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Bhagavatula Sadashiva Shankara Sastry known by his pen-name Arudra (31 August 1925 - 4 June 1998) is a highly respected author in Modern Telugu literature of Andhra Pradesh, India. Arudra was born in Visakhapatnam on August 31, 1925. After the primary education here, he shifted to Vizianagaram in 1942 for his college education. The seeds of Communism were sowed in his mind after he came in contact with people like Ronanki Appalaswami and Chaganti Somayajulu.
He joined the Indian Air Force as a band boy in 1943 and served it till 1947. He shifted to Madras and worked as editor of `Anandavani' magazine for two years. Joining the cine field in 1949, he wrote lyrics and dialogues for many films.
He married noted writer, K.Ramalakshmi (a columnist and a writer-critic in her own right) in 1954.
