Jump to content

C. V. Shivashankar

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

C. V. Shivashankar
Born
Chittanahalli Venkatakrishna Bhatta

(1933-03-23)23 March 1933
Died27 June 2023(2023-06-27) (aged 90)
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Film Director, Writer, Producer, Lyricist
Years active1961–2023

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

[edit]

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

[edit]

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

Filmography

[edit]
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 [citation needed]
1965 Mane Katti Nodu Kannada Sri Sadguru C. V. Shivashankar and Friends
1967 Padavidhara Kannada Udaykumar, Kalpana, T. N. Balakrishna, Narasimharaju and others C. V. Shivashankar C. K. Gowda [citation needed]
1968 Namma Ooru Kannada C. V. Shivashankar J N Shetty, S N Rao, B S Narayan [citation needed]
2015 A Day in the City Kannada Venkat Bharadhwaj C. V. Shivashankar and Shankar [2]
2016 Bablusha Kannada Avinash, Shobhraj, Mrudhula Bhaskar Venkat Bharadhwaj C. V. Shivashankar [3]

Awards

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Kannada veteran actor and director dies".
  2. ^ "Let's be agents of change". The Hindu. 20 July 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Cinema Suddi: Bringing on Bablusha". The Hindu. 27 May 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Karnataka Government". karnataka.gov.in. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
[edit]