‘Saguni’ director Shankar Dayal passes away-OxBig News Network

Shankar Dayal
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Shankar Dayal, the screenwriter-filmmaker who made the 2012 Tamil political satire film Saguni, starring Karthi, passed away on Thursday night at 54. The director suffered a heart attack and was rushed to a hospital, where he breathed his last.

Shankar ventured into films as a dialogue writer, scripting the dialogues of films like Arjun’s Parasuram (2003) and the Jayam Ravi-starrer Deepavali (2007).

He found a break with his directorial debut, Saguni, which starred Karthi as a shrewd political campaigner. The film, produced by Dream Warrior Pictures, also starred Pranitha, Santhanam, Prakash Raj, Kiran Rathod, Kota Srinivasa Rao, Radhika Sarathkumar and Nassar.

The news about Shankar’s death comes less than a week after the teaser of Kuzhanthaigal Munnetra Kazhagam was unveiled. The film, starring Senthil and Yogi Babu, marked Shankar’s return to filmmaking.

Struck with shock and grief, many industry colleagues and friends of the director have been expressing their condolences on their social media handles.