C. V. Shivashankar

C. V. Shivashankar
Born	Chittanahalli Venkatakrishna Bhatta (1933-03-23)23 March 1933
Died	27 June 2023(2023-06-27) (aged 90)
Nationality	Indian
Occupation(s)	Film Director, Writer, Producer, Lyricist
Years active	1961–2023

Chittanahalli Venkatakrishna Shivashankar Shastry (23 March 1933 – 27 June 2023), also known as Chittanahalli Venkatakrishna Bhatta, was an Indian film director and producer, screenwriter, lyricist and dialogue writer who predominantly worked in the Kannada film industry.^[citation needed]

Career

C. V. Shivashankar began his career as an actor and assistant director from the Kannada movie Rathna Manjari ^[citation needed] starring Udaykumar, M. P. Shankar, Narasimharaju, Leelavathi and others. Later he acted in few Kannada movies, and he become full-fledged director from the movie Padavidhara starring Udaykumar, Kalpana, T. N. Balakrishna and Narasimharaju in the lead roles.

Death

Shivashankar died from a heart attack on 27 June 2023, at the age of 90.[1]

Filmography

Year	Film	Language	Cast	Director	Producer	Notes
1962	Rathna Manjari	Kannada	Udaykumar, M. P. Shankar, Narasimharaju, Leelavathi and others	Hunsur Krishnamurthy	Hunsur Krishnamurthy, D. Puttaswamy	[2]
1965	Mane Katti Nodu	Kannada	Udaykumar, Meena Kumari, Shanthala, Dwarkish	Sri Sadguru	C. V. Shivashankar and Friends	[3]
1967	Padavidhara	Kannada	Udaykumar, Kalpana, T. N. Balakrishna, Narasimharaju and others	C. V. Shivashankar	C. K. Gowda	[4]
1968	Namma Ooru	Kannada	Udaykumar, K S Ashwath T. N. Balakrishna, Narasimharaju and others	C. V. Shivashankar	J N Shetty, S N Rao, B S Narayan	[5]
2015	A Day in the City	Kannada		Venkat Bharadhwaj	C. V. Shivashankar and Shankar	[6]
2016	Bablusha	Kannada	Avinash, Shobhraj, Mrudhula Bhaskar	Venkat Bharadhwaj	C. V. Shivashankar	[7]

Awards

• 1991 – Karnataka Rajyotsava Award by Government of Karnataka[8]

References

1. "Kannada veteran actor and director dies".
2. "RathnaManjari (1962) Tamil, Kannada movie: Cast & Crew". chiloka.com. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
3. "Mane Katti Nodu (1966) Kannada movie: Cast & Crew". chiloka.com. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
4. "Padavidhara (1967) Kannada movie: Cast & Crew". chiloka.com. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
5. "Namma Ooru (1968) movie: Cast & Crew". chiloka.com. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
6. "Let's be agents of change". The Hindu. 20 July 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
7. "Cinema Suddi: Bringing on Bablusha". The Hindu. 27 May 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
8. "Karnataka Government". karnataka.gov.in. Retrieved 11 December 2022.

External links

• C.V. Shivashankar at IMDb