Kondaveeti Venkatakavi

Kondaveeti Venkatakavi is an Indian poet, scholar, and film writer from Andhra Pradesh. He is well known for writing dialogues in the movie Daana Veera Soora Karna.

Childhood

Venkata Kavi was born as Venkatayya to Narayana and Seshamma in the village of Vipparla in Guntur district. ^[1]

Education

He got primary education was from his scholarly father. He studied Sanskrit poetry and pancha kavyas under the guidance of Narikonda Nammalaraju, a poet from

He worked as a Telugu scholar in the Board High School in Macherla from 1948 to 1952, and as Sanskrit lecturer in Ponnur oriental college for forty years from 1952.^[3]

Poet

He started writing poetry at the age of 14 and wrote many books. In 1932, he wrote Karshaka Satakam about the problems of farmers. It was banned by the government. In 1946, he wrote Chennakesava Satakam. He wrote Divyasmrutulu remembering

He wrote a literary series with the name Nehru Charita.[5]

Works

• Karshaka satakam (1932)
• Hithabhodha (1942)
• Bhagavatula vaari Vamsavali (1943)
• Udayalakshmi Nrusimhavataravali (1945)
• Chennakesava satakam (1946)
• Bhavanarayana Charita (1953)
• Divyasmrutulu (1954)
• Nehru Charitra Part I (1956)
• Trisati (1960)
• Nehru Charitra Part II (1962)
• Bali (1963)

Filmography

• Daaana Veera Soora Karna, dialogues (1977) - Debut in Films
• Sri Madvirata Parvam, dialogues (1979)
• Srimadvirat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra, dialogues (1984)
• Tandra Paparayudu, dialogues (1986)
• Aadi Dampatulu, lyricist (1986)

Awards

• Kaviraju title in Guntur district in 1953
• Kala Prapoorna
  from Andhra University in 1971
• Nandi Award for Best Dialogue Writer - Tandra Paparayudu (1986)

References

External links

Kondaveeti Venkatakavi at