Encounter Shankar is an Action, Comedy movie starring Mahesh Babu, Tamanna Bhatia, Sonu Sood and Brahmanandam. Encounter Shankar is directed by Sreenu Vaitla, released on 19, Sep, 2014. Shankar is an orphan raised by a sincere police officer Raja Rao. In an unexpected situation, Raja Rao's son Bharath kills a kid and Shankar takes the blame, and is imprisoned while Raja Rao warns him not to meet him again.