Shankar is a director with the Midas touch. He has been successful in portraying his characters on a larger-than-life canvas. From Gentleman through Jeans and Boyz, Shankar has always relied on the charisma of gigantism. However, Boyz did not do well. Hence, he switched to producing a gut-wrenching love story in Kadhal, which was directed by Balaji Sakthivel. To everyone’s amazement, Kadhal was a runaway hit. In fact, Oscar Films’ Ravichandran, who bought the distribution rights for Chennai city could not have had it better. Also, the remake rights of Kadhal have been sold for a whopping sum. Therefore, Shankar, as astute a businessman as a technician, has decided to be distributor for Chennai for the forthcoming film, Kana kanden.