Am I Spending All Of Producer’s Money To Tour Abroad: Director Shankar Explains

Director Shankar is one of the most sought-after directors in the Tamil film industry. The director is also one of the highest-paid directors. Enthiran 2.0 was his last directorial that released in the year 2018

Shankar was seen enthusiastically encouraging and motivating his daughter and actress Aditi Shankar during her debut movie "Viruman" released last year. He is busy directing Indian 2 with Kamal Haasan as the lead actor and Game Changer with Ram Charan as the lead actor.

The popular director is known for his larger-than-life film making skills. The songs in his movies are a visual treat to the audience. The visually appealing songs are high in budget and a humungous amount is spent in the production of these songs. It is said that he has spent 5 crore rupees for one song in his movies.

Shankar on one end is a high-budget film director, on the other end produces low budget movies that perform well in the box office like Arai En 305-il Kadavul and Imsai Arasan 23 M Pulikesi. People accuse him of spending a huge amount in shooting songs in foreign locations to fulfill his personal wishes for visiting those places in person.

In a recent interview, while addressing to the trolls and accusations, director Shankar explained that he shoots the songs as per the requirement of the movie. He said that he doesn't choose a location to fulfill his wish to visit that place, but instead, he selects a location as per the song's situation in the movie and the lyrics.

He said that he wanted to shoot an "Indian" movie "Telephone Manipol" song with animals as Manisha Koirala's character in the movie worked as a BlueCross member. But he had to change the visuals as per the rhythm and beat composed by AR Rahman.

He went on to explain that in the "Mudhalvan" movie, the song was shot in native as the heroine's place was set up in a village. Subsequently, other songs in movies are also shot as per the requirement of the story and scenario.