Background
He was the son of lyricist Chirurgical
He was the son of lyricist Chirurgical
He composed more than 3000 songs for Kannada films and also devotional songs. Sadashivaiah. In 1963, Chi Udayshankar wrote dialogues for the first time. This was for the film Santa Tukaram starring Rajkumar.
He co-wrote dialogues and lyrics for many Kannada movies along with songs along with his father early career.
He directed movie Manku Dinne in 1968. He has supplied great deal of dialogues and lyrics for 85 Rajkumar movies.
He has worked with Rajkumar since 1963 to 1993 for 3 decades consisting of 92 movies.
Karnataka State Film 1970-1971 - Best Dialogue Writer – Kula Gowrava 1972-1973 - Best Dialogue Writer – Nagarahavu 1975-1976 - Best Dialogue Writer – Premada Kanike 1985-1986 - Best Screenplay – Bhagyada Lakshmi Baramma 1986-1987 - Best Screenplay – Anand 1992-1993 - Best Dialogue Writer – Jeevana Chaithra.