Story: A wealthy US-returned software engineer wants to build free hospitals and colleges. The corrupt system – led by a greedy politician – blocks him at every step, forcing him to fake his own death and return as a Robinhood-like "Boss" to reclaim his wealth. 2010s 10. Enthiran (2010) (aka Robot in Hindi) Story: A scientist creates a humanoid military robot, Chitti, who can feel emotions. The robot falls in love with the scientist’s girlfriend, leading to jealousy and manipulation by a rival scientist, causing the robot to turn evil and destructive.
1. Gentleman (1993) Story: A responsible common man leads a double life as a vigilante thief, stealing from the corrupt rich to fund educational scholarships for the poor. A police officer tries to unmask him. shankar directed movies list
(aka Premikudu in Telugu) Story: A young college student falls in love with a rich girl. When he refuses to bow to the whims of a powerful terrorist leader (who is also her suitor), he gets framed for a bombing and must prove his innocence. Story: A wealthy US-returned software engineer wants to
Story: A bodybuilder-turned-fashion-model, Lingesan, is disfigured by jealous rivals using a venomous injection. He becomes a monstrous hunchback and takes elaborate revenge on the four people (a model, a make-up artist, a designer, and a doctor) who destroyed his looks and career. Enthiran (2010) (aka Robot in Hindi) Story: A
(sequel to Enthiran ) Story: Bird-like mobile phone tower radiation is killing birds and turning a ornithologist into a supervillain (Pakshi Rajan). The robot Chitti is revived to stop him, but must also face an upgraded, more powerful version of his old enemy. 2020s 14. Indian 2 (2024) Story: Years after Senapathy’s first vigilante campaign, corruption has returned worse than ever. A group of youngsters use social media to bring the aging freedom fighter back from hiding. He resumes his killings, but this time faces a cunning villain who uses the same system against him.
(Upcoming – delayed multiple times) Story: Expected to be a political action film starring Ram Charan, reportedly about an honest election officer who becomes a District Collector and challenges corrupt politicians. Note: Shankar is also directing Indian 3 , which will conclude the Indian franchise.
(Hindi remake of Mudhalvan ) Story: Same as Mudhalvan – a journalist becomes CM for a day and fights systemic corruption.