C. V. Shivashankar
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

Awards 
 1991 – Karnataka Rajyotsava Award by Government of Karnataka

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1933 births
2023 deaths
Indian film directors
Kannada film directors
Kannada film producers
Kannada-language lyricists
Kannada actors