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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = C. V. Shivashankar<br />
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| birth_name = Chittanahalli Venkatakrishna Bhatta<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1933|03|23|df=y}}<br />
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| death_date = {{death date and age|2023|6|27|1933|3|23|df=y}}<br />
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| occupation = Film director, writer, producer, lyricist<br />
| years_active = 1961–2023<br />
| children = [[Venkat Bharadwaj]] (son)<br />
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'''Chittanahalli Venkatakrishna Shivashankar Shastry''' (23 March 1933 – 27 June 2023), also known as '''Chittanahalli Venkatakrishna Bhatta''', was an Indian film director and producer, screenwriter, lyricist and dialogue writer who predominantly worked in the [[Kannada cinema|Kannada film industry]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}<br />
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== Career ==<br />
C. V. Shivashankar began his career as an actor and assistant director from the Kannada movie ''[[Rathna Manjari]] ''{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}} starring [[Udaykumar]], [[M. P. Shankar]], [[Narasimharaju (Kannada actor)|Narasimharaju]], [[Leelavathi (actress)|Leelavathi]] and others. Later he acted in few Kannada movies, and he become full-fledged director from the movie ''[[Padavidhara]]'' starring [[Udaykumar]], [[Kalpana (Kannada actress)|Kalpana]], [[T. N. Balakrishna]] and [[Narasimharaju (Kannada actor)|Narasimharaju]] in the lead roles.<br />
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== Personal life ==<br />
Both of his sons [[Venkat Bharadwaj]] and Karthik Urs initially worked in the IT industry before transitioning to film careers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thesouthfirst.com/entertainment/veteran-kannada-filmmaker-cv-shivashankar-passes-away/|title=Veteran Kannada filmmaker CV Shivashankar passes away|first=Shashiprasad S.|last=M|date=June 28, 2023|website=The South First}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=People don't believe it is me, says a man who is senior manager at Capgemini and has written this Kannada film's story, dialogues |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/people-dont-believe-it-is-me-says-a-man-who-is-senior-manager-at-capgemini-and-has-written-this-kannada-films-story-dialogues/articleshow/61757442.cms |access-date=2025-04-22 |work=Bangalore Mirror |date=2017-11-14 |archive-date=2025-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250423220124/https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/south-masala/people-dont-believe-it-is-me-says-a-man-who-is-senior-manager-at-capgemini-and-has-written-this-kannada-films-story-dialogues/articleshow/61757442.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> Shivashankar died from a heart attack on 27 June 2023, at the age of 90.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kannada.news18.com/news/entertainment/kannada-veteran-actor-and-director-c-v-shivashankar-dies-due-to-heart-attack-pvn-1205910.html|title=Kannada veteran actor and director dies}}</ref><br />
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== Filmography ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Year<br />
!Film<br />
!Role<br />
!Notes<br />
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|1962<br />
|''[[Rathna Manjari]]''<br />
|rowspan="4"|Director<br />
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=RathnaManjari (1962) Tamil, Kannada movie: Cast & Crew |url=https://chiloka.com/movie/rathnamanjari-1962 |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=chiloka.com}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1965<br />
|''[[Mane Katti Nodu]]''<br />
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mane Katti Nodu (1966) Kannada movie: Cast & Crew |url=https://chiloka.com/movie/mane-katti-nodu-1966 |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=chiloka.com}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1967<br />
|''[[Padavidhara]]''<br />
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Padavidhara (1967) Kannada movie: Cast & Crew |url=https://chiloka.com/movie/padavidhara-1967 |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=chiloka.com}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1968<br />
|''Namma Ooru''<br />
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Namma Ooru (1968) movie: Cast & Crew |url=https://chiloka.com/movie/namma-ooru-1968 |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=chiloka.com}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|2015<br />
|''A Day in the City''<br />
|rowspan="2"|Producer<br />
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-07-20 |title=Let's be agents of change |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/lets-be-agents-of-change/article6228497.ece |access-date=2022-12-11 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|2016<br />
|''[[Bablusha]]''<br />
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-05-27 |title=Cinema Suddi: Bringing on Bablusha |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/Cinema-Suddi-Bringing-on-Bablusha/article14342429.ece |access-date=2022-12-11 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
|}<br />
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== Awards ==<br />
* 1991 – [[Rajyotsava Prashasti|Karnataka Rajyotsava Award]] by [[Government of Karnataka]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Karnataka Government |url=https://karnataka.gov.in/page/Awards/State+Awards/Rajyotsava+Awards/en |access-date=2022-12-11 |website=karnataka.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb name|id=3386587|name=C.V. Shivashankar}}<br />
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[[Category:Kannada film directors]]<br />
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