Su. Rudramurthy Shastry

Sugganahalli Rudramurthy Shastry (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]

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.

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

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

• Pari
• Antaranga-Bahiranga
• Chitra Kalpane
• Naadaroopaka
• Kempana Vachanagalu
• Alpajjana Vachanagalu

• Aurangajeba
• BaNNada Hakki
• Bheeshma
• Chanakya
• Chaarudatta
• Dharma Chakravarthi Ashoka
• Kanakadaasa
• Kumara Rama
• MaNNina Rhuna
• Raadharajani
• Sarvajna
• Swapna Gaana

• 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

• Gandugali Kumara Rama
• Hosamane Aliya

• Anna Basavanna
• Venkatesha Mahime
• NaLa Damayanthi
• Vikrama and Bethala
• Maha Bharatha

• Kannada
• Kannada literature

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