The Rockstar of Indian cinema, director Shanmugam Shankar popularly known as Shankar turns 52 years old today. Born on August 17, 1963 Shankar hails from a small town in Kumbakonam. Though he entered the film industry as a script writer, Shankar rose to fame with his first directorial venture, the 1993 blockbuster release Gentleman, for which he won the Filmfare award for best director and the Tamil Nadu State Film award for best director. Since then the director has given back-to-back hits in Kollywood with movies like Kadhalan, Indian, Jeans, Nanban, Mudhalvan, Anniyan, Enthiran and the recent mega hit I. With these releases Shankar has been recognised by the Indian Cinema industry for making high budget films with technical brilliance. His upcoming projects are Enthiran 2 in which he once again teams up with Rajinikanth. We wish the mega director director a very happy birthday and a successful year ahead.