- Mullapudi Venkata Ramana
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Mayor Sabbam Hari presenting the 1995 Raja-Lakshmi Literary Award to Sri Mullapudi Venkata Ramana
Mullapudi Venkata Ramana (te: ముళ్ళపూడి వెంకట రమణ; June 28, 1931 – February 23, 2011) was a Telugu story writer. He was especially known for his hilarious style of writing. He also created a child character called Budugu. Many other memorable characters like Radha, Gopalam, Contractor (in Muthyala Muggu), Tutti (in Mister Pellam) in Modern Telugu Literature/Cinema flown from the ink of this master writer's pen.
Mullapudi was also the dialogue, story and screenplay writer for many of the movies that came as a Bapu-Ramana combination. He was versatile in penning both heart-touching and rib-tickling dialogues.
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Biography
Early life
Ramana's childhood was mostly spent in Dhavaleswaram near Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh. Ramana had one elder sister and a younger brother. It was a happy family with no troubles until his father expired when Ramana was 9 years old.[1] This turned their family status upside down and they shifted to Chennai (called Madras in those days) for better opportunities. Ramana's mother Mrs. Adilakshmi took all the pains to raise the family in such situation. Ramana's education and career happened in Madras itself.
Early career
After complete SSLC in Madras, Ramana have done many petty jobs before finally taking a first official job as a reporter in Andhra Patrika in 1953[2] First, he was working for the "Daily" section of the news paper, and then shifted to "Weekkly" section. He was responsible for the "Cinema Page" section in the paper. That was the time when all the big names of Telugu literature like Nanduri Ramamohana Rao, Pilaka Ganapati Sastry, Surampudi Seetaram etc. were working for the same news paper. Due to the literary environment and friendship with all the poets/writers, Ramana's interest in writing was born and then he never turned back. That was the same time when he got introduced to film industry and befriended the famous stars of film fraternity.
Association with Bapu
Ramana’s association with Bapu on a career plane completes 60 years. They first met in 1942 in P.S. High School, Madras. They studied there in standards V and VI and then continued schooling at Kesari High School.Ramana’s first short story Amma Maata Vinakapothe was published in 1945 in Bala, a children's magazine published by Radio Annayya (Nyayapathi Raghava Rao),he was 14 then. Bapu illustrated the story. That was the beginning of their career as a writer-producer -illustrator- filmmaker duo”.
While Bapu achieved much of his fame sticking to a subtle style of artistic elegance, Ramana announced his entry through a bunch of talkative characters, who try to make no sense out of the sensible world around them, because of their askew point of view. Ramana is the dialogue, story and screenplay writer for many of the movies that came as a Bapu-Ramana combination. He provided an able foil, providing script/dialogue that suited bapu's visuals and this celebrated friendship and professional associatioon gave many good cinemas.
Autobiography
Kothi Kommachi is Ramana's Autobiography in a Book and Audio form. Just like the title, the story keep hopping different timelines and incidents.
Awards
- Raghupathi Venkaiah Award - 1986
- He was awarded the Raja-Lakshmi Literary Award for the year 1995 from Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation, Chennai.
Death
Ramana died of old-age related illness in Chennai on February 23, 2011.
Filmography
This is partial list of his films. Kindly help expanding it.
Year Film Language Credits 1962 Raktha Sambandham Telugu Writer 1963 Mooga Manasulu Telugu Writer 1964 Daagudumootalu Telugu Writer 1965 Preminchi Choodu Telugu Story 1966 Kanne Manasulu Telugu Story and Dialogues 1966 Navarathri Telugu Writer 1967 Poola Rangadu Telugu Story 1967 Prana Mithrulu Telugu Story and Dialogues 1967 Saakshi Telugu Writer 1968 Bangaru Pichika Telugu Writer 1969 Buddhimanthudu Telugu Story and Screenplay 1970 Balaraju Katha Telugu Dialogues 1971 Sampoorna Ramayanam Telugu Writer 1973 Andala Ramudu Telugu Writer 1975 Muthyala Muggu Telugu Story 1976 Bhakta Kannappa Telugu Writer 1976 Jeevan Jyoti Hindi Story 1976 Seeta Kalyanam Telugu Writer 1978 Gorantha Deepam Telugu Story and Screenplay 1978 Manavoori Pandavulu Telugu 1980 Hum Paanch Hindi Screenplay 1980 Kaliyuga Ravana Surudu Telugu Writer 1980 Rajadhi Raju Telugu Story and Screenplay 1980 Vamsa Vriksham Telugu Screenplay and Dialogues 1981 Radha Kalyanam Telugu Writer 1981 Thyagayya Telugu Writer 1982 Pelleedu Pillalu Telugu Story and Dialogues 1983 Manthrigari Viyyankudu Telugu Writer 1985 Bullet Telugu Story and Screenplay 1985 Jackie Telugu Writer 1986 Kalyana Thamboolam Telugu Writer 1991 Pelli Pusthakam Telugu Dialogues and Screenplay 1993 Mr. Pellam Telugu Writer 1993 Shrinatha Kavi Sarvabhowma Telugu Writer 1994 Pelli Koduku Telugu Writer 1996 Rambantu Telugu Writer 2005 Radha Gopalam Telugu Story and Dialogues 2008 Sundarakanda Telugu Story, Screenplay and Dialogues 2011 Sree Rama Raajyam Telugu Story and Dialogues References
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Categories:- 1931 births
- 2011 deaths
- Telugu people
- Telugu writers
- Telugu cinema
- Telugu screenwriters
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