Anand Shankar

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{{short description|Indian film director and screenwriter}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2016}}
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| birth_place = [[TamilNadu]], India
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| yearsactive = 2010 - present
| spouse = Divyanka Jeevanantham
| occupation = [[Film director|Director]], [[Screenwriter]]
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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]]''.<ref name="The New Indian Express">{{cite news|last1=Sundar|first1=Mrinalini|title=I know how film industry works: Director Anand Shankar|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/interviews/I-know-how-film-industry-works-Director-Anand-Shankar/2013/06/25/article1650999.ece#|accessdate=6 June 2014|work=The New Indian Express|date=25 June 2013}}</ref> 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 (film)|NOTA]]'', starring Vijay Devarkonda in his Tamil debut. The film was released on October 5, 2018.<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite news|last1=Kumar|first1=Ashok|title=Audio Beat: Arima Nambi|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/audio-beat-arima-nambi-sivamani-belts-it-out/article6069756.ece|accessdate=5 June 2014|work=The Hindu|date=31 May 2014}}</ref>

==Early life ==
Anand Shankar is the grandson of National Award Winning playwright [[Komal Swaminathan]].<ref name="The Hindu" /> 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]].<ref name="The New Indian Express" />

==Personal life==
He is married to Divyanka Jeevanantham.

== Filmography ==
;Director
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! rowspan="2" style="width:35px;" | Year
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! style="width:65px;" | Director
! width="65" | Writer
|-
|2014 ||''[[Arima Nambi]]''|| style="text-align:center;" |{{y}}|| style="text-align:center;" |{{y}}||
|-
|2016 ||''[[Iru Mugan]]''|| style="text-align:center;" |{{y}}|| style="text-align:center;" |{{y}}||
|-
|2018 ||''[[Nota (film)|NOTA]]'' || style="text-align:center;" |{{y}} || || Simultaneously shot in Telugu
|-
|2021
|''[[Enemy (2021 film)|Enemy]]''
|style="text-align:center;"|{{y}}
|style="text-align:center;"|{{y}}
|
|}
;Actor
*''[[7aam Arivu]]'' - Music shop employee

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[[Category:Tamil screenwriters]]
[[Category:Film directors from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian film directors]]
[[Category:1986 births]]
[[Category:New York Film Academy alumni]]
[[Category:Anna University alumni]]

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