Grandeur filmmaker Shankar is married to Easwari and the couple have two daughters Aishwarya and Aditi.  in June 2021, Aishwarya got married to cricketer cum businessman Rohit Damodaran.

Aditi Shankar a doctor by profession decided to pursue an acting career and made her debut in the upcoming rural entertainer 'Viruman' starring Karthi in the lead and directed by Muthaiya.  It is also reported that Aditi is the first choice for female lead in Simbu's new movie 'Corona Kumar' directed by Gokul.

Meanwhile there are reports that Aditi Shankar is also getting married soon and that her dad Shankar has already started distributing the invitations to his industry colleagues.  Official sources have confirmed that Aditi getting married is a false news and that Shankar is distributing invitations for the marriage reception of his eldest daughter to be held on May 1st.  Since that wedding was held during the pandemic the reception had to be postponed.

Shankar is currently directing 'RRR' hero Ram Charan Teja in 'RC15' produced by Dil Raju.  Thaman is scoring the music while Kiara Advani, Anjali and Jayaram are playing pivotal characters.