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Agni Shridhar is a Kannada former gangster, writer, critic and artist. He founded Karunada Sene. 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.
Mar 31, 2018 · Agni Shreedhar, alias Sridhar, was a notorious underworld don in the 1980s who killed Kotval Ramachandra and Jayaraj in gang wars. He later reformed and became a journalist, film producer and social activist, writing books and making movies on crime and spirituality.
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Agni Sreedhar aka Sreedhar Murthy The Times of India was born in 1955 (age 67 years; as of 2022) in Mynakanahalli, Channapattana, Karnataka. He did his schooling at Banumaiah High School, Mysore, and came to Bengaluru in 1974 to study law at the Vokkaligara Sangha Law College. He had a frail body in his childhood and took up martial arts in his tee...
Height (approx.):5′ 9″ Weight (approx.):65 kg Hair Colour: Salt and Pepper (half-bald) Eye Colour: Black
Parents & Siblings
His father’s name is Thammegowda, who was a primary school teacher. He has a brother named Basanth Kumar, who was the deputy superintendent of the police in 2017.
Wife & Children
His wife’s name is Latha Sreedhar, who is an engineering graduate, and the couple has a daughter and a son. His daughter’s name is Ramya Sreedhar, who is a certified corporate trainer, transformational & life coach, motivational speaker, rapper and lyricist.
Gangster
He was active in student politics during his college and got patronage from local dons. In 1979, some goons of an underworld don Kotwal Ramachandra misidentified his brother Basanth Kumar for some other person, attacked him, and broke his leg. When he went to the Police, they refused to take any action and asked Agni to himself kill the don. This incident made him angry, and he started to find ways to take revenge for his brother’s beating by killing Kotwal. He started printing counterfeit no...
Journalist & Writer
He knew P. Lankesh, the editor of the Lankesh Patrike magazine since the 1980s. In the late 1990s, he was looking for a new profession to live a civilised life, and when he came to know about Lankesh’s demise in 2000, he started a Kannada weekly magazine titled Agni. In his magazine, he writes about different social issues like politician-underworld nexus, education, and casteism. He wrote several books on his life and spirituality, which were well-received by the public. His books include hi...
Films
From 1974 to 1979, while studying in college, he acted in small roles in six Kannada films. In the mid-2000s, he started working as a screenplay writer, story writer, dialogue writer, and director in the Kannada film industry. His stories are mainly based on his life in the underworld and the lives of other dons he met in the underworld. He has won several awards for his debut film as a screenplay writer, Aa Dinagalu, released in 2007, and for his directorial debut movie Thamassu, released in...
Protest against the moral policing by the Sri Rama Sena
In 2009, he protested against Sri Ram Sena for threatening couples celebrating valentine’s day in public. He launched a helpline and assured protection to the couples from any attacks. Bangalore Mirror
Protest against Sri Sri Ravishankar’s Art of Living
In 2010, he claimed that Sri Sri Ravishankar’s Art of Living organisation was encroaching land of the farmers to build their ashram. He also alleged that Sri Sri Ravishankar’s organisation conducted illegal activities in their ashrams, and Sri Sri Ravishankar honey-trapped Swami Nithyananda using one of his disciples as he was jealous of the latter’s rising popularity and released the sex video of Nithyananda and a girl. Sri Sri Ravishankar denied these allegations and alleged that he was get...
Slapped by a cop in 2017
In March 2017, Agni Sreedhar complained to the Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG-IGP) R K Dutta against the Additional Commissioner of Police Hemanth Nimbalkar and his team. Agni wrote in his complaint that Nimbalkar and his team were searching his house during a raid, and Nimbalkar accused him of having contacts with North Indian killers, and a police inspector working on Nimbalkar’s directions, slapped him. Sometime after this incident, he complained of chest pain and was...
Karnataka Sahitya Akademi Award for his autobiography Dadagiriya DinagaluBest dialogue writer in the Karnataka State Film Awards in 2008Best dialogue writer at the Kanfida Film Awards in 2008Best dialogue writer at the Udaya Film Awards in 2008Best story writer at the Suvarna Film Awards in 2008Best screenplay writer in the Kannada State Film Awards list in 2011On 1 July 1997, an underworld goon and his rival Bannanje Raja and his associates shot several times at his car. He was not present in the car; however, his associates Bacchan and Mehmood, travelling along with the driver Srinivasa suffered injuries. His driver later succumbed to the injuries. India Today
He likes playing chess and was the amateur chess champion for South India in 1977.He likes to watch movies starring Bruce Lee.His mother was a very disciplinarian person and would beat him if he said any abusive words in front of her.Underworld don Chota Rajan asked Agni Sreedhar to join his gang; however, Agni refused.He suffers from Diabetes and underwent two angioplasties in 2012.His father was called Dharmaraya as he shunned violence and always spoke the truth.Agni Sreedhar is a former Bangalore underworld don who became a journalist, writer, and social worker. He founded the magazine Agni, wrote books on his life and spirituality, and directed a Kannada movie.
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Oct 3, 2023 · Agni Sreedhar, a name that ruled the underworld in Bengaluru in the late 80s, is today a soft-spoken person who is at his “happiest best” when his nose is “buried deep in books”. Despite ...
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