Sugganahalli Rudramurthy Shastry (born 11 November 1948), is an Indian novelist, lyricist, poet and screenwriter.
Writing in the Kannada language, his works are popular in state of Karnataka, India. He has written lyrics to more than one hundred films, screenplay and dialogues for ten Kannada films, story to the 2006 biographical historical drama film Gandugali Kumara Rama, and screenplays and dialogues to many Kannada-language television serials.
Biography Early life and education Su Rudramurthy Shastry was born at Suggenahalli, a village in the Magadi taluk, Bengaluru Rural district, about 70 km from Bengaluru. His father is S N Shivarudrayya, and mother is Siddagangamma.
His primary education was from Sugganahalli, Magadi taluk, and his high school education from Ramangara, MA (Kannada) from Bangalore University, Bengaluru.
Works He has written more than 130 books, including sixteen poetry works; more than thirty historical, fiction, social novels; and more than twenty-three story collections.
Collections of poems Pari Antaranga-Bahiranga Chitra Kalpane Naadaroopaka Kempana Vachanagalu Alpajjana Vachanagalu
Novels Aurangajeba Bannada Hakki Bheeshma Chanakya Chaarudatta Dharma Chakravarthi Ashoka Kanakadaasa Kumara Rama Mannina Rhuna Raadharajani Sarvajna Swapna Gaana
Other books Arabian Nights Kathegalu Basava Vachana Sangraha Kanaka Daasara Padagalu (1997), Bhagya Laksmi Publishers, Bengaluru Durasimhana Panchatantra, IBH Publications, Bengaluru Bharatada Charitre – Makkaligagi Sachitra Harihara Kaviya Ragale Kathegalu Sarvajnana Vachana Sangraha
Works on screen Films Gandugali Kumara Rama Hosamane Aliya
Television serials Anna Basavanna Venkatesha Mahime NaLa Damayanthi Vikrama and Bethala Maha Bharatha
See also Kannada literature
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