Jaishankar

Actor

July 12, 1938 (61 years)

† June 3, 2000

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Biography

Jaishankar was an actor in Tamil cinema. He was credited onscreen with title of Makkal Kalingnar Jaishankar in most of the film starring him and is sometimes referred to as the Thennagathu James Bond (South Indian James Bond) because of his dashing roles in films such as Vallavan Oruvan and CID Shankar.

Filmography

7.2

Arunachalam

Aathikesavan

Arunachalam, the son of a prominent village elder, discovers the truth about his past.

N/A

Kalam Vellum

Velu

Owing to the exploitations of a vicious landlord, Velu, a meagre farmer, loses his sister. To avenge her death, Velu murders the landlord's brother and joins a gang of bandits.

9.0

Neethiyin Marupakkam

Vijayakumar falls in love with a zamindar's daughter. However, he is compelled to seek revenge when his brother and mother are killed.

10.0

Neelagiri Express

CID Inspector Shankar

A murder takes place in Neelagiri Express bound to Coimbatore from Chennai.

N/A

Vandikkaran Magan

No description available

N/A

Nil Gavani Kadhali

CID Shankar

A gang of diamond smugglers led by a wily chief is assets by Babu, his niece Malathy meets the CID officer Shankar and hands over a packet at an Airport lounge to be handed over to her uncle. and her elder sister Radha meets the pal Seetharaman and falls in love with him. The two Pairs go through severed adventure and expose the villains.

N/A

Amma Pillai

Amma Pillai is a 1990 Tamil Indian feature film directed by R.C.Shakthi and produced by M.K.Raju. It stars Ramki and Seetha in the lead roles. It is remake of Malayalam film Mortuary (1983 Indian film).

7.1

Mappillai

Ramanathan

Rajarajeswari gets Aarumugam's sister arrested after she learns that she is in love with her son. Aarumugam decides to marry her daughter Geetha in order to teach her a lesson.

N/A

Kaadhal Jyothi

No description available

10.0

Enga Ooru Pattukaran

Manjampetti

Seethan, a poor milkman, and Shenbagam, the daughter of a landlord, love each other despite their social differences. Problems arise when her father fixes her marriage with a rich man.

8.0

Thalapathi

Krishnamoorthy

Surya, a courageous man who was raised in the slums, fights for the rights of the poor and befriends Deva, who hires him as his commander and changes his life completely.

7.9

Apoorva Raagangal

Self

A young man and an older woman fall in love and decide to marry. However, their lives become more complicated when he learns that his father is in love with the same woman's daughter.

N/A

Bhadil Solval Bhadrakali

A strange film about the goddess Kali, featuring possessions, cobras, and dancing!

N/A

Vallavan Oruvan

CID Shankar

Vallavan Oruvan is a 1966 black-and-white Tamil Suspense film directed by R. Sundaram and produced by Modern Theatres. The film script was written by A. L. Narayanan. Music by Vedha assets to the movie. Jaishankar played a leading investigator's role. R. S. Manohar and Thengai Srinivasan played key supporting roles.

7.6

Apoorva Sagodharargal

Satyamoorthy

An honest police officer pays a heavy price after he gets involved with a group of criminals. Years later, his son goes on a vengeance spree but his twin is mistaken as the culprit.

8.3

Mounam Sammadham

Sundaram

The plot revolves around the wrong conviction of a business man and the efforts taken by the protagonist, a lawyer, to find the truth. The portrayal of the characters is similar in many ways to Malayalam cinema's investigative thrillers. The suspense is well maintained until the climax with little clue to the audience on the identity of the real culprit. The arguments in court were mostly inspired from 12 Angry Men (1957).

7.5

Varavu Ettana Selavu Pathana

Valluvardasan

Sivaraman, an honest government clerk, and his wife Lakshmi, belong to a middle-class family and they have two children. Anja Singam Marudupandi, a corrupted politician, moves into a new house near Sivaraman's house. Marudupandi's life style influences Lakshmi and she tries to ape him by buys luxurious items on installments. This puts pressure on Sivaraman and he takes a loan from his office peon but the police arrests him for corruption. He later finds a job in a brandy company with Marudupandi's recommendation.

6.0

Paayum Puli

When a smuggler kills his sister, a mentally impaired man vows to deliver justice and joins a martial arts school.

N/A

Subash

Subash's Father

In order to marry the girl he loves, Subash, a good-for-nothing youth, joins the army. When he returns, he learns that his own brother is using corrupt ways to gain power in politics.

7.6

Singaravelan

Natesan

Singaravelan film revolves around a young man (Kamal Hassan) living in a village with his mother. He gets to know that his mother was estranged from her brother's family owing to her marriage with his father.She tells him that while her brother and his wife met with a fatal car accident soon after, they have a daughter (Khushboo) who since grew up in the city of Chennai. She hands him a photo of a baby Khushboo and asks him to track her down and marry her.Accordingly, Kamal sets out for the big city and heads for his friend Mano's house who is living with his 3...