Su. Rudramurthy Shastry

Su Rudramurthy Shastry
Born	Sugganahalli Rudramurthy Shastry (1948-11-11) 11 November 1948 (age 74) ^[1] Sugganahalli, Bengaluru Rural district, Karnataka, India
Occupation	Writer, novelist, lyricist
Genre	Fiction, history, Social

Sugganahalli Rudramurthy Shastry (Kannada: ಸುಗ್ಗನಹಳ್ಳಿ ರುದ್ರಮೂರ್ತಿ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿ) (born 11 November 1948), is a Kannada novelist and lyricist whose works are popular in state of Karnataka, India.^[1] He has written lyrics to more than 100 films, screenplay and dialogues for ten Kannada movies, story to biographical historical drama film Gandugali Kumara Rama, and screenplay and dialogues to many Kannada TV serials.^[2]

Biography

Early life

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.

Education

Primary education from Sugganahalli, Magadi taluk, and highschool education from Ramangara, MA(Kannada) from Bangalore University, Bengaluru.

Works

He has written more than 130 books including 16 poetry works, more than 30 historical, fiction, social novels, more than 23 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