Si was an Indian actor, writer, lyricist and director in Kannada film industry.

After a brief stint as an actor, he turned into director, lyricist, writer and music composer for the film Mahakavi Kalidasa (1955) which emerged as a biggest commercial and critical success of the year.

However, he rejected it owing to the opportunity he got to work in the direction department of Shaw Brothers Studio, Hong Kong.

Apart from Kannada language, Sastry directed 2 movies in Malay language: Kuraana Kaav and Iman (1954) - both of which were selected for the international film festival of Japan - thereby making him the first director from Karnataka whose movies were exhibited in an international platform.

Seetharama Sastry hailed from the Mysore Kingdom and was very active in theater during his early age.