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Vedagiri Rambabu
Vedagiri Rambabu
Born	Vedagiri Rambabu; 14 October 1952; TSundur, Guntur district, Tenali, Andhra Pradesh, India
Died	18 August 2018; Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Writer
Spouse	Sandhya Rani
Children	Lakshmi Bhargavi (daughter); Vijaya Chandar (son)
Parents	Poorna Chander Rao (father); Bhargavi (mother);

Dr Vedagiri Rambabu

Early life and family

Vedagiri Rambabu was born on 14th October 1952, in Tsundur, Tenali Taluka, Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh. His parents were Smt Bhargavi and Shri PoornaChandraRao. His father was a Circle Inspector in Excise Department. Due to the nature of his fathers job, the family had to move several cities/towns in the then united state of Andhra Pradesh. Rambabu developed an aptitude in literature, theater and cinema from his schooling days. His father did not approve of Rambabu’s interest in theatre and cinema as he thought they would not provide steady income. As a literarian, he was inspired by the works of YerramSetty Sai. He held popular writers Adivishnu and Vihari in high esteem and considered them as his Gurus. During his undergraduate days in 1974 Rambabu submitted his first story ‘Samudram’ and won the competition held on the eve of Deepawali, by the then famous Andhra Patrika. This provided him the much needed encouragment and he took to writing many stories for various other popular magazines like Yuva, Jyoti, and Swati. He worked as an announcer in the All India Radio for some time. The popularity of his short stories surged during this stint in AIR. As a freelancer, he wrote several essays for various newspapers. He worked as a senior journalist for the weekly Andhra Bhoomi and editor for the weekly Pallavi. He kept his original interest in writing stories and essays glowing in whatever job he did. Meanwhile, Television gained popularity. He strived to make Visual Media a social instrument that could bring a change in society. That lead him to make a popular TV Serial ‘Papam Pasivadu’ for Doordarshan. This is one mega show that ran for 52 weeks. He was adjudged best director and producer for this telefilm and won a Golden Nandi award for the year 2002. Krishna Mohan who rendered his voice for the title song of this telefilm won Nandi award as well. This was followed by another popular TV Serial ‘Adavi Manishi’, for which Rambabu won a Silver Nandi. He collaborated with the likes of Sailaja Suman and Ramani Sanyal in several in house serials. With a permission from prison officials, he studied prisons all over the state and also researched into the lives of the prisoners. This resulted in the making of a popular serial ‘Jail Godala Madhya’, based on the true stories. It was published over 60 weeks in the popular weekly magazine Swati. It was published as a book and was translated into several Indian languages. His work in literature for children is specially remembered. He was the first editor for "Indradhanussu", the first video magazine for children. Besides life and endeavor as an author, he wore many other hats, arguably most significant of which is his criticism of those who looked down on Telugu short-stories. He advocated for national recognition of Telugu Story-writing. He is remembered for his kind heart and generosity as he helped people, who approached him, get inexpensive treatment, as he worked as the Media-Incharge of Global Hospitals.

Centenary of Telugu Short Story

He made a compendium of one hundred short stories. He held competition of essays on the styles of the 23 districts of the united Andhra Pradesh. He started writers GUILD. He strived to elevate the status of Telugu literature in audio visual media too. His startup 'Sri Vedagiri Communications' renders its support to any literary programs held about short-story writing, all over the Telugu states. This is an institution dedicated to Telugu short-story writing, with a motto to revive and promote story-writing. Rambabu published a book that talks about 100-must-reads.

Writings

Writings - Short story collections

Samudram (సముద్రం)
Vauyasu Kadhalu (వయసు కథలు)
Vimukti (విముక్తి)
Kasturi (కస్తూరి)
Ee Kalam Kadhalu (ఈ కాలమ్‌ కథలు)
Pechi Kadhalu (పేచీ కథలు)
Vedagiri Rambabu Kadhalu (వేదగిరి రాంబాబు కథానికలు)
Vyangya Kadhanikalu (వ్యంగ్య కథానికలు)
Avadhaana Kadhanikalu (అవయవదాన కథానికలు)
Maranam nundi maranam daaka (మరణం నుండి మరణం దాకా)

Research Books

Jailu godala madhya (జైలు గోడల మధ్య)
Papam pasivallu (పాపం పసివాళ్ళు)
Agnisakshi (అగ్నిసాక్షి)
Veellemantaaru? (వీళ్ళేమంటారు?)

History Books

Naalugu sataabdaala nagaram (నాలుగు శతాబ్దాల నగరం)
Andhrula charitra (ఆంధ్రుల చరిత్ర)

Childrens Books

two children novels - Balaraju (బాలరాజు)
Chinni kadhalu (చిన్ని కథలు)
Alavaatlo porapaatlu (అలవాట్లు పొరపాట్లు)
5 stories (ఐదు కథలు)
Mana Hyderabad (మన హైదరాబాద్)
Childrens photo book on Gurazada Apparao (బాలల బొమ్మల గురజాడ)
Vijayachandra (విజయచంద్ర)
Bujji kadhalu (బుజ్జి కథలు)
Aabala gopalam (ఆబాల గోపాలం)

Journalism

Telugu publications in the light (వెలుగుదారిలో తెలుగు పత్రికలు)
తెలుగు పత్రికలు - రచనా థోరణులు (సిద్ధాంత గ్రంథం)
Prajalanu prabhavitam chestunna maadhyaalu (ప్రజలను ప్రభావితం చేస్తున్న మాధ్యమాలు)

Medical Books

Andariki Aarogyam (అందరికీ ఆరోగ్యం)
Aarogyaniki margaalu (ఆరోగ్యానికి మార్గాలు)
Gunde guttu (గుండె గుట్టు)
Upiritittula oosu (ఊపిరితిత్తుల ఊసు)
Mootrapindaala marmam (మూత్రపిండాల మర్మం)
Medadumaata (మెదడుమాట)
Keella kandaraalu (కీళ్ళు కండరాలు)
jeernam jeernam (జీర్ణం జీర్ణం)
over 1000 essays (శతాధికంగా వ్యాసాలు, పరిచయాలు)
Editor for "Mana aarogyam" ("మన ఆరోగ్యం") monthly

Religious Books

Aadhyatmika adugu jaadalu (ఆధ్యాత్మిక అడుగు జాడలు)
Oka manchi maata (ఒక మంచిమాట)

Critic Books

Telugu Kadhanika Tejorekhalu (తెలుగు కథానిక తేజోరేఖలు)
Sahiti rekhalu (సాహితీ రేఖలు)
telugu Kadhanikaku vandellu (తెలుగు కథానికకు వందేళ్ళు)
Kadhanaramgam (కథనరంగం)
Kadhaa sadassu kotta kadalika (కథా సదస్సు కొత్త కదలిక)
Kadhaanika lakshyam - lakshanaalu (కథానిక లక్ష్యం - లక్షణాలు)

Life sketch visual books

Mana Gurazada (మన గురజాడ)
Aadhunika druvataara (ఆధునిక ధృవతార)
Gidugu idugu (గిడుగు పిడుగు)
Soundaraadhyashudu Buchibabu (సౌందర్యాధకుడు బుచ్చిబాబు)
Palagummi Padmaraju (పాలగుమ్మి పద్మరాజు)
Veyyinokka navalalu kovvali (వెయ్యిన్నొక్క నవలల కొవ్వలి)
Telugu patrikalu (తెలుగు పత్రికలు)
Aadhunika telugu kadhaanika (ఆధునిక తెలుగు కథానిక)

Editorials

200 years of Narsaraavupeta - collection and editorial
200 years of Kadappa history ("కడప కౌస్తుభ")
'Shripada Uttama kadhalu' by N.B.T publication "శ్రీపాద ఉత్తమ కథలు"
Sri Vedagiri Communications published several books for free by following writers to promote telugu literature
- Simgamaneni Narayana
- Santi Narayana
- Azad (Karnool)
- Pratap Ravisankar
- Katoori Ravindra Trivikram
- Ammini Srinivasaraju
- Kaaluva Mallayya
- Siramsetti Kantarao
Balivada Kantarao birth centenary special edition
Kadhakheli award for short story collections
10 ever green short stories ("పది కాలాలు నిలిచే పది కధానికలు")

Gurazada Award

Vedagiri Rambabu is given Gurazada award on September 21st 2015 on the occasion of 153rd birth anniversary of Shri Gurazada Apparao.

Awards

Telugu University best collection of short stories award for his book Samudram
State government Nandi award for 'Papam pasivaallu' television serial
Silver Nandi award for his telefilm 'Adavi Manishi'
Prasara bharati award for his jingles in Aakashvani
Gurazada award from state government
Gidugu award

Videos

References

Links

Short stories by Vedagiri Rambabu