R.N. Sudarshan was born on 2 May 1939 in Kingdom of Mysore, British India. He was an actor, known for Shubha Mangala (1975), Karulinakare (1970) and Ananda Bashpa (1963). He was previously married to Shylashri. He died on 8 September 2017 in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.