Bharago

Bhamidipati Ramagopalam (1932–2010),^[1][2] popularly known as Bharago is a humour writer of short stories, critiques and popular novels in Telugu, received Central Sahitya Academy Award in 1991 for the book Itlu mee vidheyudu.^[3]

Education

Ramagopalam had regular schooling from III form onwards at M.R. Branch College and later he graduated in B.A. Economics in 1951 from M.R. Degree College, Vizianagaram.^[1]

Adaptations

His short stories have been adapted into mini-series in Telugu by Doordarshan.

Awards

• Best humour writer award of Telugu University (1990)
• Central Sahitya Academy Award (1991)
• Kurella Sahithi Award (1994)
• Kalasagara (Chennai) Award (1997)

Works

Novels

• Kundapenkulu (1961)
• Sparsa Rekha (1984)
• Nakee Udyogam Vaddu (1988)

Stories

• Vantochina Mogudu (1966)
• Vennela Needa (1997)
• Kadhanakutoohalam (1985)
• Itlu Mee Vidheyudu (1990)
• Sarada and Kulasa Kadhalu (1997)

Others

• Kalpasootram from Prakrit into Telugu
• 116 Telugu film songs of the period 1942-73 under the name 'Noota padaharlu(2001)'^[4]
• Telugu film songs under the name 'Maro Noota padaharlu'(2005)^[5]
• Anusthana Bhagavadgeetha (2001)
• Several commemoration volumes (souvenir) which included the ones on great personalities like Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu, P. Bhanumathi, Ravu Balasaraswathi, Palagummi Padmaraju, and Raavi Sastry.^[6]
• Souvenir on Suseela^[7]

Biography

• ‘Aaramagopalam’ - An autobiography of noted short-story and humour^[8]
• Translation of the biography of Asutosh Mukherjee from English into Telugu^[1]

External links

• http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/07/21/stories/2003072101240400.htm
• http://newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/article191891.ece
• http://www.koumudi.net/gollapudi/041210_bharago.html
• http://www.tana.org/events/tana-and-community-news/2010/04/13/a-tribute-to-bhamidipati-ramagopalam-(bharago)-by-chowdary-v-jampala

References