Bollimunta Sivaramakrishna (Telugu

Telugu language

Telugu is a Central Dravidian language primarily spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, where it is an official language. It is also spoken in the neighbouring states of Chattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa and Tamil Nadu...

: బొల్లిముంత శివరామకృష్ణ) (b: November 27, 1920 - d: June 7, 2005) was an India

India

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n writer.

Early life

He was born in Chadalavada, Vemuru

Vemuru

Vemuru is a village and a mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.-Eminent personalities:* Vemuri Gaggaiah , popular Telugu theater and film actor was born in this village...

 mandal of Guntur district

Guntur district

Guntur district is located in Andhra Pradesh along the east coast of Bay of Bengal. The district has a coastline of around 100 kilometers. Guntur City is the largest city in the district and administrative center of Guntur District. The district is a major center for learning.-Etymology:There are...

, Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

. After higher grade teacher training he joined as teacher in a primary school. He came across Tripuraneni Ramaswamy

Tripuraneni Ramaswamy

Tripuraneni Ramaswamy was a lawyer, playwright and reformer active among the Telugu-speaking people. He was part of a growing movement in India to reassess the culture of India...

, Tripuraneni Gopichand

Tripuraneni Gopichand

Tripuraneni Gopichand was a Telugu short story writer, novelist, editor, essayist, playwright and film director. Gopichand's writings are remarkable for interplay of values, ideas and 'isms' - materialism, rationalism, existentialism, realism and humanism...

. In 1945, he left his teaching profession and joined the agitation of farmers against Challapalli Maharaja. During this period he wrote his first novel Mrutyunjayulu. He organized a magazine Nagara. He wrote Burrakatha on the Bengal Famine

Bengal famine of 1943

The Bengal famine of 1943 struck the Bengal. Province of pre-partition India. Estimates are that between 1.5 and 4 million people died of starvation, malnutrition and disease, out of Bengal’s 60.3 million population, half of them dying from disease after food became available in December 1943 As...

 and Rythu Bidda Harikatha

Harikatha

Harikatha , otherwise called Katha Kalakshepa is a form of Hindu religious discourse, also known as Katha storytelling format, in which the story teller explores a religious theme, usually the life of a saint or a story from an Indian epic.Harikatha is a composite art form composed of story...

. He wrote many radio plays and dramas. During the reestablishment of Praja Natya Mandali, he wrote Kalasi andaru batakali along with Bollimunta Srikanth, which was played by Nagabhushanam

Nagabhushanam

Nagabushanam was a comedian, villain, and character actor in Telugu cinema and theatre fields. His first film was Palletooru under the direction of Tatineni Prakash Rao. He acted in about 395 films during the 1950s to 1980s...

 more than 100 times.

Literary works

• Antaratma Antyakriyalu
• Mrutyunjayulu
• Sukshmamlo moksham
• E Endaka godugu
• Patrika nyayam
• Telangana swatantra ghosha
• Quit kashmir
• Dharmasamsthapanarthaya
• Rajakiya gayopakhyanam
• Rajakiya kurukshetram
• Donga dorikindi
• Kalasi andaru batakali
• Neti bharatam
• Bhale manchi chowkaberamu

Cinema field

He wrote dialogues for about 50 movies particularly those of V. Madhusudhan Rao

V. Madhusudhan Rao

V. Madhusudhan Rao was a famous Telugu cinema director and script writer with many successful movies like Antasthulu, Aradhana and krishnaveni. He was also known with the other names MadhuSudhan Rao VeeraMachineni and V. Madhusudhana Rao. He was awarded Raghupathi Venkaiah Award by the Andhra...

. Successful amongst them are Manushulu marali, Praja nayakudu, Sharada, Kalyana mandapam, Manchi rojulu Vachaayi, Nimajjanam, "Kaalam Marindi", "Bhadrakaali", "Shanti", "Punaadi Raallu" and etc.

1. Vagdanam
   Vagdanam
   Vagdanam is a 1961 Telugu Drama film written, produced and directed by famous writer Acharya Atreya. The story is loosely based on the Novel Datta by Bengali writer Saratchandra Chatterjee....
   
   (1961) (screenplay)
2. Tirupathamma Katha (1963) (dialogues)
3. Sridevi (1970) (dialogues)
4. Kalam Marindi
   Kalam Marindi
   Kaalam Marindi is a 1972 Telugu film directed by K. Viswanath and produced by Vasireddy Prakasam...
   
   (1972) (dialogues)

Publications

• Bollimunta Śivarāmakrishna kathalu, Bollimunta Sivaramakrishna, Visalandhra Publishing Haus, Hyderabad (1990) ISBN 10: 817098226X; ISBN 13: 9788170982265.
• Bollimunta Śivarāmakrishna kathānikalu, kathalu, Bollimunta Sivaramakrishna, Visalandhra Publishing Haus, Hyderabad (1972)

External links

• Bollimunta Sivaramakrishna at IMDb.