Kalyan Shankar

What are Kalyan Shankar's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

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 Kalyan Shankar's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 4 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Netflix (4).

• Netflix4 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Mad (2023) · director, writer
  • Tillu Square (2024) · writer
  • Epic - First Semester (2026) · actor
  • Mad Square (2025) · director, writer

Subscription and free streaming for Kalyan Shankar's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Motif 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

4 credits, 4 with a Motif page.

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  Epic - First Semester(2026)

  as Sinjith

  Motif score: 57th percentile of all films57^th
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  Mad Square(2025)

  Director · Writer

  Motif score: 42nd percentile of all films42^nd
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  Tillu Square(2024)

  Writer

  Motif score: 68th percentile of all films68^th
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  Mad(2023)

  Director · Writer

  Motif score: 89th percentile of all films89^th

Career shape

Across a limited sample of 4 Motif titles from 2023 to 2026.

Biggest box office

Tillu Square (2024)

$2.3M worldwide

Highest rated

Mad (2023)

Motif 89^th

Most popular right now

Epic - First Semester (2026)

How do Kalyan Shankar's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Motif score in the 63^rd percentile, the median of all 4; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 47^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

2 of their 4 titles are Mixed.

112

• Universally Loved1
• Cult Classic1
• Mixed2

Most divisive · director, writer

Mad Square (2025)

71^st percentile spread · 19% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, writer

Mad (2023)

Motif 89^th · 83% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 50/100 and the plot and story 32/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; 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 Motif score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif 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.

Who does Kalyan Shankar work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kalyan Shankar's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Navin Nooli shares the most, 4.