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Shaadi No. 1 (शादी नम्बर वन)

Shaadi No. 1 (शादी नम्बर वन) is a 2005 Hindi-language comedy film directed by David Dhawan and produced by Vashu Bhagnani, starring Sanjay Dutt, Fardeen Khan, and Zayed Khan.

Shaakuntalam (శాకుంతలం)

Shaakuntalam (శాకుంతలం) is a 2023 Telugu mythological romantic fantasy film directed by Gunasekhar, starring Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Dev Mohan, adapting Kalidasa's Abhijnanashakuntalam; released 14 April 2023, it earned ₹11 crore on a ₹60 crore budget.

Shaam (actor)

Shaam (Shamshuddin Ibrahim, Kick Shaam), Indian actor and model in Tamil and Telugu cinema; debut Khushi (2000), known for 12B, Iyarkai, Ullam Ketkumae, Kick, Race Gurram, Varisu.

Shaan (शान) (1980 film)

Shaan (शान), 1980 Hindi action thriller by Ramesh Sippy, produced by G.P. Sippy, written by Salim-Javed, music R.D. Burman; brothers avenge policeman brother killed by Blofeld-style villain Shakaal; average grosser, hit in re-runs.

Shaan Shahid

Shaan Shahid (Armaghan Shahid, ارمُغان شاہِد, born 1971, Lahore), Pakistani actor, director and screenwriter, son of Riaz Shahid and Neelo; debut Bulandi (1990), star of Khuda Kay Liye and Waar; distinct from singer Shaan and actor Shahid Kapoor.

Shaapit (शापित)

Shaapit (शापित) is a 2010 Hindi horror film directed by Vikram Bhatt, starring Aditya Narayan and Shweta Agarwal, about a 350-year-old family curse that kills women who marry; released 19 March 2010, budget 10.43 crore, gross 9 crore.

Shabaash Mithu

Shabaash Mithu (शाबाश मिठू), 2022 Hindi biographical sports drama on cricketer Mithali Raj, directed by Srijit Mukherji, starring Taapsee Pannu; released 15 July 2022, flopped with ₹2.89 crore worldwide gross.

Shabana Azeez

Shabana Azeez is an Australian Indo-Fijian actor from Adelaide, born 1997, who co-won Tropfest Best Female Actor in 2019 for Crush, led Birdeater (2023), voiced Lesbian Space Princess, and stars as Victoria Javadi in HBO Max's The Pitt.

Shabana Azmi (शबाना आज़मी)

Shabana Azmi (शबाना आज़मी, born 1950, Hyderabad), Indian film actor with over 160 films since Ankur (1974); record five National Film Awards for Best Actress, Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan, Rajya Sabha member, Fire, Halo, parallel cinema icon.

Shabana Shajahan Aryan

Shabana Shajahan Aryan, born Shajahan, is an Indian actress who works in Tamil and Malayalam television, best known for playing Parvati in the Zee Tamil serial Sembaruthi, which ran 1,695 episodes from 2017 to 2022.

Shabba Doo

Shabba Doo (Adolfo Quinones, 1955–2020) was a Chicago-born dancer, a founding member of the Lockers and Soul Train Gang, star of Breakin' and Breakin' 2 as Ozone, and choreographer for Madonna and Lionel Richie; not the dancehall artist Shabba Ranks.

Shabd (शब्द)

Shabd (शब्द) is a 2005 Hindi psychological drama, Leena Yadav's debut film, starring Sanjay Dutt, Aishwarya Rai, and Zayed Khan; a blocked novelist urges his wife into an affair for his novel, and it flopped at the box office.

Shabnam

Shabnam (শবনম), stage name of Jharna Basak, born 1946 in Dhaka, is a Bangladeshi actress who starred in 185 Bengali and Urdu films, won a record 13 Nigar Awards in Pakistan, and received Bangladesh's 2023 National Film Award Lifetime Achievement honor.

Shades of Blue (TV series)

Shades of Blue is an American NBC crime drama (2016-2018) created by Adi Hasak, loosely based on Michael Rudolph's novel, starring Jennifer Lopez as informant Harlee Santos and Ray Liotta as Lt. Matt Wozniak across three seasons and 36 episodes.

Shadow (影) (2018 film)

Shadow (影) is Zhang Yimou's 2018 Chinese wuxia action-drama about a commander's body double, starring Deng Chao in a dual role with Sun Li. Known for its near-black-and-white ink-wash visuals, Venice premiere, Douban 7.7, and four Golden Horse Awards including Best Director.

Shadow and Bone (TV series)

Shadow and Bone is a Netflix fantasy series (2021-2023, 2 seasons, 16 episodes) adapting Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse novels, showrun by Eric Heisserer, merging the Shadow and Bone trilogy with Six of Crows, canceled November 2023.

Shadow and Flame

Shadow and Flame is the eighth and final episode of season two of The Rings of Power (2024), a Prime Video fantasy series; it closes the siege of Eregion, kills Celebrimbor, and reveals Gandalf.

Shadow Dancer

Shadow Dancer (2012), James Marsh thriller adapted by Tom Bradby from his novel: Andrea Riseborough's IRA informer Collette McVeigh recruited by Clive Owen's MI5 officer in 1990s Belfast; Sundance premiere, 85% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Shadow Detective (형사록)

Shadow Detective (형사록) is a South Korean Disney+ crime thriller series starring Lee Sung-min as detective Kim Taek-rok, blackmailed by a figure called "Friend". Two 8-episode seasons aired in 2022 and 2023, directed by Han Dong-hwa.

Shadow in the Cloud

Shadow in the Cloud is a 2020 WWII action-horror film by Roseanne Liang, starring Chloë Grace Moretz as Maude Garrett, a flight officer fighting a gremlin aboard a B-17; it won TIFF Midnight Madness' Audience Award.

Shadow Love (与晋长安)

Shadow Love (与晋长安, Yu Jin Chang An) is a 2025 Chinese costume romance drama on iQiyi, 38 episodes from August 24, 2025, adapted from Jiu Lu Fei Xiang's novel, starring Song Yi and Cheng Lei, directed by Deng Ke.

Shadow of a Doubt

Shadow of a Doubt (1943) is Alfred Hitchcock's psychological thriller starring Joseph Cotten and Teresa Wright, in which a serial killer hides with relatives in Santa Rosa, California; written by Thornton Wilder, it was Hitchcock's stated favorite film.

Shadow of Fire

Shadow of Fire (ほかげ, Hokage) is a 2023 Japanese anti-war drama by Shinya Tsukamoto, set in postwar black markets, starring Shuri, Mirai Moriyama, and Ouga Tsukao; it won the Venice Orizzonte NETPAC Award.

Shadow of the Thin Man

Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) is the fourth of six MGM Thin Man comedy-mysteries, directed by W. S. Van Dyke, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles investigating a racetrack jockey murder in San Francisco.

Shadow of the Vampire

Shadow of the Vampire (2000), E. Elias Merhige's metafictional horror film written by Steven Katz, fictionalizes the making of Nosferatu (1922) with John Malkovich as Murnau and Oscar-nominated Willem Dafoe as Max Schreck, a real vampire.

Shadow play

Shadow play (shadowgraph, shadow theater): theatre of shadows cast by flat puppets or actors on a backlit screen. Traditions include Karagöz, wayang kulit, Chinese and Khmer shadow puppetry; several hold UNESCO listings.

Shadowheart

Shadowheart (Jenevelle Hallowleaf) is a high half-elf Trickery Domain Cleric of Shar and origin companion in Baldur's Gate 3, voiced by Jennifer English; her Daughter of Darkness quest, Selûne-or-Shar choice, and record 4,890,005 respeccs distinguish her.

Shadowhunters

Shadowhunters (Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments) is a Freeform supernatural drama, 2016-2019, adapted from Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments novels; 55 episodes, three seasons, cancelled in 2018 over economics, ended with a two-hour 2019 finale.

Shadowlands (1993 film)

Shadowlands (1993) is Richard Attenborough's biographical romantic drama, written by William Nicholson, starring Anthony Hopkins as C.S. Lewis and Debra Winger as Joy Gresham; Oscar-nominated, BAFTA Best British Film winner.

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Тени забытых предков)

Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Тени забытых предков; Ukrainian: Тіні забутих предків), also released as Wild Horses of Fire, is Sergei Parajanov's 1964 Dovzhenko Studio film adapted from Kotsiubynskyi's 1911 Hutsul novella, famed for its poetic style, dissident 1965 Kyiv premiere, and blacklisting of its director.