Shashikumar is an actor and politician from Karnataka, India. In addition to Kannada movies, he has acted in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi movies.His first released film was Yuddha Kaanda in 1989 which starred V. Ravichandran and Poonam Dhillon. Later he starred in some unsuccessful films like Baa Nanna Preetisu, Gandharva and Kollura Kaala. The 1990 film Rani Maharani made him a successful star. Further, he went on to become one of the most sought after stars.