| Su Rudramurthy Shastry | |
| Birth Name: | Sugganahalli Rudramurthy Shastry |
| Birth Date: | 1948 11, df=yes [1] |
| Birth Place: | Sugganahalli, Bengaluru Rural district, Karnataka, India |
| Occupation: | Writer, novelist, lyricist |
| Genre: | Fiction, history, Social |
Sugganahalli Rudramurthy Shastry (Kannada: ಸುಗ್ಗನಹಳ್ಳಿ ರುದ್ರಮೂರ್ತಿ ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿ) (born 11 November 1948), is a Kannada novelist and lyricist whose works are popular in state of Karnataka, India.[1] He has written lyrics to more than 100 films, screenplay and dialogues for ten Kannada movies, story to biographical historical drama film Gandugali Kumara Rama, and screenplay and dialogues to many Kannada TV serials.[2]
Su Rudramurthy Shastry was born at Suggenahalli, a village in the Magadi taluk, Bengaluru Rural District, about 70 km from Bengaluru. His father is S N Shivarudrayya, and mother is Siddagangamma.
Primary education from Sugganahalli, Magadi taluk, and highschool education from Ramangara, MA(Kannada) from Bangalore University, Bengaluru.
He has written more than 130 books including 16 poetry works, more than 30 historical, fiction, social novels, more than 23 story collections.