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Shreshta

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Shreshta
Born
Mancherial, Adilabad, Telangana, India
Occupation(s)Poet, lyricist, songwriter

Shreshta is a Telugu-Language lyricist and writer. She became popular for her lyrics for the songs in the movies, Pelli Choopulu and Arjun Reddy.[1] After her debut, she was lauded as Telugu cinema’s first female lyricist.

Early life

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She was born in Mancherial in Adilabad district, Telangana. She is the only child, her father is a businessman and mother a government employee. Her mother a Hindu Brahmin and raised in a devout Hindu family and devotional songs were part of family culture. She was interested in writing from early age. She did her schooling in Mancherial and did her Bachelors in Commerce and LLB at Osmania University. She used to write poems and was encouraged by her grandfather, Panchadhara Venkata Kishan. She first started writing poems when she was in tenth standard.[2]

Career

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She was encouraged by popular Telugu language lyricist, Vennelakanti to take up a career in penning lyrics. Initially, she started writing devotional songs, before pushing a career in movies.[3]

Tollywood

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She made Tollywood debut in 2013 with the film, Oka Romantic Crime Katha. She also penned lyrics for the Telugu films, Ko Ante Koti and Courier Boy Kalyan. Pelli Choopulu was her 9th movie as a lyricist.

Filmography

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Year Movie Music Song(s)
2012 Oka Romantic Crime Katha Praveen Immadi All songs
2012 Ko Ante Koti ShaktiKanth Karthick "O Madhurame", "Bangaru Konda"
2013 Jabardasth (film) S. Thaman "Arere Arere"
2015 Courier Boy Kalyan Karthik-Anup Rubens "Maya O Maya"
2016 Pelli Choopulu Vivek Sagar "Chinuku Taake", "Merise Merise"
2017 Arjun Reddy Radhan (Madhurame), Shreshta (Gundelona) "Madhurame", "Gundelona"
2017 Yuddham Sharanam Vivek Sagar "Neevalaney", "Enno Enno Bhaavaley"
2017 Hello Anup Rubens "Hello","Merise Merise"
2018 Aatagallu Sai Karthik "Neevalle Neevalle"
2019 Nuvvu Thopu Raa PA Deepak "Pada Padamani"
2019 Dorasaani Prashanth R Vihari "kallallo"
2024 Alanaati Ramchandrudu Sashank Tirupathi "Kanulara"

Awards

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  • Debutant Award at Cine Maa Mahila Awards in 2013

References

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  1. ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (7 September 2017). "Songwriter chronicles: Lyricist Shreshta". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Telugu lyricist Shreshta gets talking about fighting depression and the challenges and the struggles she has been going through in the industry". The New Indian Express. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  3. ^ "The lyricist talks about fighting depression and her relentless struggle in the industry". Cinema Express. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.