Chi. Udayashankar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Chi. Udayashankar

Kannada Lyricist

Date of Birth: 18-Feb-1934

Place of Birth: Holenarasipura, Karnataka, India

Date of Death: 01-Jul-1993

Profession: actor, songwriter, lyricist

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Chitnahalli Udayashankar (18 February 1934 – 3 July 1993) was born in Chitnahalli, now called Chandrashekharapura, in Gubbi taluk, Tumkur district, Karnataka.
He was an eminent lyricist and dialogue writer of 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.