Yandamuri Veerendranath

Yandamuri Veerendranath
Born (1948-11-14) November 14, 1948
Rajolu, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupation Novelist
Nationality Indian
Period 1970–present
Genre thriller, playwright, novelist, Film director
Website
www.yandamoori.com

Yandamoori Veerendranath (Telugu: యండమూరి వీరేంద్రనాథ్), (b. 14 November 1948) is a renowned Telugu novelist.[1] Hailing from Andhra Pradesh state in India, he influenced younger generations with his socially relevant writings. In his writings he addresses many of the important social problems in India like poverty, prejudices, and superstitions, and encourages people to be socially responsible. He successfully bridges the idealistic and the popular styles of literature.

Early life and background

Yandamuri Veerendranath was born in Rajolu, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh to Chakrapani, an Income Tax Department employee, and Narasamaamba

Personal life

Yandamuri married Anugeetha on 10 March 1974. They have a son Praneeth, who received his MBA from the European Institute of Business Administration in France. His son pursued Chartered Accountancy from ICAI.

Popular culture

Many of his novels have been made into motion pictures in Telugu. He also directed two motion pictures in Telugu, the first being "Agnipravesam", starring Yamuna, and the second film with Chiranjeevi by name, "Stuvartpuram Police Station". Both the films were based on his own novels but were not well received by audiences. Hence, Veerendranath reverted to writing. Currently, he is writing a weekly serial in Sakshi Sunday magazine "Funday", by name "Dega Rekkala Chappudu".

Awards

In addition to financial success, he has won many awards for his work. His first film as a dialogue writer won a best regional award from the President of India.

Bibliography

Movies

Fiction

Non-fiction

References

  1. "A Yandamuri novel made into film after 15 years". IndiaGlitz. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  2. http://www.avilpage.com/2014/11/yandamoori-antharmukham-movie-novel.html

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