Kannada cinema He entered Kannada cinema as a hero in the film
Amrutha Ghalige, directed by
Puttanna Kanagal. Since then he has acted in more than 65 films and has won many awards for his performances. He has acted in five languages- Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. He won the Karnataka state government's Best Actor Award for his performance as the saint-poet Sharief, in the film
Santa Shishunala Shariefa directed by Nagabharana. This film also won the Nargis Dutt award from the Central Government.
Bannada Vesha a film directed by Girish Kasaravally, in Kannada won the regional best film award in which he portrayed the character of a Yakshagana artist. He acted as the hero in the Hindi film
Bhairavi, directed by
Arunaraje Patil. He performed a character role in the Telugu film
Swarabhishekam, directed by K. Viswanath. Shridhar became recognized in Telugu television with his performance as Lord Shiva in the classic Telugu serial
Shivaleelalu on ETV Telugu. ==Notable filmography==