Shankardass became C. E. O. and Managing Director of film finance corporation Victory in 1998, handling tax efficient and equity funding, matched with debt structure in various countries.
Films financed included K-19 The Widowmaker (Harrison Ford), Femme Fatale (Antonio Banderas), Fly Boys (James Franco), Johnny Was (Vinnie Jones), and Ball & Chain (Kal Penn).
Shankardass advised officials in Jordan, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Bahamas and Brazil on tax efficient structures for motion picture production and entertainment.
[citation needed] Shankardass has developed and managed entertainment funds in New York, Munich, São Paulo, Brazil and India[3][4] and Las Vegas, Nevada.
[5] Recent films include, Captain America: The First Avenger (Chris Evans),[6] Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (Tom Cruise) and Man of Steel (Henry Cavill).