title: Anand Shankar
text: # Anand Shankar
  
  Anand Shankar is an Indian film director and screenwriter, primarily working in Tamil cinema. Shankar started his career as an assistant director to Siddharth Anand in Anjaana Anjaani (2010). He also assisted producer-director AR Murugadoss in movies such as Thuppakki and 7aum Arivu. He successfully finished his work as debut director on Arima Nambi starring Vikram Prabhu and Priya Anand, a Tamil thriller film. He directed Iru Mugan and Arima Nambi, both of them became blockbusters at the box-office. In 2018, he directed NOTA, starring Vijay Devarkonda in his Tamil debut. The film was released on October 5, 2018.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Anand Shankar is the grandson of National Award Winning playwright Komal Swaminathan. Anand Shankar got a mechanical engineering degree in Chennai from Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (SVCE), after which he studied Film Making at the New York Film Academy.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  He is married to Divyanka Jeevanantham.
  
  ## Filmography
  
  ### Director
  
  | Year | Film | Credited as | Credited as | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Year | Film | Director | Writer | Notes |
  | 2014 | Arima Nambi | Y | Y | |
  | 2016 | Iru Mugan | Y | Y | |
  | 2018 | NOTA | Y | | |
  | 2021 | Enemy | Y | Y | |
  
  ### Actor
  
  * 7aam Arivu - Music shop employee
  