C. V. Shivashankar
Indian film director, Actor, Producer
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Filmography (11)
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The basics
Quick Facts
| Intro | Indian film director, Actor, Producer | |
| Places | India | |
| was | Film director Actor Film producer | |
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | |
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| Birth | 23 March 1933 | |
| Death | 2023 (aged 89 years) | |
| Star sign | Aries |
The details
Biography
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.
Career
C. V. Shivashankar began his career as an actor and assistant director from the Kannada movie Rathna Manjari 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.
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 | |
| 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 | |
| 1968 | Namma Ooru | Kannada | C. V. Shivashankar | J N Shetty, S N Rao, B S Narayan | ||
| 2015 | A Day in the City | Kannada | Venkat Bharadhwaj | C. V. Shivashankar and Shankar | ||
| 2016 | Bablusha | Kannada | Avinash, Shobhraj, Mrudhula Bhaskar | Venkat Bharadhwaj | C. V. Shivashankar |
Awards
- 1991 – Karnataka Rajyotsava Award by Government of Karnataka