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unusual facts about M. P. Shankar


M. P. Shankar

He acted in films like Satya Harishchandra as 'Veera Baahu', Bhootayyana Maga Ayyu, Ratnamanjari etc.


A. Karunakaran

Instead, he became Cinema assistant director to other eminent directors such as Kathir, Shankar and started loving cinema as his career.

Amali Thumali

The film was initially titled Nanba and had a tagline of 2 Idiots, and thus the media reported confusion between this film and Shankar's Nanban, the remake of the 2009 Hindi film 3 Idiots.

Falling in Between

L. Shankar - violin on "Falling in Between", backing vocals on "Falling in Between" and "Bottom of Your Soul"

Heroes: Original Score

It was released on April 14, 2009, via La-La Land Records, and contains the score written by Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman (primarily music written for the first season), and features the voice of Shenkar.

Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan

Vaidyanathan made a special appearance in the 2005 Tamil movie Anniyan directed by Shankar, on the Tyagaraja Aradhana festival sequence for the song Iyengaaru Veetu which is a recreation of the real festival.

L. Vaidyanathan

Vaidyanathan was born to V.Lakshminarayana, and Seethalakshmi, both accomplished musicians; he was also the elder brother of accomplished violinist duo L. Shankar and L. Subramaniam.

Manoj Bharathiraja

From 2008 til 2010, he worked as an assistant to director S. Shankar in his forthcoming magnum opus Enthiran.

Shenkar

L. Shankar or Shenkar, a Grammy Award-winning violinist, vocalist and composer

Yisrael Borochov

He has played with famous names including Laurie Anderson, and L. Shankar from Shakti, Yas-Kaz, an avante-garde dummer from Japan, and has collaborated with influential eastern musicians such as Omar Faruk Tekbilek.


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