Agni Sreedhar

Agni Shridhar is a Kannada former gangster, writer, critic and artist.[1] He founded Karunada Sene.[2] 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 Channapattana and studied in Bangalore.[3]

Literary works

  • He has scripted a play called Edegarike.
  • He has scripted a film with Girish Karnad called Aa Dinagalu which is derived from his Daadagiriya Dinagalu written on Bengaluru crime of 1986.[4]
  • His directorial debut movie Thamassu (2010)[5]
  • He scripted a film in 2022 called Head Bush. Which is directed by Shoonya.

Filmography

Year Film Director Screenplay Story Notes
2007 Aa Dinagalu No Yes Yes also dialogue writer
2009 Kallara Santhe No Yes Yes
2010 Thamassu Yes Yes Yes Directorial debut
2012 Edegarike No Yes Yes Dialogue writer
2016 Kiragoorina Gayyaligalu No Yes No
2021 Head Bush No No Yes
TBA Silent Sunila No Yes Yes

Awards

Thamassu directed by Agni Shridhar was adjudged as the second best film in the Karnataka State Film Awards for the year 2010-11. He also won the Best Screen Play writer award for the same movie. [6]

References

  1. ^ "The bounce-back rowdies". Daily News and Analysis. 22 May 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Will Bangalore no longer be cosmo?". The Telegraph. Calcutta, India. 19 September 2004. Archived from the original on 13 January 2005. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  3. ^ Dharmaraj, Paul. "Books : Interview: Agni Sreedhar". Timeoutbengaluru.net. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Aa Dinagalu is worth a watch". Rediff.com. 22 October 2007. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  5. ^ "Thamassu". The Times of India. 11 June 2010. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Kannada State Film Awards list 2010-11". The Times of India. 25 October 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013.