Gayathri Shankar

In this page of Tamil Cinema Bio we shall look about one of the , Gayathri who has done one of the best roles in Naduvula Konjam pakatha Kanom.

Other names Gayathri 

Occupation Acting

Ethnicity Asian

Nationality Indian

Religion Hindu

Mother Tongue Tamil

Place of Birth Bangalore

Date of Birth 02.05,1993
Age 31

Current City Chennai

Zodiac sign Virgo

Height 162 cm

Weight 48 Kg

Body Structure Slim

Body Shape Hour Glass

Body measurements 34 - 26- 34

Dress size 6 ( U S)

Shoe size 8 ( US )

Hair colour Black

Colour of eyes Brown

Qualification - Bachelors degree in psychology

Favorite Pass time Badminton/ Reading/ Travelling

Favorite Pet Dogs

Favorite game : Shuttle and Frisbee   

Marital Status Single

First love : She has fell in love with a boy when she was studying 8th standard but the love has got break up within one year as the boy has moved out from the city as his father was an army man.   

Boyfriends - actor Vijay Sethupathy 

Social media FB - Actress Gayathri/ Instagram - Gayathrie Shankar/ Twitter - S.Gayathrie

Debut Movie ( Released) 18 Vayasu ( 2012 )

Number of Tamil films acted by Gayathri - 14 ( 4 films yet to be released )

2012 - 18 Vayasu, Naduvila Konjam pakkathai kanom ,

2013 - Pon Malai Pozhuthu, Mathapoo

2014 - Rummy

2017 - Puriyatha Puthir

2018 - Oru Nalla Naal Paathu Sollen, Vellai Roja

2019 - Chithiram Pesuthadi , Super Deluxe

Her very first film Yean Ippadi Mayakinai is yet to be released .

The following films are under production -

Maamanithan , Kennedy club, Unn Kadhal Irunthaal

Number of TV shows participated by Gayathri - 1

Vijay T.V. - Accham Thavir

Interesting facts of Gayathrie Shankar:

She has worked as an Assistant Director in movie Seedhakaadhi

She trusts on the fate

She is a good friend of actor Vijay Sethupathy

She got on to a stage performance at the age of 1 and a half at a street festival wearing the get up of ONIDA TV fame bald head man. But she cried on seeing a huge crowd on that day. 

Director Lokesh Kanagaraj has approached Gayatri Sankar to become an assistant director of him as there was no female assistant director in his team. Then she has requested him to get her as an actress in the movie Vikram and then the same has happened after some days. 

Life Story of  Gayathri Shankar

Gayathri Sankar

Born in to a Tamil family Gayathri Shankar was brought up in Bangalore by her parents. Both of them were Bankers. Her grandfather was from Trichy and an Army Officer. Her father was also from the Indian Air Force prior to joining the Bank.

Gayathri Shankar ambition was to become a renowned psychologist and hence she pursued a bachelor's degree in Psychology. Tamil Actress Gayathri is also a trained Hypnotherapist. She is a polyglot as she can speak many languages Tamil, English, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu and, Marathi .She is keen on learning Spanish.

Being a nature and animal lover she was actively involved in several organisations in Bangalore where she lived first and later in Chennai to protect, preserve and serve them. She is also an expert snake catcher the art which she had learnt in a workshop conducted by the Forest department. She is a sportsperson too. She played ultimate Frisbee in Chennai. She believes that sports has really changed her outlook of life for good. She wants every girl to be encouraged to play some sports or the other. Her dream is to act in a total Sports film. She has already participated in an adventure sports event Acchamm Thavir hosted by Vijay T.V.

 Gayathri Shankar has already directed short films like - On An Impulse ( for the eight edition of India Film project,), Shit ( Which had won an award ). Though she has no plans to direct a film the experience of directing the short films was really enriching and empowering never the less.

Acting was never in her mind at all. It was by chance it all had happened. She was spotted in a bowling alley with her friend while she was in her twelfth standard by the movie community , After the screen tests were satisfactory she was offered the lead role in the Tamil film Yean Ippadi Mayakkinai . But the film did not see the light of the day as several legal issues had cropped up .So she continued her studies.

While still in College she got plenty of offers in Tamil films. 18 Vayasu, Pon Malai pozhuthu and Naduvila Konjam Pakkathai Kanom (A super hit comedy opposite Vijay Sethupathy) were all released while she was doing her degree in Psychology.

All the movies that she has acted till date are in Tamil only . She is extremely happy to act with Tamil actor Vijay Sethupathi, who has been so humane, genuine and very friendly with her. Incidentally Vijay Sethupathy happened to be the Hero in seven of her movies.

Actress Gayathri Shankar enjoys her profession thoroughly, wanting to act in different languages and different projects with different genres. Her only expectation is that her character in every film must be talked about by the audience at large,

She loves her family which is all support for her to scale dizzy heights in the Tinsel world. May she reach the pinnacle of glory.

Upcoming movies of actress Gayathri Shankar: 

Idi Muzhakkam, Bagira, Pechi and a movie in Malayalam. 

Author .- M.Chidambaram
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