Shankar
Personal Info
Acting
July 29, 1960 (65 years old)
Thrissur, Kerala, India
Also Known As
Shankar Panikkar
Shankar Panicker
Shanker Panikkar
Shankar
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.
Known For
Himuchri
2025
Bad Boyz
2024
as Prem Menon
Bhramam
2021
as Uday Kumar / Uday
Viswasam Athalle Ellam
2015
as ASI Lucas
Akashangalil
2015
Sand City
2015
as Ibrahim Rabbani
Naku Penta Naku Taka
2014
as Balakrishnan Iyer
Ms. Lekha Tharoor Kaanunnathu
2013
as Village Doctor
Hotel California
2013
as Aby Mathew
Hide n' Seek
2012
as Niranjan
Banking Hours 10 to 4
2012
as Fernandez
Oomakkuyil Padumbol
2012
Father's Day
2012
as Ram Menon
Casanovva
2012
as Ajay
China Town
2011
as Jayakrishnan
Ividam Swargamanu
2009
as Sudheer
Cycle
2008
as Jayashankar
Guru
1997
as Singer (cameo appearance)
Manathe Kottaram
1994
as Director Shankar
Gandharvam
1993
as Chandran