Sriramana

Sriramana was a famous screenwriter, columnist, storyteller, cum satirical essayist who worked in the Telugu industry. He was born Vankamamidi Radhakrishna on 21st September 1952 in Varahapuram in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. His parents are Vankamamidi Subbarao and Vankamamidi Anasuya. Sriramana had an elder brother and sister. He was married to Janaki and had two children, Chaitra and Vamsikrishna. He completed his schooling at Kaviraja Zilla Parishad High School, Vemuru. He graduated from Bapatla College of Arts and Sciences. He was adopted by his grandfather, and his name was changed to Kamaraju Rama Rao. However, he changed his name to Sriramana. He used Akshara Thuneeram as his pen name while working for Sakshi magazine. He also wrote for Navya, a weekly magazine.

In 2012, he wrote the screenplay for Mithunam, a Telugu film directed by Tanikella Bharani Tanikella Bharani is a renowned actor in Telugu an >> Read More... . It is adapted from his novel of the same name. “ S P Balasubrahmanyam S P Balasubrahmanyam is still considered to be one >> Read More... ” and Lakshmi Narayan Lakshmi or Lakshmi Narayan is an Indian film actre >> Read More... played the lead roles in this film. The film received many awards, including CineMAA Awards and Nandi Awards. Some of his famous writings include Joki Jyoti, Pandari, Sri Chanel, and Mogali Rekulu.

Sriramana passed away due to illness on 19^th July 2023 in Hyderabad.