From the invisible dance in Kadhalan to the phone transformation in I, we take a look at some of Shankar's signature, 'dreamy' theatre-moments, on the occasion of his 56th birthday. 
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Happy Birthday Director Shankar: 11 times the filmmaker went an extra mile to stamp his mark 

If there is a word to describe the birthday boy Shankar and his films, it must be 'grandeur'

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Kadhalan- Mukkala Mukkabala : They say 'Dance like nobody's watching.' Well, Prabhudheva seems to have caught it wrong and decided to become invisible.
Indian- Maya Machindra : What would a guy do to sneak in to the residence of her lady love? Climb walls? Break doors? Well, Ulaganayagan shape shifts!
Jeans- Poovukul Olindhirikum : A single ticket to this Shankar film took the audience a world tour covering all the seven wonders of the world then.
Mudhalvan- Azhagana Ratchashiyae: They say that when lovers meet secretly, even the doors have ears. What if the scarecrows, earthen pots, clay dolls and basically every object around them come alive?
Boys- Maro Maro : It takes two hands to clap, and a thousand to break the rules. Who can stop the youth force when they unite for a cause?
Anniyan- Andangkaka Kondakari : Love adds colours to life, and when a Shankar hero falls in love it is time to add colours to the basically everything in the frame.
Sivaji- Balleilakka : What would an NRI do when he sets foot on his mother land after ages? He'd go to the fields, feel the crops and go on a nostalgic trip down his memory lane.
Enthiran- Arima Arima : Generally, the audience can't withstand the excitement of seeing two Rajinikanths on screen. What if they were feasted with a hundred?
Nanban- Asku Laska : What if the audience miss the trademark 'Shankarism' in a remake film? Well, Shankar got it covered in style by adding a twist to the tale.
I-Mersalaayitten : When a person is madly in love, everything he sees would remind him of his soul mate. But, in Shankar's universe everything in his sight turns into her!
2.0- Endhira Logathu Sundariye : What would a robot do, when it is given a heart and a gorgeous robot girl counterpart? Fall in love? Shankar's a robot goes a step ahead and sings a duet with her!

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