C._V._Shivashankar

C. V. Shivashankar

C. V. Shivashankar

Indian film director (1933–2023)

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]

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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

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Awards

References

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


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