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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.

He was an Indian film director and producer, screenwriter, lyricist and dialogue writer who predominantly worked in the Kannada film industry.

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.

He was seen working as a producer and dialogue writer of Bablusha. Released on 2nd September 2016, the film was directed by Venkat Bhardwaj. Based on a true story of a family of Mallinathapura of 1501 this is a historical thriller.

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.

Shivashankar started his journey as a theatre artist during his childhood where he gained experience by performing in numerous plays.