Updated On: 04 November, 2020 07:47 AM IST | Bengaluru | IANS
somanna, who was also popularly known as HGS to his contemporaries, had authored around 25 books, including books like somannana Stockninda and Innobarannu Ariyuva Bage.

Noted Kannada actor, author, theatre personality and writer, H.G. Somashekara Rao, popularly known as Somanna, breathed his last on Tuesday at a private hospital due to age related health issues. He was 86.
Somanna is survived by his wife and two children. The son of freedom fighter Harihar Gundu Rao, Somanna hailed from Chitradurga district.