Before making his directorial debut, Shankar cut his teeth in the film industry as an assistant director and scriptwriter under the veteran filmmaker S. A. Chandrasekhar. Armed with an engineering background and a deep-seated frustration regarding contemporary civic issues, Shankar penned a script that subverted traditional tropes. A Gamble by K. T. Kunjumon
On the surface, Gentleman had a quintessentially ‘90s premise: a poor, honest college principal (played by the late, great Sarathkumar) leads a double life as a mysterious, hooded thief named "Gentleman," who steals from the corrupt rich to fund educational scholarships for the underprivileged. Meanwhile, a cunning cop (Goundamani in a rare serious-role-turned-comic-relief) tries to unmask him. director shankar first movie
But within this simple story, Shankar planted the seeds of his signature obsessions: Before making his directorial debut, Shankar cut his