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- C.V. Shivashankar was born on March 23, 1933 in Tiptur, Karnataka, India. He was an actor and director, known for Mahadimane (1971), Padavidhara (1967) and Hoysala (1975). He died on June 27, 2023 in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
- His songs had lyrics focusing on the Kannada culture and land, thus showcasing the passion and love that he had for them.
- He has been awarded by the Kannada government with the Karnataka Rajyotsava Award.
- In 1967, five years after his debut in films, Shivashankar ventured into direction with the film Padavidhara, which had Udaykumar, Kalpana, T N Balakrishna, and Narasimharaju in the cast. After that, he directed one more film in 1968, Namma Ooru. That was his second and last directorial film. And never returned to direction again.
- Shivashankar was also a famous singer, his songs include Mruthyunjay a part 1 and 2 and Cinema Sundari of 2014.
- He was very well known for writing the lyrics for many memorable songs in Kannada.
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