Gauri Shankar

Gauri Shankar, an Indian actor who appears in Hindi, Marathi and Bhojpuri movies, primarily work as a supporting actor. His career majorly comprises of side character roles, with Chapra Express (Bhojpuri), Chitralift 3.0 Megapixel(Marathi), Bandook (Hindi) being some of his important movies. Working in different genres of movies, he is a worldwide acclaimed artist, having experience in theatre as well. His career jump started with his debut in Bobby Deol Bobby Deol was a treat to watch when he walks to t >> Read More... starrer “Kraanti”, quickly followed by “Laal Salaam”. That was the major steppingstone in his flourishing career. Apart from working in Bollywood and Tollywood films, he is widely known for his international short films, which have been awarded equally with grace and fervour. His short films never stop to deliver a well attached social message that answers to various socio-economic factors in the society.

His short film, “The Assassination” was greeted with lots of love from people all around the world and he was awarded at the Philadelphia film festival and San Francisco film festival for the same. Hailing from Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, his greatest success was “Shudra- The Rising”, which was also part of the Goa film festival 2012. The movie was critically acclaimed all over the world as it covered the everyday life of the lowest Varna of classes in The Indian society which are Shudras or as they are more commonly referred to as now days- untouchables. In the month of January of 2017, his golden work “ Alif Click to look into! >> Read More... ” was well appreciated by people for showcasing the life of a young Muslim boy who was trying to fight the communal indifferences and was trying to educate himself. As fans we all are expecting many of his more films to hit the cinemas soon. We could never get too much of Gauri Shankar Ji and his societal movies.