Gudipoodi Srihari (8 September 1934 – 5 July 2022) was a journalist who worked as a film and art critic for '' Eenadu'' and later ''

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Life and career

Gudipoodi Srihari did his Bachelor of Science at Andhra University and his master's degree in Delhi University. He taught PUC students mathematics and physics. He was the writer for the ''Harivillu'' column of '' Eenadu'', which was a social commentary, for twenty-five years. He wrote reviews for the ''Friday Review'' and ''Sunday Magazine'' sections of ''

'' starting in 1969. He worked as a news broadcaster for the Hyderabad station of All India Radio and introduced

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, whose

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became famous. He published music reviews in the 1970s. He also worked on the cultural monthly ''Pallavi''. In 1995, he received a threat from Chiranjeevi fans on a satellite television channel for publishing a negative film review. In an interview in 2000, Srihari recalled "not missed a single Telugu film" and that he was called cynic for doing so. He published two books: one on the cultural heritage’ of Andhra Pradesh and one on the Telugu film industry. Srihari also served as the president of the Film Critics Association. He was the first writer of ''Great Andhra'' and worked there until 2006. He was given the

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in 2016. He died on 5 July 2022.

References

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