar on Facebook

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[1] ttp://www.sify.com/movies/abhishek-turns-director-with-kadhai-news-tamil-kkfs9Xdgefbsi.html

[2] ttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/my-first-breakabishek/article1138446.ece

[3] ttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/chasing-the-tinsel-dream-cablewala/article2245896.ece

[4] ttp://www.kollywoodtoday.net/news/abhishek-becomes-a-producer-now/

[5] ttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/chasing-the-tinsel-dream-cablewala/article2245896.ece

[6] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 April 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[7] ttp://www.sify.com/movies/kadhai-review-tamil-14930276.html

[8] ttp://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/nov-09-01/shaan-abhishek-kadhai-03-11-09.html

[9] ttp://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/cop-story/article3460604.ece

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