Shankar Gowda

Shankar Gowda is a South Indian producer by profession. He has produced many South movies which have yielded good results. He is specially known for his four movies in the South for which he has received great fame and awards. The films are Kempe Gowda Kempegowda is an Indian actor who has primarily wo >> Read More... which was produced by him in the year 2011, then there is the film Just Maath Maathaali which he produced in the year 2010 and it was also famous, the movie Vardanayaka in 2013 was also a great hit, and he is also known for the film Goa, which is a recent film released in 2015 and he was a producer in the film.

He has also been a producer in the film Hubbali which was released in the year 2006. He is also rumored to have been included as a producer in an upcoming movie which will be a sequel to the film Kempe Gowda 2. He did not restrict himself to producing movies only. He is also an actor. Though he is not a professional actor, but still he has acted in a few movies which had been produced by none other than Shankar himself. The movies that he has acted in are Hubbali and Goa. So, his acting career had started since 2006 if we consider Hubbali as his debut movie as an actor. But he acted again after nine years in the picture Goa.

So, he has acted only in two movies till now but if his acting career is calculated, then it would range nine years. Well, he has also directed a movie named Boys. Shankar confronted the media to announce that he has decided to become a director as well and his directorial debut will be Boys. He said that since he has written the script, it would be more suitable if he directs the film as he would know exactly what to do and when. He further told that more details would be disclosed by him later on as the movie is yet to be announced officially.

In his career, he has not received any award but has received nominations. He had been nominated for four awards. He had been nominated for the Filmfare Award by the Kannada Film Industry, in the Best Film category for Kempa Gowda in 2011. Then for Sandalwood Star Award for the same movie in the Best Film category. He was nominated in the Jury Award for the Best Film category Just Maath Maathali in the year 2010. Bangalore Times Award in the Best Film category for Kempa Gowda in 2011.