Ramajogayya Sastry (born 24 August 1970) is an Indian film

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, known for his works in

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and music.

Early life

Ramajogayya Sastry was born in Arepalli Muppalla, Ipuru Mandal near

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district. His father, Suryaprakasa Rao, was a priest and agriculturistVideo interview with Ramajogayya Sastry
. cinegoer.com and his mother Saraswatamma is a housewife. He did his

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from REC Warangal and

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from

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."Interview with Rama Jogaiah Sastry"
Idlebrain.com. Retrieved on 2013-05-04.

Career

He was working as a metallic engineer at Bengaluru when his career as a lyricist began. He worked in GE India Business Center in Secunderabad.

Career as a lyricist

Sastry penned lyrics for over a hundred films in

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and is a famous lyricist in

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. He is popular for his peppy and catchy lyrics, while he has frequently shown his ability to write lyrics for more serious situations in films. He fancied becoming a singer. He first penned lyrics for a

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. Film Star

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introduced him to

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who in turn introduced him to

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. Upon Sastry's request, Seetharama Shastri accepted him as his protégé thus enabling him to hone his lyric-writing skills. Sastry first penned lyrics for the movie ''

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'', a remake of the

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film '' 4 The People''. He got Rs.20000 as first remuneration for his two songs in the film. Actor-producer

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and film director

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offered Sastry to work in many of their films before he rose to stardom with the song "Om Namaste Bolo" ( te, ఓం నమస్తే బోలో) in the film ''

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''. He won

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for the devotional song ''Sadaasiva Sanyaasii!'' ( te, సదాశివ సన్యాసీ!) from the film ''

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''.Filmfare Awards 2010, South: A glam do
The Times of India, 4 July 2011. He played a short and uncredited role in ''

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'' as a music assistant for a music director Jayasurya played by

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. He won a music award from the Telugu channel Star Maa for lyrics of the song "Apple Beauty" from the movie ''

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''. He also penned the title song ''Jayaho Janatha'' for the same movie which was released in 2016. He then worked for Pawan Kalyan's ''Katamarayudu'' title song "Mira Mira Meesam" for which Anup Rubens composed the soundtrack.

Filmography

Awards

*Won Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist - Telugu for ''Khaleja'' (2010) *Won Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist - Telugu for ''

'' (2016) *Won CineMAA Award for Best Lyricist for '' Endukante... Premanta!'' (2012)Nominations for Maa Music Awards 2013 – Telugu cinema news
Idlebrain.com (2013-01-18). Retrieved on 2013-05-04. *2021: SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist (Telugu) for ''

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'' - ''

Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo ''Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo'' () (), also known by the initialism ''AVPL'', is a 2020 Indian Telugu-language action drama film written and directed by Trivikram Srinivas. The film stars Allu Arjun and Pooja Hegde, alongside Tabu, Jayaram, Susha ...

'' (2021) *2017: SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist (Telugu) for ''Pranaamam'' - ''

'' (2016) * 2012: SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist (Telugu) for "Guruvaram March" - ''

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'' (2011) *

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for the song "Srimanthuda" from the movie ''

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'' in 2015 *

for the song "Pranaamam Pranaamam" from the movie ''

'' in 2016

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sastry, Ramajogayya Living people 1970 births Telugu-language lyricists Telugu screenwriters People from Guntur district Film musicians from Andhra Pradesh Screenwriters from Andhra Pradesh 21st-century Indian composers Telugu film score composers South Indian International Movie Awards winners Filmfare Awards South winners Nandi Award winners