Ramajogayya Sastry
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Ramajogayya Sastry | |
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| Born | 24 August 1970 Narasaraopet, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Alma mater | REC Warangal IIT Kharagpur |
| Occupation | Lyricist |
| Years active | 2004 – present |
Darivemula Ramajogayya Sastry (born 24 August 1970) is an Indian film lyricist, known for his works in Telugu cinema and music.
Early life
[edit]Ramajogayya Sastry was born in Arepalli Muppalla, Ipuru Mandal near Narasaraopet of Palnadu district.[1][citation needed] His father, Suryaprakasa Rao, was a priest and agriculturist and his mother, Saraswatamma, is a housewife.[2] He did his B.Tech from NIT Warangal and M.Tech from IIT Kharagpur.[3]
Career
[edit]He was working as a metallurgical engineer at Bengaluru when his career as a lyricist began. He worked in GE India Business Center in Secunderabad.[3]
Career as a lyricist
[edit]Sastry penned lyrics for over a hundred films in Telugu and is a famous lyricist in Andhra Pradesh. 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.[3]
He first penned lyrics for a Kannada film. Film Star V. Ravichandran introduced him to Krishna Vamsi who in turn introduced him to Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry. Upon Sastry's request, Seetharama Sastry accepted him as his protégé thus enabling him to hone his lyric-writing skills. Sastry first penned lyrics for the movie Yuvasena, a remake of the Malayalam film 4 The People. He got Rs.20,000 as first remuneration for his two songs in the film.
Actor-producer Mohan Babu and film director Srinu Vaitla offered Sastry to work in many of their films before he rose to stardom with the song "Om Namaste Bolo" (Telugu: ఓం నమస్తే బోలో) in the film Ready. He won Filmfare award for the devotional song Sadaasiva Sanyaasii! (Telugu: సదాశివ సన్యాసీ!) from the film Khaleja.[4]
He played a short and uncredited role in King as a music assistant for a music director Jayasurya played by Brahmanandam.
He won a music award from the Telugu channel Star Maa for lyrics of the song "Apple Beauty" from the movie Janatha Garage. 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
[edit]As an actor
[edit]| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 2008 | King | Himself | Cameo appearances |
| 2015 | James Bond | ||
| Srimanthudu | Cameo appearance in the song "Rama Rama" | ||
| Cheekati Rajyam | Subba Rao | [6][7] | |
| 2017 | Guru | Shopkeeper | |
| 2024 | Dhoom Dhaam | Chicago Subbarao | |
| 2025 | Veera Simha Reddy | Himself | Cameo appearance |
Awards and nominations
[edit]- 2011: Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu for "Sada Siva Sanyasi" from Khaleja (2010)
- 2012: SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu for "Guruvaram March" from Dookudu (2011)
- 2013: CineMAA Award for Best Lyricist for Endukante Premanta (2012)[8]
- Nandi Award for Best Lyricist for "Srimanthuda" from Srimanthudu in (2015)
- Nandi Award for Best Lyricist for "Pranaamam Pranaamam" from Janatha Garage (2016)
- 2017: Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu for "Pranaamam" from Janatha Garage (2016)
- 2017: SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu for ''Pranaamam'' from Janatha Garage (2016)
- 2022: SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu for ''Butta Bomma'' from Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (2020)
- 2023: Nominated – SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu for "Laahe Laahe" from Acharya (2022)
- 2024: Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu for "Entha Chithram" from Ante Sundaraniki (2022)
- 2025: SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu for "Chuttamalle" from Devara: Part 1 (2024)
References
[edit]- ^ "Film Lyricist Ramajogayya Sastry Visit Tirupati Balaji Temple". Times Now. 25 August 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
Born in Ipuru Mandal near Narasaraopet of Palnadu district, he has written lyrics for several Telugu films so far.
- ^ Video interview with Ramajogayya Sastry Archived 28 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine. cinegoer.com
- ^ a b c "Interview with Rama Jogaiah Sastry". Idlebrain.com. Retrieved on 2013-05-04.
- ^ "Filmfare Awards 2010, South: A glam do". The Times of India. 4 July 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "SATYAMEVA JAYATHE SONG LYRICS - VAKEEL SAAB". Telugu Lyrical. 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Kamal Haasan's Cheekati Rajyam all set for Telugu release - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ "Cheekati Rajyam: The night is sinister". The Hindu. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ^ Nominations for Maa Music Awards 2013 – Telugu cinema news. Idlebrain.com (2013-01-18). Retrieved on 2013-05-04.
External links
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- Living people
- 1970 births
- Telugu-language lyricists
- Telugu screenwriters
- Writers 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
- IIFA Utsavam winners