Anand Shankar

Anand Shankar
Anand Shankar
Born	TamilNadu, India
Occupation	Director, Screenwriter
Years active	2010 - present
Spouse(s)	Divyanka Jeevanantham

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Anand Shankar is an Indian film director and screenwriter, primarily working in Tamil cinema. Shankar started his career as an assistant director to Siddharth Anand in Anjaana Anjaani (2010). He also assisted producer-director AR Murugadoss in movies such as Thuppakki and 7aum Arivu.^[1] He successfully finished his work as debut director on Arima Nambi starring Vikram Prabhu and Priya Anand, a Tamil thriller film. He directed Iru Mugan and Arima Nambi, both of them became blockbusters at the box-office. In 2018, he directed NOTA, starring Vijay Devarkonda in his Tamil debut. The film was released on October 5, 2018.^[2]

Early life

Anand Shankar is the grandson of National Award Winning playwright Komal Swaminathan.^[2] Anand Shankar got a mechanical engineering degree in Chennai from Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (SVCE), after which he studied Film Making at the New York Film Academy.^[1]

Personal life

He is married to Divyanka Jeevanantham.

Filmography

Director

Year	Film	Credited as		Notes
Year	Film	Director	Writer	Notes
2014	Arima Nambi	Y	Y
2016	Iru Mugan	Y	Y
2018	NOTA	Y		Simultaneously shot in Telugu
2021	Enemy	Y	Y

Actor

7aam Arivu - Music shop employee

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Sundar, Mrinalini (25 June 2013). "I know how film industry works: Director Anand Shankar". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Kumar, Ashok (31 May 2014). "Audio Beat: Arima Nambi". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

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[The_New_Indian_Express-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Sundar, Mrinalini (25 June 2013). "I know how film industry works: Director Anand Shankar". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 6 June 2014.

[The_Hindu-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Kumar, Ashok (31 May 2014). "Audio Beat: Arima Nambi". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 June 2014.

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