Editing Auto Shankar (section)

==In popular culture==
* The 1990 [[Tamil language]] film ''[[Pulan Visaranai]]'' directed by [[R. K. Selvamani]] was partially inspired by Auto Shankar's crimes.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Balasubramaniam |first1=Balaji |title=Pulan Visaranai - A movie review |url=http://www.bbthots.com/reviews/rewind/pvisaaranai.html |website=Balaji's Thots}}</ref> [[Mithun Chakraborty]] and [[Shakti Kapoor]] starred in the 1995 [[Bollywood]] remake ''[[Ravan Raaj: A True Story]]''.
* A documentary television series based on his life was aired on [[Makkal TV]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2008-07-28|title=The Radha-MGR episode|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/The-Radha-MGR-episode/article15386008.ece|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
* ''[[Crime Patrol (TV series)|Crime Patrol]]'' aired an episode on [[Sony TV]] based on the story of Auto Shankar.<ref name="statesman">{{Cite news |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/auto-shankar-zee5-web-series-serial-killer-gowri-shankar-premiers-23-april-1502743465.html |title=Auto Shankar: ZEE5 web series on serial killer Gowri Shankar premiers on 23 April |date=6 April 2019 |work=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] |access-date=7 April 2019}}</ref>
* [[Appani Sarath]] played Auto Shankar in the 2019 [[ZEE5]] web series ''[[Auto Shankar (web series)|Auto Shankar]]''.<ref name="statesman"/>
* This case was included as one of the cases in the bestselling book [[The Deadly Dozen: India's Most Notorious Serial Killers]] by [[Anirban Bhattacharyya]], the creator-producer of the hit TV show [[Savdhaan India]]