![]() ![]() He wrote visionary poems in a style and meter not used before in Telugu classical poetry. ![]() Srirangam Srinivasa Rao was the first true modern Telugu poet to write about contemporary issues that affected the day-to-day life of a common man in a style and metre which were not used in classical Telugu poetry. Some of the songs, such as "Hamsavale O Padava", "Oogisaladenayya", "Premaye janana marana leela", scored by Saluri Rajeswara Rao, were major hits. He entered into Telugu cinema with Ahuti (1950), a Telugu-dubbed version of Junnarkar's Neera aur nanda (1946). He wrote visionary poems in a style and metre not used before in Telugu classical poetry. He introduced free verse into his socially concerned poetry through Maha Prasthanam. ![]() He later worked for All India Radio and armed forces. In 1938, he joined as a sub-editor of Andhra Prabha, a daily newspaper. He went to Madras for his higher studies in 1928 and completed them by 1931. He later married Sarojini, with whom he had a son and three daughters. He married Venkata Ramanamma at an age of 15 and adopted a girl child. He completed his education in the same school in which his father, Sri Venkata Ramaiah, was working as a mathematics teacher. Srirangam Srinivasa Rao, popularly known as Sri Sri, was born on 30 April 1910 in Visakhapatnam. ![]()
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