Shankar has completed the shooting of ‘Nanban’, a Tamil remake of Bollywood blockbuster ‘3 Idiots’ but for some patch work. The director will sit for the film's post-production by this week, say sources in the know.

“Bringing together three popular actors (Vijay, Jiiva and Srikanth) is no easy task but Shankar, a task master that he is, has not just kept them under his control but also completed the shooting in record time,” they add.

Elaborating, sources say, “No Shankar movie has been completed in less than two years. However, he has finished the shooting of ‘Nanban’ within a  year. This shows how keen he is at releasing the film soon.”

Shankar's last venture was the Superstar Rajinikanth starrer ‘Enthiran’, which created new records all over India. It was while shooting for ‘Enthiran’ in north India, Shankar watched ‘3 Idiots’ and decided to remake the film in Tamil.