Sugganahalli Rudramurthy Shastry (born 11 November 1948), is an Indian novelist, lyricist, poet and screenwriter. Writing in the

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, his works are popular in state of

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, 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

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, about 70 km from

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. 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

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, 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'' * ''

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'' * ''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,

* ''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''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shastry, Su. Rudramurthy 1984 births Living people 20th-century Indian male writers 20th-century Indian novelists 20th-century Indian poets 20th-century Indian screenwriters 21st-century Indian male writers 21st-century Indian novelists 21st-century Indian poets 21st-century Indian screenwriters Bangalore University alumni Indian lyricists Indian male novelists Indian male poets Indian male television writers Kannada people Kannada poets Kannada-language lyricists Novelists from Karnataka Poets from Karnataka Screenwriters from Karnataka