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{{Short description|former gangster, writer, film director}}

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'''Agni Shridhar''' is a [[Kannada]] former gangster, writer, critic and artist.<ref>{{cite news|title=The bounce-back rowdies|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_the-bounce-back-rowdies_1257993|accessdate=8 December 2010|newspaper=Daily News and Analysis|date=22 May 2009}}</ref> He founded ''Karunada Sene''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Will Bangalore no longer be cosmo?|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1041219/asp/opinion/story_4146622.asp|accessdate=8 December 2010|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=19 September 2004|location=Calcutta, India}}</ref> 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]] and studied in [[Bangalore]].<ref name=interview>{{cite news|last=Dharmaraj |first=Paul |title=Books : Interview: Agni Sreedhar |url=http://www.timeoutbengaluru.net/books/features/interview-agni-sreedhar |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140309073055/http://www.timeoutbengaluru.net/books/features/interview-agni-sreedhar |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 March 2014 |accessdate=9 March 2014 |newspaper=Timeoutbengaluru.net }}</ref>

==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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Aa Dinagalu is worth a watch|url=http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2007/oct/22aad.htm|accessdate=8 December 2010|newspaper=Rediff.com|date=22 October 2007}}</ref>
*His directorial debut movie [[Thamassu]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Thamassu|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/kannada/Thamassu/articleshow/6038104.cms|accessdate=8 December 2010|newspaper=The Times of India|date=11 June 2010}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! 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}} || Dictatorial 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.
<ref>{{cite news| url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-25/news-interviews/43394682_1_medal-best-dubbing-artiste-best-dialogue-writer | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200735/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-10-25/news-interviews/43394682_1_medal-best-dubbing-artiste-best-dialogue-writer | url-status=dead | archive-date=29 October 2013 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Kannada State Film Awards list 2010-11 | date=25 October 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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