Shankar

Birthday: 7/30/1960
Place of birth: Thrissur, Kerala, India
Fame for: Acting
Also known as: Shankar Panikkar, Shankar Panicker, Shanker Panikkar, Shanker Panicker, Shanker

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.