death_date name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
05 march 2006 k. shankar 17 march 1926 k. shankar
 kunnesscri shankar film director , screenwriter , film editor
k. shankar

k. shankar was a veteran film editor and director , born on mar 17 , 1926 in malabar -lrb- now kerala , in india -rrb- .
he directed more than 80 films in all the south indian languages including tamil , malayalam , telugu and kannada as well as in hindi .
