Ande Yellanna (also known under the penname Ande Sri) is an Indian poet and
lyricist.
Honours and awards
Sri wrote the song Maayamai Pothundamma Manishanavadu for the film ''Erra Samudram.'' The Andhra Pradesh University's syllabus committee to include it in the
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
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second year graduation text books for the next academic year starting in 2009. This is the third song to feature in Telugu syllabi after ''Maa Telugu Thalliki'' and ''Telugu Jathi Manadi'' in the 77 years of
Telugu cinema.
Kakatiya University conferred Sri with an honorary doctorate for his contribution as a lyricist.
Awards
* He won
Nandi Award for Best Lyricist - ''Ganga'' (2006)
[(in ]Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
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)
References
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Indian lyricists
Telugu poets
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