Prithviraj who played the lead character “Leon” in the film invited Shankar to write August Cinema's maiden venture “Urumi[1]”.
V. K. Prakash, the National Award winner, invited Shankar to write the Malayalam version of the Hindi film "Freaky Chakra".
The Malayalam version was titled "Netholi oru Cheriya Meen Alla[2]" and was a postmodern experimental film starring Fahadh Faasil and Kamalinee Mukherjee.
Shankar's filmography took a surprise detour when his mentor Ranjith offered him a role to play Alexey Thadeus, the free-spirited cancer patient, in his movie “Spirit”.
Shankar then went on to play vivid characters in movies like "Seconds", Sreebala K. Menon's “Love 24X7” with Dileep, and Bobby-Sanjay's "How Old Are You" with Manju Warrier, directed by Roshan Andrews.