Personal Info

  • Known For

    Acting

  • Known Credits

    77

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    July 30, 1960 ( 64 years old )

  • Place of Birth

    Thrissur, Kerala, India

  • Also Known As

    Shankar Panikkar

    Shankar Panicker

    Shanker Panikkar

    Shanker Panicker

    Shanker

Shankar

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.