Su. Rudramurthy Shastry


Sugganahalli Rudramurthy Shastry, 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 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

PariAntaranga-BahirangaChitra KalpaneNaadaroopakaKempana Vachanagalu
  • ''Alpajjana Vachanagalu''

Novels

AurangajebaBannada HakkiBheeshmaChanakyaChaarudattaDharma Chakravarthi AshokaKanakadaasaKumara RamaMannina RhunaRaadharajaniSarvajna
  • ''Swapna Gaana''

Other books

Arabian Nights KathegaluBasava Vachana Sangraha Kanaka Daasara Padagalu, Bhagya Laksmi Publishers, BengaluruDurasimhana Panchatantra, IBH Publications, BengaluruBharatada Charitre – Makkaligagi Sachitra Harihara Kaviya Ragale Kathegalu
  • ''Sarvajnana Vachana Sangraha''

Works on screen

Films

Gandugali Kumara Rama
  • ''Hosamane Aliya''

Television serials

Anna BasavannaVenkatesha MahimeNaLa DamayanthiVikrama and Bethala
  • ''Maha Bharatha''