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Veturi (Veturi Sundararama Murthy) was born on 29 January, 1936 in Pedakallepalli, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Andhra Pradesh, India), is a Veturi Sundararama Murthy known mononymously by his surname Veturi. Discover Veturi's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

Popular As Veturi Sundararama Murthy
Occupation Poet, lyricist, songwriter
Age 74 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 29 January 1936
Birthday 29 January
Birthplace Pedakallepalli, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Andhra Pradesh, India)
Date of death 22 May, 2010
Died Place Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (present-day Telangana)
Nationality India

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1936

Veturi Sundararama Murthy (29 January 1936 – 22 May 2010), known mononymously by his surname Veturi, was an Indian poet, lyricist and journalist who is popular for writing Telugu songs.

His career in Telugu cinema spanned more than four decades.

Veturi was born to Chandrasekhar Sastry and Kamalamba in Pedakallepalli, near Challapalli, Krishna into a Telugu Brahmin family.

Veturi was a nephew of the Telugu Research Scholar Veturi Prabhakara Sastri.

His grandfather Veturi Sundara Sastry was also a poet.

Veturi completed his schooling in Diviseema, Jaggayyapeta, near Vijayawada in Krishna district, and SSLC in his grandmother's village.

Later, Veturi went to Chennai for his intermediate studies and came back to Vijayawada where he completed his degree at S.R.R. Government College.

He was a student of the legendary Viswanatha Satyanarayana at this college.

1952

Veturi joined Andhra Prabha as a journalist in 1952, after his education.

He learned the basics of editing a news article from his senior at Andhra Prabha, Narla Venkateswara Rao, whom he considers his first teacher.

1953

Legendary director V. Nagayya offered him a role in his film, Naa Illu (1953).

However, two days before the shooting began, Veturi decided not to act as he felt that he was not fit for acting, and wrote a letter of apology to Nagayya for rejecting his offer.

N. T. Rama Rao, has invited him to join the film industry as a lyricist.

1959

In 1959, he joined a weekly called Andhra Patrika, where Bapu and Mullapudi Venkata Ramana were his colleagues.

He was the in-charge of the Cinema section at Andhra Patrika.

He also worked for the Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee's official daily newspaper, called Andhra Janata, as an editor.

1962

In 1962, he became the first and only Telugu journalist to interview the then Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, who came to inaugurate the Srisailam Hydroelectricity project.

He covered the speeches of national leaders like Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.

1964

In 1964, he worked as an assembly reporter.

His articles are said to be very catchy and witty.

For instance, he referred to the meeting of MLAs in Hotel Dwaraka, near the Andhra Pradesh State Assembly as "Adigo Dwaraka - Ivigo Alamandalu" ("This is Dwaraka and here are the cattle") (అదిగో ద్వారక).

His writing style caught the attention of the film industry due to his use of traditional poetic rules related to alliteration and rhyme for describing current affairs.

Veturi had contacts with the Telugu film industry during his days as a journalist.

He used to meet veteran lyric writer Dasarathi often.

1970

After the surge of his popularity during the 1970s, he went on to work with a variety of directors and actors in the 1980s.

He wrote classics for directors like Singeetam Srinivasa Rao, Dasari Narayana Rao, Bapu, Jandhyala, Vamsy and mass numbers for directors like Raghavendra Rao, A. Kodandarami Reddy, Vijaya Bapineedu.

He delivered a number of hits for senior actors like Sr. N.T.R, Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Ghattamaneni Krishna, Shobhan Babu, Krishnam Raju and upcoming stars like Chiranjeevi, Nandamuri Balakrishna, Nagarjuna, Daggubati Venkatesh.

This golden period in his career saw memorable albums like Saptapadi, Subhodayam, Subhalekha, Sagara Sangamam, Meghasandesam, Mudda Mandaram, Malle Pandiri, Nalugu Stambhalata, Rendu Jalla Seeta, Amarajeevi, Sreevariki Prema Lekha, Ananda Bhairavi, Srivari Sobhanam, Mogudu Pellalu, Chantabbai, Sitaara, Anveshana, Alapana, Mayuri, Amavasya Chandrudu, Janaki Ramudu and Geetaanjali.

1974

In 1974, he wrote his first song, "Bharatanaari Charitamu" (భారతనారి చరితము), in the form of Harikatha, for O Seeta Katha (1974) under the direction of K. Viswanath.

1977

In 1977, actor Sr. N.T.R's Adavi Ramudu showcased Veturi's talent for penning inspirational and romantic lyrics.

The album was an instant hit among various audiences.

Acharya Aatreya, the leading lyricist in those days, was known to take days for writing a song.

Veturi became the first choice for directors and producers too because of his ability to write a song to the director's taste in a few minutes.

He went on to pen more than 5,000 songs in his career.

He wrote more mass numbers for movies like Vetagadu and Driver Ramudu, and classics for movies like Sankarabharanam and Sagara Sangamam.

In particular, Sankarabharanam stood as a landmark in the Telugu film industry.

1978

In 1978, K. Viswanath's Siri Siri Muvva proved his prowess in expressing diverse emotions with poetry.

1980

During the late 1980s, Veturi's mass numbers garnered a lot of response from the public resulting in directors demanding more and more of them.

However, Veturi still maintained his balance between classics and mass-numbers with movies like Jagadeka Veerudu Atiloka Sundari, Sarigamalu, Sitaramayya Gaari Manavaralu, Matru Devo Bhava, and Mechanic Alludu.

Veturi was given the opportunity to dub many Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi movies.