Veturi Sundararama Murthy (born 29 January 1936) (popularly known as Veturi) born in a Telugu brahmin family in Kollur, Guntur District, is a Telugu poet more popular for his film songs. He is a disciple of the legendary Viswanatha Satyanarayana. While working as a journalist, Veturi got his first break in movies through Dr.K.Viswanath. Later, he would go on to pen thousands of songs. NT Rama Rao, the legendary actor and director too had employed him for a number of movies. He worked as journalist for prominent magazines like Andhra Patrika and Andhra Prabha. Later, he started penning lyrics. He penned over 10,000 songs so far. Veturi wrote a large variety of songs ranging from classic poetry to the folk and mass ones. He is also the second lyricist from Telugu film industry to win the National Film Award for Best Lyrics for the song Raalipoye puvva neeku ragaalenduke from the picture Maathrudevobhava (Music: Keeravani M, Director: Ajay Kumar, Producer: Rama Rao K S) in the year 1994.
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