Agni Shridhar is a

Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...

former gangster, writer, critic and artist. He founded ''Karunada Sene''. Later he founded the weekly Kannada newspaper ''Agni'', and turned a professional writer. He has written a book called "Daadagiriya Dinagalu", meaning the days of Goondaism. He hails from

Kanakapura Kanakapura is a town in the Ramanagara district of Karnataka on the banks of the Arkavathi river and the administrative center of the taluk of the same name. Previously belonged to Bangalore Rural District. It was formerly the largest constit ...

and studied in

Bangalore Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

Literary works

*He has scripted a play called ''Edegarike''. *He has scripted a film with Girish Karnad called ''

Aa dinagalu ''Aa Dinagalu'' () is a 2007 Indian Kannada-language crime drama film based on the non-fiction novel ''Daadaagiriya Dinagalu'' by Agni Shridhar, and directed by K. M. Chaitanya. It stars Chethan Kumar in the lead role. The supporting cast featu ...

'' which is derived from his ''Daadagiriya Dinagalu'' written on Bengaluru crime of 1986. *His directorial debut movie Thamassu *He scripted a film in 2022 called Head bush. Which is directed by shoonya.

Filmography

Awards

Thamassu directed by Agni Shridhar was adjudged as the second best film in the

Karnataka State Film Awards Karnataka State Film Awards are the most notable and prestigious film awards given for Kannada film industry in Karnataka, India. These are considered the highest awards for Kannada language films. They are given annually by the Government ...

for the year 2010-11. He also won the Best Screen Play writer award for the same movie.

References

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