Biography:M. Shyamalan and his Works

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Birth name: Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan
Mini Biography: Born in India but raised in posh suburban Penn Valley area of Philadelphia, the son of two doctors. Had a very early passion for filmmaking when given a Super-8 camera by age 8, modeling his career, even at that young age, to hero Steven Spielberg. His first film, 'Praying with Anger' was based somewhat on his own trip back to visit the India of his birth. This critical success was achieved as Shyamalan raised all the necessary funds in this project which he starred in, directed, produced. "Wide Awake." the second film which he wrote and directed, was actually shot in the Phila.-area Catholic school he once attended, which his parents sent him to for its strict discipline, even though they had raised him in a different religion.

Spouse: Bhavna (1993 - present)
Children: 2

Trade mark
Frequently uses Philadelphia as the backdrop in his movies. As seen in the films Wide Awake (1998), The Sixth Sense (1999), Unbreakable (2000), Signs (2002) and The Village (2004).
Having some sort of twist in the end or surprise ending in his films.
Frequently uses shots of people's reflections in various objects.
Many of his films involve two ordinary individuals with extraordinary abilities or events happening to them. One of the people either has connections to a child or is a child, and the one connected to the child is always having marital difficulties.

Frequently uses fluttering curtains, such as when Bruce Willis discovers the victimized mother in "Unbreakable," and in the last shot of "Signs."
Films often use an event from the main character's past as a major connection to what is happening in the present (the Vincent Gray case in "The Sixth Sense", the car crash in "Unbreakable", the death of the wife in "Signs")
Makes cameo appearances in his own movies, like Alfred Hitchcock, one of Shyamalan's favorite directors

Frequently uses water as a sign of death or weakness (the aliens in Signs and David Dunn in Unbreakable both have the same weakness; in The Sixth Sense, Malcolm Crowe's killer is hiding in a bathroom. In The Village, Finton becomes too scared to continue on with Ivy when it is raining.).

Car crashes play pivotal roles in all his films: Cole reveals his gift to his mother during a traffic jam in The Sixth Sense, David "loses" his football abilities in a car accident in Unbreakable, and Graham's wife dies in a bizarre car accident in Signs.

Many of his films has an important scene set in a basement. Sixth Sense: Malcolm is in the basement when discovering important plot information; Unbreakable: David discovers his strength in a basement; Signs: The family is in the basement when the aliens attack.

His films tend to be religiously themed.

Lengthy, uncut, immovable shot of two people talking. Usually the two characters are standing a distance from the camera.

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Courtesy: Wickipedia and other Movies websites

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It feels very good . .reading and hearing about someone who's roots are so much near to you, but they make it to the cosmos and we sit back and watch the 2 ladies cat-fight