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Adi Shankar

Adi Shankar

Producer, actor and writer, also director · Born January 8, 1985 (41) · Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Aditya Shankar (born 8 January 1985) is an Indian-American film producer, screenwriter, film director, television program creator, television showrunner, an occasional actor.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
January 8, 1985 (41)
From
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Works as
Producer, actor and writer, also director
Titles
22 on MovieCove · 24 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 42% in 30 days

What are Adi Shankar's films like?

Across their 18 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Genres

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 13 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Ironic 6 · Wry 0 · Earnest 7

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 3 · Dark 8

A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 4

Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 10

A split, not a type: Steady 6 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 3

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 4

Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 8 · Relentless 3

Casual 2 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 1

A split, not a type: Resolved 6 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
15
Thrilling
8
Dread
7
Absurd
8
Melancholic
7
Other
8

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet7
  • Ambiguous9

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Adi Shankar's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 22 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Subscription and free streaming for Adi Shankar's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

24 credits, 22 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Ick(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
  • Devil May Cry(2025)

    Show 16 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Story · Writer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows
  • Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer · as Red (voice)

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all shows
  • Castlevania: Nocturne(2023)

    Show 16 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
  • The Guardians of Justice (Will Save You!)(2022)

    Show 7 episodes · Director · Animation Director · Creator · Writer · as Logan Lockwood · as The Scottish Skull / Transatlantic Narrator

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows
  • Bodied(2017)

    Producer · as Campus Security Guard

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Espionage Tonight(2017)

    as Adi Shankar

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • Castlevania(2017)

    Show 32 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all shows
  • Get the Girl(2017)

    as K.J.

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
  • Officer Downe(2016)

    as Crook #2

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
  • Bob Thunder: Internet Assassin(2015)

    as The Scientist

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
  • Fun Size Horror: Volume Two(2015)

    as Dex (segment 'Playing Dead')

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
  • Judge Dredd: Superfiend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 6 episodes · Creator · Producer · Writer

  • A Walk Among the Tombstones(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
  • The Voices(2014)

    Producer · as John

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • Lone Survivor(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • Broken City(2013)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
  • Dredd(2012)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Killing Them Softly(2012)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
  • The Grey(2011)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • Machine Gun Preacher(2011)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Main Street(2010)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
  • I Saw the Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

Star power in the 75th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 23 titles, 22 of them dated from 2011 to 2025.

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting10 of 23: 7 only acting, 3 with another role · typical Midcredits score21stDirecting1 of 23: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting3 of 23: 0 only writing, 3 with another roleProducing15 of 23: 11 only producing, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score66thOther crew4 of 23: 0 only other crew, 4 with another role

23 titles, 5 with more than one role — producing and acting overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

2010s17 · 8 acting · 10 crew2020s5 · 2 acting · 5 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Adi Shankar's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 17; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 37th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

37thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Approval · how many liked their films

46thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Reach · how many have seen their films

82ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 13

Midcredits score across 22 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up5
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th7

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 22 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved3
  • Divisive1
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed7

Reviewers score the acting 67/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles; fans 79, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Adi Shankar's work okay for kids?

Across up to 13 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore12 titles70–95 · median 88 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity13 titles19–68 · median 48 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity12 titles79–94 · median 88 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs12 titles36–77 · median 52 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense11 titles43–90 · median 81 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Adi Shankar work with?

People who share at least 2 of Adi Shankar's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Spencer Silna shares the most, 6.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers