Chi. Udaya Shankar

Kannada Lyricist .

Chitnahalli Udayashankar (18 February 1934 – 2 July 1993; born in Chitnahalli) was an Indian lyricist and dialogue writer in the Kannada film industry for over three decades, who penned more than 3000 songs for films and devotional songs. He was called 'Sahithya Rathna' (gem of literature). His dialogues, screenplay and lyrics were instrumental in the success of many movies of Rajkumar. Udayashankar received four Karnataka State Film Award for Best Dialogue and two Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay. He was the son of lyricist Chi. Sadashivaiah. His son Chi. Guru Dutt is an actor and director in Kannada and Tamil feature films.

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Chi. Udaya Shankar was born on Sunday, 18 February 1934 in Chithhanahalli (now Chandrashekhara Pura in Tumkur District). He was best known as a writer. Shankar's country of citizenship (nationality) was Indian. He died on Thursday, 1 July 1993. His zodiac star sign was Aquarius.

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Date of birth	18 February 1934	edit
Place of birth	Chithhanahalli (now Chandrashekhara Pura in Tumkur District)	edit
Date of death	1 July 1993	edit
Age	59 (age at death)
Occupation	Lyricist, writer	edit
Occupation category	Writer	edit
Nationality	Indian	edit

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