Telangana director N Shankar made some critically acclaimed films like Encounter, Sri Ramulayya, Bhadrachalam and Ayudham. Lending his support to Telangana movement, he dared to make ‘Jai Telangana’, to edify the necessity of separate statehood. As is known, current Telangana CM and TRS chief KCR then watched the film first day first show along with many Telangana supporters.
N Shankar had requested the Telangana government to allot land for the construction of the studio. The Government has now decided to allot five acres of land to Sankar at Rs 5 lakh per acre. The actual market price of the land per acre is said to be around Rs 20 Crores, which means the director is rewarded 100 Cr property. This is an expensive gift from KCR to Shankar.
N Shankar who also produced Jai Bolo Telangana incurred heavy losses with the film. However, he is fortunate to get costly gift from the government now.
After Jai Bolo Telangana, Shankar only directed one film- Two States which was a disaster.