Question: Who is the director of the 1994 Tamil film which has the soundtrack Kadhalan, featuring 9 songs composed by an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, and philanthropist born as A. S. Dileep Kumar?
Context: Honest Raj is a 1994 Tamil language action film directed by K. S. Ravi.  The film features Vijayakanth, Gouthami, Aamani and Devan in lead roles.Through this film Devan gain fame in negative roles in Tamil Film industry.  It marked the debut of Ravi K. Chandran in Tamil cinema.  The film, produced by Thiagarajan had music composed by Ilaiyaraaja released to positive reviews on 14 April 1994.  It was dubbed in Telugu as "Police Commando".  The film's title is taken from Vijayakanth's earlier film, "Pulan Visaranai". Kadhalan (English: Lover Boy ) is a 1994 Tamil romantic comedy thriller film written and directed by S. Shankar and produced by K. T. Kunjumon.  The film stars Prabhu Deva and Nagma in the lead roles, while Raghuvaran, Girish Karnad and Vadivelu play other pivotal roles.  The film's score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman. Pedarayudu is a 1995 Indian Telugu drama film directed by the Ravi Raja Pinisetty and starring Mohan Babu.  The film had Mohan Babu playing double roles.  Tamil super star Rajinikanth appeared in an important role.  Soundarya also starred in the film.  For his role, Mohan Babu won Filmfare Best Actor Award (Telugu).  This film is a Remake of 1994 Tamil film, "Nattamai" which starred Sarath Kumar, Meena and Kushboo in lead Roles.  It was an "Industry Hit" then with record collections. M. S. Narayana (16 April 1951 – 23 January 2015) was an Indian actor in Telugu films.  M. S. Narayana became very popular for his comedian roles in Tollywood.  During the promotion of Dileep Kumar and Priyal Gor's film Saheba Subramanyam, he claimed that he started his career in 1997, at the age of 46.  Since then, he has acted in over 700 films in a short period of just 17 years.  He asserts that he deserves Guinness world record: Brahmanandam acted in 700 films in 20 years whereas he did it just in 15 years.  His friends appealed to the Guinness Records Academy to recognise him. Paasamalargal (Tamil: பாசமலர்கள் ) is a 1994 Tamil film directed by Suresh Chandra Menon.  The film features Arvind Swamy and Revathi in the main roles, Ajith Kumar also played a supporting role.  The film released in February 1994. Allah-Rakha Rahman (   , born A. S. Dileep Kumar), is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician and philanthropist.  A. R. Rahman's works are noted for integrating Indian classical music with electronic music, world music and traditional orchestral arrangements.  Among his awards are two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe, four National Film Awards, fifteen Filmfare Awards and sixteen Filmfare Awards South.  He has been awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award, in 2010 by the Government of India. "It's My Birthday" is a song by American hip hop recording artist and DJ will.i.am and American singer Cody Wise, who is signed to Interscope Records through will.i.am's imprint.  The song was recorded in 2014 and released as a single on May 27, 2014.  It samples the Tamil song "Urvasi Urvasi", from the 1995 Tamil film "Kadhalan", composed by the Indian composer A. R. Rahman. Vandicholai Chinraasu is a 1994 Tamil film directed by Manoj Kumar.  This remains the only Sathyaraj movie as hero where A. R. Rahman composed the music.  It was released on Tamil New Year Day.  The film received mixed reviews from the box office. Kadhalan (காதலன்) is the soundtrack to the 1994 Tamil film of the same name, directed by Shankar.  The soundtrack, released as "Kadhalan: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack", features 9 songs composed by A. R. Rahman and lyrics penned by Vairamuthu, Vaali, Shankar and Thirikudarasappa Kavirayar.  Owing to the immense national popularity of the song Mukkabla, the soundtrack was subsequently dubbed in Hindi as "Humse Hai Muqabala" and in Telugu as "Premikudu".  Lyrics for this versions were written by P. K. Mishra and Rajashri respectively. Simhadriya Simha (Kannada: ಸಿಂಹಾದ್ರಿಯ ಸಿಂಹ ) is a 2002 blockbuster Indian Kannada action family drama directed by S. Narayan.  The film starred Vishnuvardhan, Meena and Bhanupriya in lead roles.  The music of the film was composed by Deva.  The film was a remake of the 1994 Tamil film "Nattamai" which starred Sarath Kumar and Kushboo in lead roles.
Answer: Shankar