Sugganahalli Rudramurthy Shastry (Kannada: ??????????? ??????????? ????????) (born 11 November 1948), is a Kannada novelist, lyricist a whose works are popular in state of Karnataka, India.
He has written lyrics to more than 100 films, screenplay and dialogues for ten Kannada movies, story to biographical historical drama film Gandugali Kumara Rama, and screenplay and dialogues to many Kannada TV serials.