Pulagam Chinnarayana
Born
Bhimavaram, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • author
  • film critic
  • lyricist
  • dialogue writer
  • public relations officer
Years active2000–present
Websitepulagam.in

Pulagam Chinnarayana is an Indian Telugu cinema journalist, author, film critic, lyricist, dialogue writer and a public relations officer. He started his career as a film journalist for the magazines Sivaranjani, Number One, Chitram, Santhosham. Later, he worked for Sakshi for eight years where he reached a level of in-charge from being a regular reporter.[1] He authored various Telugu books on Telugu Cinema like Jandhya Marutham, Aanaati Aanavaallu, Cine Poornodayam, Svarnayuga Sangeetha Darshakulu, Pasidi Thera, Cinema Venuka Storeelu, Maya Bazar Madhura Smruthulu and Vendi Chandamamalu. He won Nandi Award for Best Book on Telugu Cinema from Andhra Pradesh state Government twice for his books Aanaati Aanavaallu and Pasidi Thera in 2009 and 2015 respectively. He also won Nandi Award for Best Critic in 2014.[2]

Literary career

Chinnarayana authored as his first book Jandhya Marutham which was a compilation of 39 films directed by Jandhyala. It had a foreword written by actor Chiranjeevi.[1] It was the first time Chiranjeevi wrote foreword for a book.[2] It was launched at State Art Gallery in Hyderabad organized by Hasam magazine. Actors Chiranjeevi and Rajendra Prasad attended the function, where the former launched the book.[3]

Chinnarayana then authored Aanaati Aanavaallu as his second book which had a foreword written by director Trivikram Srinivas. Within a month of release, all the copies of first print were sold out and this book went for second print. He won Nandi Award for Best Book on Telugu Cinema from Andhra Pradesh state Government for this book, in 2009 and 2016. His next work Cine Poornodayam which was based on life of Edida Nageswara Rao, owner of Poornodaya Creations was successful.[2]

On music directors who worked between 1932 and 1982, Chinnarayana wrote Svarnayuga Sangeetha Darshakulu which was proofread by singer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam. Music director M.M. Keeravani wrote the foreword for this book. Later, Chinnarayana came up with Pasidi Thera which was a compilation of details about 100 films and a sequel to Aanaati Aanavaallu and Cinema Venuka Storeelu which had background details of films made after 2000. Among them, he won Nandi Award for Best Book on Telugu Cinema from Andhra Pradesh State Government for Pasidi Thera, in 2016.[1]

Later, Chinnarayana authored Maya Bazar Madhura Smruthulu, a book on film Mayabazar by associating with Viswanatha Reddy, son of film's producer Nagi Reddy. Chinnarayana made a documentary along with the book and he got commendation from Vice President of India Venkaiah Naidu.[2]

Chinnarayana authored Vendi Chandamamalu along with another writer Vaddi Om Prakash Narayana. It has information about Venditera Navalalu which is the term for novels about a film between 50s and 70s in Telugu cinema. This book was released on 2 October 2019 by director Vamsy and first copy was received by Ravi Prasad Paadi, a higher level official of South Central Railway.[4]

In the year 2021, the first look of his upcoming book Jai Vittalacharya was launched by Krishna (Telugu actor) which is based on the cinematic journey of legendary director B. Vittalacharya.[5][6][7]

Publications

Chinnarayana authored the following books on Telugu cinema.[1]

  • Jandhya Marutham
  • Aanaati Aanavaallu
  • Cine Poornodayam
  • Swarnayuga Sangeetha Darshakulu
  • Pasidi Thera
  • Cinema Venuka Storeelu
  • Maya Bazar Madhura Smruthulu
  • Vendi Chandamamalu[4]
  • Jai Vittalacharya[8]

Film career

Chinnarayana started and is continuing as public relations officer, dialogue writer and lyricist for Telugu cinema. As he was acquainted with Puri Jagannadh during the film Badri, he worked on the film Itlu Sravani Subramanyam as a PRO for the first time. He then worked on Nuvvu Nenu, directed by Teja and worked as PRO for more than 300 films till date. He is the permanent PRO for actors Ram Pothineni and Kartikeya Gummakonda. He turned lyricist with Mahesh, starring Sundeep Kishan. He turned dialogue writer with Prema Oka Maikam starring Charmy Kaur[1] and is currently penning dialogues for Yashoda starring Samantha Ruth Prabhu.[9]

As lyricist

Year Film Director Composer Song Name Ref(s)
2013MaheshR. Madan KumarGopi Sundar"Madi Moose"[10][11]
2014PreminchaliSusindranYuvan shankar rajaKotha ala ee premaraa... Konte kaala ee premaraa![12]
2016GaramR. R. MadanAgastya"Rabbaa Rabbaa"[13][14]
Manalo OkaduR. P. PatnaikR. P. Patnaik"Dum Maro Dum"[15][16]
2017Paisa VasoolPuri JagannadhAnup Rubens"Padhamari"[17][18]
2018Aatagadharaa SivaChandra SiddharthaVasuki Vaibhav"Rama Rama Re"[19][20]
Janatha hotelAnwar RasheedGopi SundarChal Chal Kalame, Agena Keratame[21]
Shubhalekha+LuSarrath NarwadeK. M. Radha Krishnan"Cheppaka Tappadu Antey"[22][23]
20197Nizar ShafiChaithan Bharadwaj"Idhivarakepudu"[24][25]

As dialogue writer

Year Film Cast Director Producer Ref(s)
2013Prema Oka MaikamCharmy Kaur, Rahul haridasChanduVenkata Suresh, Srikanth Surya[26]
2017GulfChethan Madineni, Dimple HayathiSunil Kumar ReddyYakkali Ravindra Babu[27]
2018Bluff MasterSatyadev Kancharana, Nandita SwethaGopi Ganesh PattabhiRamesh P Pillai[28]
TBA Yashoda Samantha Ruth Prabhu Hari and Harish Sivalenka Krishna Prasad [29][30]

Awards and recognition

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Pulagam Chinnarayana's interview on national-level recognition for Maya Bazar Madhura Smruthulu". ibtimes.co.in. 19 February 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "So happy for getting such a rare honor : Pulagam Chinnarayana". thehansindia.com. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Book Release: Jandhya Marutam". idlebrain.com. 2 May 2005. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  4. 1 2 "వెండితెర నవలలపై ఇది ఓ పరిశోధన!: వంశీ". cinejosh.com. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "Superstar Krishna unveils first look of 'Jai Vittalacharya'". Telangana Today. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  6. ↑ "Jai Vittalacharya: 'జై విఠలాచార్య' ఫస్ట్‌లుక్‌ - telugu news superstar krishna unveils first look of jai vittalacharya". www.eenadu.net (in Telugu). 20 November 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  7. ↑ ""జై విఠ‌లాచార్య" పుస్తకం ఫస్ట్ లుక్ లాంఛ్ – నేను చేసిన ఫస్ట్ మల్టీస్టారర్ ఇదే – సూపర్ స్టార్ కృష్ణ |". 19 November 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "Super Star Krishna Releases First Look of 'Jai Vittalacharya' Book Written by Pulagam Chinnarayana". Sakshi Post. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "Samantha New Movie Titled as Yashoda, Shoot Started". www.zeecinemalu.com. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  10. ↑ "Madi Moose". jiosaavn.com. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  11. ↑ "Mahesh (Telugu)". in.bookmyshow.com. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  12. ↑ "Preminchali". in.bookmyshow.com. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  13. ↑ "Garam". in.bookmyshow.com. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  14. ↑ "Garam". gaana.com. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  15. ↑ "Dum Maro Dum". jiosaavn.com. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  16. ↑ "Manalo Okadu". in.bookmyshow.com. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  17. ↑ "Padhamari". jiosaavn.com. 17 August 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  18. ↑ "Paisa Vasool". in.bookmyshow.com. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  19. ↑ "Aata Gadha Ra Shiva". gaana.com. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  20. ↑ "Aatagadharaa Siva". in.bookmyshow.com. 20 July 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  21. ↑ "Janatha Hotel". in.bookmyshow.com. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  22. ↑ "Shubhalekha+lu". gaana.com. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  23. ↑ "Subhalekha+lu". in.bookmyshow.com. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  24. ↑ "7". gaana.com. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  25. ↑ "Seven". in.bookmyshow.com. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  26. ↑ "Prema Oka Maikam". BookMyShow. 30 August 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  27. ↑ "Gulf". BookMyShow. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  28. ↑ "Bluff Master". BookMyShow. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  29. ↑ "Samantha's new film 'Yashoda' gets underway". The Hindu. 6 December 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  30. ↑ "Pulagam Chinnarayana and Dr. C Bhagya Lakshmi are penning the dialogue, while Ramajogayya Sastry is penning the lyrics. The film will complete the shoot by March next year". IndiaGlitz.com. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  31. ↑ "Nandi awards 2009 announced". idlebrain.com.
  32. ↑ "Andhra Pradesh state Nandi film awards for the year 2014". idlebrain.com.
  33. ↑ "Journalist "Pulagam Chinnarayana" Grabs A Nandi Award". Moviemanthra.com.
  34. ↑ "Andhra Pradesh state Nandi film awards for the year 2016". idlebrain.com.
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