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Shakun Batra
Shakun Batra (born 1983) is an Indian film director and screenwriter of Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, Kapoor & Sons, Gehraiyaan, and Netflix's Lust Stories 3, a Filmfare-winning screenwriter and founder of Jouska Films.
Shakuntal
Shakuntal, known in full as Abhijnanashakuntalam (The Recognition of Shakuntala), is Kalidasa's Sanskrit drama in seven acts telling the love story of King Dushyanta and Shakuntala.
Shakuntala (play)
Shakuntala (Abhijñānaśākuntalam), Kalidasa's seven-act Sanskrit play of the late 4th/early 5th century CE, dramatizes Shakuntala and King Dushyanta's romance, separation by a curse, and reunion through a recognition ring; first translated by William Jones in 1789.
Shakuntala Devi (शकुंतला देवी) (film)
Shakuntala Devi (शकुंतला देवी), 2020 Hindi biographical comedy-drama directed by Anu Menon, starring Vidya Balan as the Human Computer; released 31 July 2020 on Amazon Prime Video, told through daughter Anupama Banerji's eyes.
Shalimar Seiuli
Shalimar Seiuli (Saoaumaga Atisone Seiuli), Samoan fa'afafine dancer and 1993 Miss Island Queen, was arrested in 1997 after being picked up by Eddie Murphy's SUV in West Hollywood; she died in a fall in Los Angeles on 22 April 1998, ruled accidental but doubted by her community, and her life inspired the play Girl on a Corner.
Shalin Bhanot
Shalin Bhanot (शालीन भनोट), Indian Hindi TV actor from Jabalpur, born 1983; MTV Roadies 2 (2004) contestant, Nach Baliye 4 winner, Bigg Boss 16 fifth-place finalist, Bekaboo's Ranav, Inspector Avinash's Baljeet Singh, Khatron Ke Khiladi 14 finalist.
Shalini Pandey
Shalini Pandey is an Indian actress from Jabalpur, known for her 2017 Telugu debut Arjun Reddy as Preeti Shetty, Hindi debut Jayeshbhai Jordaar (2022), Maharaj (2024), Dabba Cartel (2025), and Rahu Ketu (2026).
Shalita Grant
Shalita Grant (born 1988) is an American Juilliard-trained actress, Tony-nominated for Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, known for Sonja Percy on NCIS: New Orleans, Cassidy in Search Party, and Sherry Conrad in You season 3.
Shall We Dance
Shall We Dance (1937) is an RKO musical comedy, the seventh Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers pairing and their only film with a George and Ira Gershwin score, famous for the roller-skate "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off" number and the Oscar-nominated "They Can't Take That Away from Me."
Shall We Dance? (2004 film)
Shall We Dance? (2004) is a Peter Chelsom romantic comedy-drama starring Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, and Susan Sarandon, remaking Masayuki Suo's 1996 Japanese film; released by Miramax on October 15, 2004, grossing $57.9 million in the US.
Shall We Dance? (Shall we ダンス?) (1996 film)
Shall We Dance? (Shall we ダンス?) is a 1996 Japanese romantic comedy-drama directed by Masayuki Suo, in which a middle-aged salaryman secretly takes up ballroom dancing and reconsiders his life.
Shallow Grave (1994 film)
Shallow Grave (1994) is Danny Boyle's debut British black comedy thriller, written by John Hodge, in which Edinburgh flatmates (Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston, Ewan McGregor) keep a dead boarder's suitcase of cash; it won the 1995 BAFTA for Best British Film.
Shallow Hal
Shallow Hal is a 2001 American romantic comedy directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly, in which Jack Black's hypnotized character falls for Gwyneth Paltrow's Rosemary.
Shalom Harlow
Shalom Harlow (born 1973, Oshawa, Ontario) is a Canadian model and actress, scouted at a Cure concert, VH-1 Model of the Year 1995, famous for McQueen's SS1999 robot spray-paint finale, later an actress and 2018 comeback.
Sham (でっちあげ)
Sham is a 2025 Japanese courtroom drama directed by Takashi Miike, based on a real 2003 Fukuoka case in which a teacher accused of abusing a student was largely exonerated.
Shama Deshpande
Shama Deshpande, born Shama Gosavi, is an Indian actress, daughter of Marathi film star Raja Gosavi, whose career spans Hindi films like Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai (2000) and television since 1977.
Shama Sikander (शमा सिकंदर)
Shama Sikander (शमा सिकंदर), born 1981 in Makrana, Rajasthan, is an Indian actress and producer famous as Pooja Mehta in Yeh Meri Life Hai (2003–2005), later in Sexaholic, Maaya, and Bypass Road; married James Milliron in 2022.
Shaman King (シャーマンキング)
Shaman King (シャーマンキング) is Hiroyuki Takei's shonen manga about shaman Yoh Asakura competing in the once-every-500-years Shaman Fight; serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump 1998-2004, completed in Kodansha's 35-volume edition, adapted to anime in 2001 and 2021.
Shaman King (シャーマンキング) (2021 TV series)
Shaman King (シャーマンキング), 2021 TV anime: Bridge's 52-episode complete retelling of Hiroyuki Takei's manga, premiered April 1, 2021 on TV Tokyo, streamed on Netflix; praised for fidelity and music, criticized for rushed pacing and static fights.
Shambhala (2025 film)
Shambhala (2025 film), also known as Aadi Shambhala: A Mystical World, is a Telugu supernatural horror thriller directed by Ugandhar Muni. It stars Aadi Saikumar.
Shame (1968 film)
Shame (Skammen) is Ingmar Bergman's 1968 Swedish black-and-white antiwar drama starring Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow as musicians caught in a civil war on a Baltic island.
Shame (2011 film)
Shame (2011) is a British drama by Steve McQueen, co-written with Abi Morgan, starring Michael Fassbender as sex-addicted New Yorker Brandon and Carey Mulligan as his sister Sissy; Venice Best Actor and FIPRESCI winner, NC-17 rated.
Shame and Money
Shame and Money (Hatixhja dhe Shabani) is a 2026 social realist drama by Visar Morina about Kosovar dairy farmers who lose their cows and move to Pristina. It won the Sundance 2026 World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize.
Shameik Moore
Shameik Moore, born 1995 in Atlanta, Georgia, is an American actor and musician. Known for Malcolm in Dope (2015), Shaolin Fantastic in The Get Down, Raekwon in Wu-Tang: An American Saga, and as the voice of Miles Morales in the Spider-Verse films.
Shameless (American TV series)
Shameless is Showtime's American adaptation of Paul Abbott's British series, running 11 seasons (2011–2021, 134 episodes) in Chicago's South Side, starring William H. Macy as alcoholic Frank Gallagher, led by Emmy Rossum's Fiona, executive produced by John Wells.
Shameless (British TV series)
Shameless (UK) is a Channel 4 comedy-drama created by Paul Abbott, broadcast 2004-2013 over 11 series and 139 episodes, set on Manchester's fictional Chatsworth Estate and following the alcoholic Frank Gallagher's family; it won BAFTAs and spawned US, Turkish, and Indian remakes.
Shamita Shetty (शमिता शेट्टी)
Shamita Shetty (शमिता शेट्टी), Indian actress born 1979 in Mangalore, younger sister of Shilpa Shetty; debuted in Mohabbatein (2000), won IIFA Star Debut Female 2001, known for Zeher, Bigg Boss 15 third runner-up, and The Tenant (2023).
Shamitabh (शमिताभ)
Shamitabh (शमिताभ) is a 2015 Hindi comedy-drama by R. Balki starring Amitabh Bachchan, Dhanush, and Akshara Haasan, in which a mute actor and a failed alcoholic performer combine via technology into one star; released 6 February 2015, it earned mixed reviews and flopped.
Shammi (नरगिस रबादी) (actress)
Shammi (Nargis Rabadi, 1929-2018), Indian Hindi-film character actress famed as "Shammi Aunty"; over 200 films and TV shows, comic roles, Dekh Bhai Dekh's Chhoti Nani, renamed at debut to avoid clashing with star Nargis Dutt.
Shammi Kapoor (शम्मी कपूर)
Shammi Kapoor (शम्मी कपूर), born Shamsher Raj Kapoor (1931–2011), was a Hindi film actor and director, son of Prithviraj Kapoor, whose Junglee (1961) 'Yahoo' persona made him the Elvis Presley of India.