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'''Sugganahalli Rudramurthy Shastry''' (born 11 November 1948), is an Indian novelist, lyricist, poet and screenwriter. <br />
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Writing in the [[Kannada language]], his works are popular in state of [[Karnataka]], India.<ref name="biodata_kn"/> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chiloka.com/celebrity/rudramurthy-shastry|title=Rudramurthy Shastry: Filmography}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
=== Early life and education===<br />
Su Rudramurthy Shastry was born at [[Suggenahalli]], a village in the [[Magadi]] [[taluk]], [[Bengaluru Rural district]], about 70&nbsp;km from [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]]. His father is S N Shivarudrayya, and mother is Siddagangamma.<br />
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His primary education was from Sugganahalli, Magadi taluk, and his high school education from [[Ramangara]], MA (Kannada) from [[Bangalore University]], Bengaluru.<br />
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==Works==<br />
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.<br />
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===Collections of poems===<br />
* ''Pari''<br />
* ''Antaranga-Bahiranga''<br />
* ''Chitra Kalpane''<br />
* ''Naadaroopaka''<br />
* ''Kempana Vachanagalu''<br />
* ''Alpajjana Vachanagalu''<br />
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===Novels===<br />
* ''Aurangajeba''<br />
* ''Bannada Hakki''<br />
* ''Bheeshma''<br />
* ''[[Chanakya]]''<br />
* ''Chaarudatta''<br />
* ''Dharma Chakravarthi Ashoka''<br />
* ''Kanakadaasa''<br />
* ''Kumara Rama''<br />
* ''Mannina Rhuna''<br />
* ''Raadharajani''<br />
* ''Sarvajna''<br />
* ''Swapna Gaana''<br />
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===Other books===<br />
* ''Arabian Nights Kathegalu''<br />
* ''Basava Vachana Sangraha'' <br />
* ''Kanaka Daasara Padagalu'' (1997), [[Bhagya Laksmi Publishers]], [[Bengaluru]]<br />
* ''Durasimhana Panchatantra'', [[IBH Publications]], Bengaluru<br />
* ''Bharatada Charitre – Makkaligagi Sachitra'' <br />
* ''Harihara Kaviya Ragale Kathegalu'' <br />
* ''Sarvajnana Vachana Sangraha''<br />
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== Works on screen==<br />
===Films===<br />
* ''[[Gandugali Kumara Rama]]''<br />
* ''Hosamane Aliya''<br />
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=== Television serials===<br />
* ''Anna Basavanna''<br />
* ''Venkatesha Mahime''<br />
* ''NaLa Damayanthi''<br />
* ''Vikrama and Bethala''<br />
* ''Maha Bharatha''<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Kannada literature]]<br />
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== References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb name|nm7174941}}<br />
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