Director

Shankar

Acting

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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 0All crew credits: 2

TMDB ID: 1133396

IMDb ID: nm0788152

Known for: Acting

Born: July 30, 1960

Age: 65

Place of birth: Thrissur, Kerala, India

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1979 - 2025

Years active: 47

Average TMDB rating: 6.84

Wikidata: Q277729

Also known as

Shankar Panikkar • Shankar Panicker • Shanker Panikkar • Shanker Panicker • Shanker

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Director (2)

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Biography

Shanker Panicker is an Indian actor, film director and producer who has worked in Malayalam and Tamil films. He has acted in nearly 200 films and was a leading actor in Malayalam cinema during the 1980s and was also a lead youth hero in Tamil cinema at that time. Shankar's debut Tamil film Oru Thalai Ragam, and Malayalam debut, Manjil Virinja Pookkal, completed a theatrical run of 365 and 250 days respectively. He is often referred as the Romantic hero of Malayalam films.

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