S Shankar made many people brave
South superstar Ram Charan’s film Game Changer was released. This can be called the first biggest film of the year 2025. The film has been directed by S Shankar. Shankar is one of those directors from the South who first took the South industry out of its comfort zone and gave it worldwide recognition. He gave many films one after the other. Set the trend. Now some of his films did not work. His film Indian 2 with Kamal Haasan flopped badly and will be counted among the most unsuccessful films of Kamal’s career. But one’s talent cannot be judged by just one film. S Shankar showed this in his next film Game Changer. The movie started.
The film made bumper earnings on the first day itself. Ram Charan’s Game Changer has collected Rs 186 crore worldwide. These figures have been shared from the official page of Game Changer itself. The film has earned more than twice as much in foreign countries as it has earned in India. This is not the first time that S Shankar’s films are earning at this intensity. Even before this, his films have earned huge profits. Even though the figures may be higher this time, many of S Shankar’s films have made huge profits. In this, the biggest names of the century like Rajinikanth, Chiranjeevi and Kamal Haasan have been in lead roles with him.
Director who makes big names even bigger
You will clearly see variation in S Shankar’s career graph. Which shows how big a director he is and how high his range is. Everyone makes films. But it is very difficult to find the kind of passion that S Shankar has for film making in today’s times. S Shankar’s stature is so big that by doing just one film each, he made 6 big stars superstars and gave all those actors one of the most brilliant and powerful roles of their career.
Superhit with Prabhu Deva
S Shankar started his directorial career in 1993 with the film Gentleman. Arjun Sarja was in the lead role in this film. The film got a good response and Arjun Sarja also became popular. S Shankar did the second film with veteran choreographer S Shankar. This film had won many awards. The film was not only commercially successful, apart from this the film also won 4 National Awards and 2 Filmfare South Awards.
Kamal Haasan got the best of his career
Kamal Haasan was a seasoned actor and had won praise for his acting long ago. But even among his best characters, his best character was yet to come. And S Shankar did that work. The Indian film was released in the year 1996. Kamal Haasan played a dual role in this film. He was in the role of Senapati and Chandrabose. With his amazing acting, he added more sparkle to S Shankar’s work. The story and direction of the film was also very good. The result was that the film recovered 4 times more than its budget and is liked even today.
Made Anil Kapoor a ‘hero’
Actually, in Anil Kapoor’s career of more than 4 decades, there must be forty such films which would have performed well. But the one film in which his performance stood out the most and the one film in which he became famous everywhere was the film Nayak. At that time, even though this film was not able to earn accordingly at the box office, there is no need to tell what kind of impact the film had on the general public. Even today it is considered to be Shankar’s biggest film made on social issues. It is not a coincidence that this is considered to be the biggest film of Anil Kapoor’s career. S Shankar had a vision for the film. It was successful and surprisingly it is considered one of the biggest cult films of the country.
Gave direction to Siddharth’s career
S Shankar is called a trend setter director. The credit for truly bringing the South Industry among everyone goes to S Shankar. Only two decades ago he had made a film named Boys with Siddharth. The film was the story of 6 young friends. This is also considered a cult film. It is said about the film that only after the success of this film, Siddharth turned towards the Telugu film industry.
Introduced Vikram to the unknown
Today South actor Vikram is a big artist of the industry. Today, whenever any of his films is about to be released, the Hindi audience’s ears perk up. People ask about him. Let’s mention them. But these questions probably wouldn’t have existed until the film Amatharik came out. The film Aparichit was truly Vikram’s introduction to the world. This film shows what a great artist he is. Apart from this, it was S Shankar’s passion that he made these films 20-25 years ago. Work is being done on such content today. From this it can be known how visionary a director S Shankar is. The film was the most expensive budget film of that time. The budget of the film was around Rs 26 crores. Talking about the box office collection, according to reports the film had collected Rs 81 crore. That means it earned more than 3 times the budget.
Rajinikanth’s film gave the flavor of South to the Hindi audience.
Rajinikanth was popular among the Hindi audience for a long time and people from all over the world, not just Hindi, were fans of his style. But after the arrival of S Shankar’s film Shiva, nothing has been the same as before. This film had completely established Rajinikanth in the minds of the Hindi audience. People were passionate about Rajinikanth’s name. One special thing about S Shankar is that he does not mix things. They have clarity. Each of his films is completely different from each other. This was a fully entertaining drama film which fans watch a lot even today. The budget of the film was Rs 60 crores. S Shankar has always been making big budget films. When this film was made, it was the most expensive film at that time. The film had collected Rs 150 crores. Meaning, even with such an expensive budget, the film was successful in earning two and a half times more.
Also, it should not be forgotten that S Shankar is the one who showed Rajinikanth in the lead actor role at the age of 67. In 2018, he brought the film 2.0. According to reports, this film was also made with a budget of Rs 400 crore and was the most expensive film till that time. But the film did not disappoint at the box office either. Akshay Kumar was in a negative role in the film. This film had earned more than Rs 700 crore worldwide.
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What are the expectations from the game changer?
Talking about the film, Ram Charan and Kiara Advani are in lead roles. The film is said to be made with a budget of Rs 350 crore. S Shankar has spent a lot of money on this film. But the film has not disappointed with its first day collection. The film has earned 186 crores on the first day. Meaning that half of the budget has been spent by the film in the first day itself. In such a situation, a lot can be expected from this film and this film can break the records of many big movies.
