Jaladi Raja Rao

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Jaladi Raja Rao
Born9 Aug 1932
Visakhapatnam
OccupationLyricist, poet, scriptwriter
NationalityIndian

Jaladi Raja Rao (Telugu: జాలాది రాజా రావు; 9 August 1932 – 14 October 2011) was a writer, playwright and lyricist in Telugu cinema.

Life

Jaladi was born on 9 August 1932 in

Indian freedom fighter
.

He passed his S.S.L.C. with Telugu as special course. He started his career as a drawing teacher in District Board Schools. He worked in various districts and learned the slang used in different areas of the State. He resigned his job during his stint at Veeraghattam in Srikakulam district in 1968 and went to Chennai to try his luck in films.

He entered the realm of films as a lyricist for the movie Palle Sema in 1976. His debut song Churattakku Jarutadhi Situkku Situkku is tuned by

K V Mahadevan
. He wrote several social, philosophical, patriotic and folk songs in Telugu movies. His songs consist of only Telugu words of various regions of Andhra Pradesh.

Being born in a poor family, he always liked to write about poverty, village life and folk type of songs. He penned nearly 1,500 songs in more than 270 movies and remained popular for his folk-oriented songs, which had an exotic rural touch.[1]

He also wrote books like Viswamohini and Kakulamma and plays like Amarajeevi, Tandri, Samadhi and Karumeghalu. He died on 14 October 2011 in Visakhapatnam.[2]

Awards and achievements

Filmography

These are some of the popular songs penned by him for Telugu films.[4]

Year Film Songs
1976 Palle Seema "Churattuku Jaratadhi Situkku Situkku"
1976 Devude Gelichadu "Ee kalam Padi Kalalu Bratakalani"
1978 Chal Mohan Ranga "Gallu Galluna Kali Gajjelu"
1978 Chesedi Patnavasam "Chesedi Pattanavasam Mesedhi Pallela Grasam"
1978 Pranam Khareedu "Yethamesi Thodina Yeru Endadhu"
1979 Kotala Rayudu "Oka Nelavanka Chiru Goruvanka"
1979
Thoorpu Velle Railu
"Sandepoddu andaalunna chinnadi"
1980 Dharma Chakram "Gogula Pooche Gattu Meedha"
1981 vaaraalabbaayi "kaakamma kaaki"
1982 Gruha Pravesam "Abhinava Sasirekhavo"
1986 Repati Pourulu "Matrudevobhava Tallulara Tandrulara"
1990
Alludu Garu
"Konda Meeda Chukka Potu"
1992 Brahma "Musi Musi Nuvvulalona"
1992 Chittemma Mogudu "Nindu Kundala neelosukuntaadi"
1993 Bobbili Simham "Srirasthu Subhamastu"
1993 O Tandri O Koduku "Konda Meedha Poddhu Podupu"
1994 Major Chandrakanth "Sukhibhava Sukhibhava"
1994 Major Chandrakanth "Punyabhumi Na Desam Namo Namami"
1995 Errodu "Raja Nimmala Pandu"
2001 Subbu "I Love My India"

References

  1. ^ "Folk songs are his forte". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 18 June 2005. Archived from the original on 22 May 2007.
  2. ^ "Jaladi passes away". The Times of India. 15 October 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  3. ^ "Eenadu 14th october: Special Story on Jaladi". Archived from the original on 26 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Eenadu 14th october: Article on Jaladi". Archived from the original on 3 May 2012.