Srirangam Srinivasarao or Sri Sri (1910-1983) was a popular Modern Telugu Poet and Lyricist. He was born in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. Image File history File links Srisri. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Year 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar). ... Telugu (తెలుగు) is a Dravidian language primarily spoken in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, where it is the official language. ... , Visakhapatnam   (also Viśākhapaá¹­á¹­anamu, shortened and anglicized: Vizag or Vizagapatnam) is a port city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. ... , Andhra Pradesh (Telugu: , Urdu: ; pronunciation: ), the Rice Bowl of India, is a state in southern India. ...

Sri Sri was the first true modern Telugu poet to write about contemporary issues which afftected day-to-day life of a common man in a style and metre which were not used in classical telugu poetry.

Sri Sri was famous as Mahakavi (literally - great poet).

He rocked the telugu literature world with his Maha Prasthanam (literally - a long journey), an anthology of poems -- one of his major works. Some other major works of Sri Sri include Maro Prasthanam, Siprali, Khadga Srushti.

Sri Sri had written songs to about 42 Telugu films between 1952 - 1982. His Padavoyi Bharatheeyuda (literally - Start singing O! Indian) of Velugu Needalu (1961), Telugu veera levara (literally - O brave Telugu born, wake up!!) of Alluri Seetha Rama Raju (the song won National Award for best lyric), Nenu saitham(literally - I too have been the fuel for this great activity of building up the world..) of Mahaprastanam were quite popular.The song is used in the movie Rudraveena. Tollywood refers to both the Telugu and Bengali language film industries. ...

He was the first person to be conferred with the prestigious Raja-Lakshmi Award in 1979 by Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation, Chennai. Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation is a Charitable Trust that promote Arts, Sciences, Literature, Medicine, Journalism, Humanities and other intellectual pursuits and to honour distinguished persons in these fields. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Some Telugu Movies like Akali Rajyam ("The Empire of Hunger") have been produced based on his inspirational works.

Srirangam Venkata Ramana, son of Sri Sri, came up with a website http://www.mahakavisrisri.com - which gives complete details about Sri Sri.

Quotes

Sri Sri is quite famous for his extreme bold nature. He used to comment on Andhra people like:

• Telugu vadi jathiya gunam orvaleni thanam
• asalu sisalaina telugu vadiki poriginti pulla koore nachchuthundi.

==Literary Works==

• Prabhava (1928)

* Vaaram Vaaram (1946)

• Sampangi Thota (1947)
• Maha Prasthanam (1950)
• Amma ( 1952)
• Meemee (1954)
• Maro Prapancham (1956)
• Three Cheers for Man (1956)
• Charama Raathri (1957)
• Maanavudi Paatlu (1958)
• Sowdamini (1958)
• Gurajada (1959)
• Moodu Yebhailu (1964)
• Khadga Srushti (1966)
• Views and Reviews (1969)
• Sri Sri Sahityam (5 volumes) (1970)
• Sri Sri's Minnelani (1970)
• Rekka Vippina Revolution (1971)
• Vyasa Kreedalu (1973)
• Maro Moodu Yabhailu (1974)
• China Yaanam (1980)
• Maro Prasthanam (1980)
• Mahaa Prasthanam (1981)
• Paadavoyi Bharateeyuda (1983)
• New Frontiers (1983)
• Anantham (1986)
• Pra-Ja (1990)

References

• Mahakavi Sri Sri : Makers of Indian Literature, Budaraju Radhakrishna, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, 3rd edition, 2006. (ISBN: 81-260-0719-2)

External links

• IMDb entry of Srirangam Srinivasa Rao
• mahakavisrisri.com -maintained by sri sri's son