Mullapudi Venkata Ramana

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Mayor Sabbam Hari presenting the 1995 Raja-Lakshmi Literary Award to Sri Mullapu
di Venkata Ramana
Mullapudi Venkata Ramana (te: ????????? ????? ???; 28 June 1931 23 February 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 c
haracters like Radha, Gopalam, Contractor (in Muthyala Muggu), Tutti (in Mister
Pellam) in modern Telugu literature/cinema flew from this master writer's pen.
Mullapudi was the dialogue, story and screenplay writer for many of the movies t
hat came as a Bapu-Ramana combination. He was versatile in penning both heart-to
uching and rib-tickling dialogues.
Contents [hide]
1 Biography
1.1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 Films
2.2 Association with Bapu
2.3 Television
3 Autobiography
4 Awards
5 Death
6 Filmography
7 References
8 External links
Biography[edit]
Early life[edit]
Sri. Mullapudi Venkata Ramana was born in a middle-class traditional family and
his childhood mostly spent in a tiny village called Dhowleswaram near Rajahmundr
y, Andhra Pradesh. Ramana had one elder sister and a younger brother. It was a h
appy family with no troubles until his father expired when Ramana was 9 years ol
d.[1] This turned their status upside down and they shifted to Chennai (called M
adras in those days) for better opportunities. Ramana's mother Mrs. Adilakshmi t
ook all the pains to raise the family in such situation. Ramana's education and
career happened in Madras. During his study days, Ramana had shown penchant for
literature in Telugu and inclination in writing up short, effective storylines.
During the same period, he got a good friend in 'Bapu'. Their friendship was unc
onditional and mutually expending talents as Ramana is good at write-ups whereas
Bapu is good at painting and caricature drawing. Soon they excelled in their ta
lents and gave some of the most admirable Telugu films later in their life.
Katha Ramaneeyam' Part-1 each have around 40 stories off 8 chapters each of them
representing one of Navarasams (Nine emotions each human has). Some of them wer
e made Films later viz. Seetha Kalyanam, Bhogimanta, Swayamvaram etc..
Katha Ramaneeyam' Part-2 having about 45 stories some of which representing Indi
an middle-class' tryst with life in hilarious way. While others pointing out the
superstitions in our society, treatment of underprivileged in society which are
definitely thought provoking.
Runanandalahiri is representation of average Indians, leading life in the times
of inflation, joblessness, less privileged society and their tryst with their li
ves' problems. Sri. Ramana himself suffered such upsets in his life and even fra
nk enough that some characters inspired from his own sufferings but dealt with i
n a humorous way.
Career[edit]
After completing SSLC in Madras, Ramana had to do many odd jobs before starting
as a reporter for then-popular newspaper Andhra Patrika in 1953.[2] Here he got
the opportunity to interact with eminent writers of Telugu literature like Nandu
ri Ramamohana Rao, Pilaka Ganapati Sastry, Surampudi Seetaram etc. who were work
ing for the same newspaper.
Sri. Ramana was first working for the "Daily" section of the newspaper and then
shifted to "Weekly" section. While working here, his stories for children in the
name of 'Budugu' (lil kid) were published and became very popular. He authored
these stories to present the views of the little kids off their elders in the fa
mily. These stories are humorous, informative, knowledgeable to children and at
the same time helping the elderly to know the thought process of their kids. Lat
er, these stories were published in the form of a book, which was well received.
While writing for the "Cinema Page" section in the paper, Ramana's short and cri
sp writing helped him to gain popularity for his film reviews. That was the same
time when he got introduced to film industry and befriended the famous stars of
film fraternity. He got introduced to some great directors of those times, Adur
thi SubbaRao and Dundi, who encouraged him to work for films. RakthaSambandam wa
s his first break as a writer; since then he never lagged in his progress as sto
ry, screenplay, dialogue writer.
Films[edit]
Ramana's writing talent highlighted with his movie reviews and stories he wrote
for films. Some of the initial films for story, screenplay dialogue Velugu needa
lu, Kanney manasulu were runaway hits, that has kept Ramana in good stead. Mooga
manasulu, Bharya Bharthalu, Velugu Needalu and Teney manasulu have firmly estab
lished him as story writer. Some of these films had ANR (Akkineni NageswarRao) i
n the lead and their association brought their talent to the fore.
Soon, he became sought after film story writer and gave up his journalist job at
Andhra Patrika. He partnered with his childhood friend Bapu and co-produced the
ir first film Sakshi featuring actor Krishna which got accolades for its storyli
ne and direction.
Bhakta Kannappa (great disciple of 'Lord Siva') with actor Krishnam Raju, who wa
s till then doing villain roles, was a huge hit and gave him stardom. However, t
he milestone in his career is Sampurna Ramayanam (Ramayan epic) which featured S
hoban Babu as Lord Rama turned out to be a major hit and is a masterpiece of Tel
ugu films which is the best representation of the epic 'Ramayana' till today. Th
e music of this film is ever popular and is played in festivals and functions.
Association with Bapu[edit]
Sri. Ramana's association with Sri. Bapu has a 60-year career plane. They first
met in 1942 in P.S. High School, Madras where they studied standards V and VI an
d then continued schooling at Kesari High School. Ramana's first short story "Am
ma Maata Vinakapothe" was published in 1945 in Bala, a children's magazine publi
shed by Radio Annayya (Nyayapathi Raghava Rao). He was 14 then. Bapu illustrated
the story. His paintings were liked and that was the beginning of their long-st
anding association.
While Bapu achieved much of his fame sticking to a subtle style of artistic eleg
ance, Ramana announced his entry through a bunch of talkative characters, who tr
y to make no sense out of the sensible world around them, because of their askew
point of view. Beginning as an illustrator-story writer team and then turning i
nto a film-director-writer duo, they have contributed immensely to the enrichmen
t of Telugu cultural ethos through literature and cinema
Sri. Ramana provided an able foil, providing script/dialogue that suited Bapu's
visuals and this celebrated friendship and professional association made some ve
ry meaningful social films that were decent hits like Radha Kalyanam, Vamsa Vruk
sham, Pelli Pustakam, Mr. Pellam, Sundarkanda, and Radhaagopalam.
MuthyalaMuggu is one of the path-breaking films of yesteryear and the characters
and story are very relevant today. This film launched Ravu Gopalarao in a negat
ive role who soon became most sought-after actor in negative roles for next 20 y
ears. The dialogues by Sri. Ramana were a runaway hit with all generations alike
and popular even now.
Television[edit]
During the years 198590, Sri Ramana and Sri Bapu made videos for school subjects
for children on television. At the behest of then the chief minister of Andhra P
radesh Dr. N.T RamaRao, Bapu-Ramana made these education videos which were aired
by Doordarshan in Telugu were very popular. The same were later dubbed and aire
d by National Doordarshan. A.R. Rahaman, the present day music maestro, was then
an upcoming drummer, providing background music for few of these videos.
In this millennium, the magic of the Bapu-Ramana combination provided their expe
rtise for the mega mythology serial Bhagavatham on ETV. It was well received by
audience and firmly scaled up TRPs for the channel.
Autobiography[edit]
Kothi Kommachi, Inkothi Kommachi and Mukkothi Kommachi are Ramana's three-volume
autobiography in books and audio forms. Just like the titles, the story keep ho
pping timelines and incidents. To put it in Ramana's own words, "it is like a mo
nkey hopping from one branch to another branch."
Awards[edit]
Though Sri. Ramanas' career has many faces journalist, story teller, film critic
, film story writer, dialogue writer and a popular film personality who represen
ted a genre that produced the finest work in film arts, literature, journalism m
any are dissatisfied that he hasn't been nominated for Padma awards, instituted
by Government of India. His humble background and disinclination to associate wi
th any political party could have been the reason for this.
However, he received endless appreciation of the Telugu people for his excellent
work and has made a respectable place in their hearts. He is one of those who k
ept the flag of Telugu pride flying high.
He was felicitated with Raghupathi Venkaiah Award for excellence in Films in 198
6 instituted by the state of A.P.
Received Honorary Doctorate awarded by Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati.
He was awarded the Raja-Lakshmi Literary Award for 1995 from Sri Raja-Lakshmi Fo
undation, Chennai.
Death[edit]
Ramana died of old-age related illness in Chennai on 23 February 2011. At the ti
me of the death, he just completed the work for another mythological film Sri Ra
maRajyam.
Filmography[edit]
This is partial list of his films. Kindly help expanding it.
Year Film Language Credits
1960 Raktha Sambandham Telugu Dialugues
1961 Iddharu Mitrulu Telugu Dialogues
1963 Mooga Manasulu Telugu Writer
1964 Velugu Needalu Telugu Dialogues
1964 Daagudumootalu Telugu Writer
1965 Preminchi Choodu Telugu Dialogues
1965 Teney manasulu Telugu Story and Dialogues
1966 Kanne Manasulu Telugu Story and Dialogues
1966 'Navarathri Telugu Dialugues
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 Bhale rangadu Telugu
Story 1971 Sampoorna Ramayanam Telugu Writer -1972 "Kathanayakudu"
Telugu Story 1973 Andala Ramudu Telugu Writer
1975 Muthyala Muggu Telugu Writer
1976 Bhakta Kannappa Telugu Writer
1976 Jeevan Jyoti Hindi Story
1976 Seeta Kalyanam Telugu Writer
1978 Gorantha Deepam Telugu Story, Screenplay and Dialugues
1978 Manavoori Pandavulu Telugu Dialogues
1980 Hum Paanch Hindi Screenplay
1980 Kaliyuga Ravana Surudu Telugu Writer
1980 Rajadhi Raju Telugu Story, Screenplay and Dialogues
1980 Vamsa Vruksham 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, Screenplay and Dialogues
1985 Jackie Telugu Writer
1986 Kalyana Thamboolam Telugu Writer
1991 Pelli Pusthakam Telugu Dialogues, Screenplay and Dialogues
1993 Mr. Pellam Telugu Writer
1993 Srinatha Kavi Sarvabhowma Telugu Writer
1994 Pelli Koduku Telugu Writer
1996 Rambantu Telugu Writer
2005 Radha Gopalam Telugu Story, Dialogues and Dialogues
2008 Sundarakanda Telugu Story, Screenplay and Dialogues
2011 Sree Rama Raajyam Telugu Story and Dialogues
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Ramana's stories by MBS Prasad
Jump up ^ Vikramarkudi marku simhasanam kathalu preview by MBS Prasad
External links[edit]
[1]
Bapu Ramana
IMDb entry
Idlebrain Article
Kothi Kommachi
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