Shankar/Behind the Scenes

Television Series
Shankar is a fictional diesel shunter created by Ian McCue and Andrew Brenner.

In 2018, Shankar made his debut in the movie, Big World! Big Adventures!.

Shankar is voiced by Sanjeev Bhaskar (UK/US) in the CGI version of the series on both sides of the Atlantic, respectively. The character is voiced with a matching accent to his home country.

Shankar is based on a Russian TGM23 class diesel shunter. Ivan is another member of this design.

CGI Model
In 2009, the series introduced Computer-Generated Imagery (CGI) as a replacement for the show's long-standing live-action models. In 2017, Shankar was created from scratch in CGI by Jam Filled Toronto for the 2018 movie, Big World! Big Adventures!. The model was "hand-sculpted" in Maya, a 3D animation and modelling software.

Voice Actors

 * Sanjeev Bhaskar
 * Kōichi Sakaguchi
 * Erik Schäffler
 * Markus Bäckman
 * Javier Otero
 * Fadulli Costa
 * Rafael de la Rica
 * Maday Gábor
 * Anton Savenkov