Films

His Hindi feature film ‘16 DECEMBER’, made box office history. It was among the top ten grossers of 2002, with the highest return on investment for any film that year. 

He was also the first film maker to be nominated for Best Director, Best Screenplay Writer and Best Visual Effects Supervisor for the same film.

'RUDRAKSH' (starring Sanjay Dutt, Suniel Shetty, Bipasha Basu, Isha Koppikar and Kabir Bedi.) 

Bollywood's first Mythology meets Sci-Fi movie. Script to First Copy mad in-house.

76M views on YouTube alone.

‘TANGO CHARLIE’ (starring Bobby Deol, Ajay Devgan, Sanjay Dutt and Suniel Shetty) was a story about a soldier’s constant battle with his conscience. It was screened at several International film festivals and was included in Amnesty International’s list of classic Anti War films. 

‘MUKHBIR’ (starring Om Puri, Suniel Shetty, Samir Dattani and Raima Sen) was the story of a young man rising above the 

dangerous underworld and choosing to die a patriot. This was also critically acclaimed and screened at the Black International festival in Berlin. 

‘KNOCK OUT’ (starring Sanjay Dutt, Irrfan Khan and Kangana Ranaut ) with an anti corruption theme was extremely well received.

Amitabh Bachchan - 'Knock Out'. Taut, slick, edgy. 

Salman Khan - "My dad just saw KNOCK OUT, the film was very interesting, gripping, well written and all the performances were superb, Sanju and Irfan outstanding." 

L K Advani - "Outstanding film, excellent direction by Mani Shankar. Moved me to tears."

Nikhat Kazmi. Times of India - Director Mani Shankar scripts a superb thriller, which holds your attention and manages to make an important point: Weed out corruption and see where India soars....

Taran Adarsh - KNOCK OUT is a thriller that keeps you hooked ....Mani Shankar illustrates his ability as a fine storyteller. His handling of the subject is commendable..... 

‘Hey Kameeni’, written, directed and produced by Mani Shankar is winning awards and accolades across the world.