Srikrishna Alanahalli (3 April 1947 – 4 January 1989) was an Indian

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...

and

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. The majority of his works are written in the

Kannada language 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 sp ...

. He became popular for his novels ''Kaadu'' (1972), ''Parasangada Gendethimma'' (1978) and ''Bhujangayyana Dasavataragalu'' (1982), all of his novels were adapted into films.

Short Stories

* Tapta * Geejagana Goodu * Finix * Samagra Kathegalu * Srikrishna Aalanahalli Sahitya Vachike — Ed: Vivek Shanbhag

Poetry

* Mannina Haadu * Kaadu Gidada Haadu Paadu * Dogri Pahaadi Premageetegalu

Novels

* Kaadu/ಕಾಡು * Parasangada Gendethimma * Bujangayyana Dashavataragalu * Gode (Sequel to Kaadu)

Novels/Short Stories Made into Movies

* Kaadu - Kannada Movie (1973) *

Parasangada Gendethimma ''Parasangada Gendethimma'' () is a 1978 Indian Kannada-language drama film directed by Maruthi Shivram, based on a novel of the same by Srikrishna Alanahalli. It stars Lokesh in the lead role and the supporting cast features Reeta Anchan, B. R. ...

- Kannada Movie (1979) * Geejagana Goodu — Kannada Movie (1975) * Kurubara Lakkanoo Elizebheth Raaniyoo — Kannada Movie (1976) *

Bhujangayyana Dashavathara ''Bhujangayyana Dashavathara'' is a 1988 Indian Kannada-language political drama film directed and produced by Lokesh, based on the novel of the same name by Srikrishna Alanahalli. Besides Lokesh as the protagonist, the film stars Pallavi Joshi ...

- Kannada Movie (1988) *

Kannil Theriyum Kathaikal ''Kannil Theriyum Kathaikal'' () is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Devaraj–Mohan and produced by A. L. Raghavan. The film stars Sarath Babu, Sripriya, Vadivukkarasi and M. N. Rajam. The songs for this film were composed by fiv ...

(Tamil) *

Rosappu Ravikkaikari ''Rosappu Ravikkaikari'' () is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language historical romance film directed by Devaraj–Mohan. A remake of the 1978 Kannada film ''Parasangada Gendethimma'', itself based on Srikrishna Alanahalli's novella of the same name, ...

(Tamil)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alanahalli, Srikrishna 1947 births 1989 deaths Indian male novelists People from Mysore district 20th-century Indian novelists 20th-century Indian poets Indian male poets Poets from Karnataka Novelists from Karnataka 20th-century Indian male writers