Abhishek Shankar

Abhishek Shankar is an Indian actor who has worked on Tamil films and television serials.^[1][2]

Abhishek Shankar
Born	Lakshmi Shankar (1964-02-24) 24 February 1964 (age 61) Chembur, Mumbai, India
Other names	Abhishek
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1995-present
Spouse	Padma Shankar

Career

Abhishek made his debut as an actor with Gnana Rajasekaran's critically acclaimed drama film Mogamul (1995), playing a leading role alongside Archana Joglekar.^[3][4] Unable to sustain a career in films, he switched over to television in 1999 after Ekta Kapoor offered him a role in her new serial, Kudumbam.^[5] He subsequently assisted her in the production of the Tamil television series, as well as portraying a comedy role. He went on to work on nearly forty more serials and rose to prominence, portraying the character Bhaskaran in the serial, Kolangal.^[6] The success of the show meant he was selected to feature in other shows in the late 2000s including Malargal, Girija and Kollywood Court on television.^[5][7]

In 2009, he announced his intentions of directing and producing films under his home banner of Hollywood to Bollywood Films. He began work on his directorial debut Kathai featuring newcomers, and the film had a low-profile release in January 2012. The film won mixed reviews, with a critic from Sify.com noting he "should be patted on his back for touching up on such a heavy subject".^[8] Abhishek then announced another project titled Kaiyazhuthu with Shaan, who played the lead role in Kathai, during the making of his first film, but the venture was later left incomplete.^[9] He launched another directorial venture in May 2012, a police action adventure with Samuthirakani, but the film failed to progress.^[10] Regarding his performance in Ka Pae Ranasingam, a critic stated that "A tip of the hat to actor Abhishek, who despite the limited scope of his character (a Government official), was one of only three or four actors in the film who delivers a close-to-believable performance".^[11]

Selected filmography

As actor

Films

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1995	Mogamul	Babu
2001	Asokavanam
2003	Pallavan
2007	Ammuvagiya Naan	Raghu
2010	Azhagaana Ponnuthan
2011	Pathinaaru	Gopalakrishnan
2014	Thalaivan
	Samsaaram Aarogyathinu Haanikaram	Sridevi's husband	Malayalam
	Vaayai Moodi Pesavum	Vidhya's husband
2015	Aambala	Periya Ponnu's husband
2016	Pencil	Sundarajan
2017	Thupparivaalan	Madhivannan
2019	Vantha Rajavathaan Varuven	Prakash's brother
2020	Ka Pae Ranasingam	Government official
2021	Kabadadaari	Ravichandran
	Mirugaa	Police commissioner
2022	Yenni Thuniga	Doctor
2023	D3
	N4

Web series

Year	Film	Role	Language	Notes
2021	The Family Man	Lasit Rupatunga	Hindi
2022	Irai	Shivakumar	Tamil
2022	Paper Rocket	Shankar IPS

As director

Year	Film	Notes
2010	Kathai

TV Series

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Channel
1999–2001	Kudumbam		Sun TV
2000	Pushpanjali	Chandru
2000–2001	Anandha Bhavan	Kishore
2000	Micro Thodargal-Othigai	Doctor	Raj TV
2001–2002	Aalu Magalu		Gemini TV
2001–2003	Alai Osai		Sun TV
2003	Kungumam
2003–2005	Adugiran Kannan
2003–2009	Kolangal	Bhaskar
2004–2007	Kalki	Manoj	Jaya TV
2005–2007	Raja Rajeshwari		Sun TV
2005–2006	Manaivi
	Dheerga Sumangali
	Selvangal
2006–2008	Chellamadi Nee Enakku
2008–2010	Thiruppavai
	Girija M.A.	Bharath	Jaya TV
2010–2012	Chellamay	Anbukumar (AK)	Sun TV
2010	Mythili		Kalaignar TV
2010–2012	Anupallavi	Rajaraman	Sun TV
2012	Thangam	Rathnan
2012–2013	Vellai Thamarai
	Maya	Chandrashekhar	Jaya TV
2019–2020	Chocolate	Sanjay Kumar	Sun TV
2021–2022	Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal	Hari Krishnan	Zee Tamil
2023–2024	Meena	Sathyamoorthy	Sun TV
2025–Present	Maari	Yama (Extended Special Appearance)	Zee Tamil