35 Facts About Veturi

Veturi Sundararama Murthy, known mononymously by his surname Veturi, was an Indian poet and lyricist who is known for his works in Telugu literature and cinema.

Veturi is a recipient of the National Film Award, various Nandi Awards, Filmfare Awards, and other state honors.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Veturi covered the speeches of national leaders like Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.

Veturi's articles are said to be very catchy and witty.

Veturi's 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.

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.

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.

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

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

Veturi 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.

Veturi delivered a number of hits for senior actors like Sr.

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

Veturi received several national and regional awards for his contributions to literature and films.

Veturi has been conferred an honorary Doctorate in the 23rd convocation of Acharya Nagarjuna University.

Veturi got the National Film Award for Best Lyrics for the song "Ralipoye Puvva" in the film Matrudevobhava, making him the second Telugu film lyricist to achieve the distinction after the revolutionary poet, Sri Sri.

Veturi received filmfare award for the song, Uppongele Godavari in the 2006 movie, Godavari.

Veturi received the Nandi award for best lyrics, from the Government of Andhra Pradesh, six times.

Veturi wrote thousands of songs as a lyricist for many successful Telugu films.

Veturi acted as a fake swamiji in a film, which succeeded in producing good comedy.

Veturi penned Dialogues along with writer Jandhyala for the movie Siri Siri Muvva.

Veturi was introduced to the director K Viswanath through this book and later their combination was a big hit.

Veturi was married to Seeta Maha Lakshmi and has three sons: Ravi Prakash, Chandrasekhar and Nanda Kishore.

In March 2010, Veturi openly criticized the Film Nagar Cooperative Society officials for not handing over the 1000 sq.

Veturi alleged that several juniors and ineligible people were given plots ahead of him.

Veturi was admitted to the hospital two days earlier and was kept in the Intensive Care Unit there as his health was deteriorating.

Appaji Ambarisha Darbha, a creative digital-media professional turned actor made a font with the name "Veturi" which was inaugurated by Telugu lyricist Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry in 2018.