![]() ![]() ![]() Narayana Reddy, Atreya and Veturi Sundararamamurthy. There has been a hoary lineage of lyric-writers in Telugu cinema starting from Senior Samudrala (Sri Samudrala Raghavacharya), Dasharathi, Srisri, Arudra, Devulapalli, C. That readiness, vision, way with words was due to his genius and his upbringing. But in that movie, it felt as if there was a fully mature poet writing his magnum opus. Artists evolve in their craft, and their first work is rarely their best. He arrived with a bang in the movie Sirivennela, a movie that became his de-facto surname. ![]() ![]() To showcase this in a medium known to be increasingly inimical to such values was a tight-rope walk, and he excelled in doing so for three and a half decades. His vision and philosophy reflected the quintessence of Bharatiyata. In the passing away of Chembolu Seetharama Sastry garu, popularly known as Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, Telugu cinema lost its conscience-keeper and Telugus a great poet.
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