Alur Chakrapani

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Alur Chakrapani was born near Tenali, Guntur Dt. He is from an agricultural family and has unmatched creativity. He studied in Tenali and had to go to Vellore, Tamil Nadu for medical treatment. He stayed there for a few months and learnt Bengali in that time. Initially, he started translating novels from Bengali to Telugu. With his creative mind, he started writing short stories/novels. At this time, he was approached by Nagi Reddy to be a partner and make movies. Together, they made movies like Patala Bhairavi, Maya Bazar, Gundamma Katha, Missamma , Shavukaru, and Appu Chesi Pappu Kudu that are still popular with Telugu speaking people. They came up with the idea of a story book for kids and the result is Chandamama. He started the monthly publication of Yuva magazine in Hyderabad especially for Telugu loving folks.