NATS mourns the sudden demise of Mullapudi
New York, NY: North America Telugu Society (NATS) mourns the sudden demise of Mullapudi Venkata Ramana, a legendary Telugu writer and close associate of Bapu. He passed away on February 23, 2011 at the age of 79.
Mullapudi along with Bapu had plans to attend the 2011 NATS Sambaralu in New Jersely during the weekend of July 4th. NATS said that there will be a special program during the conference to remember Sri Ramana and to discuss his contributions to the Telugu literary world.
Mullapudi Venkata Ramana (born June 28, 1931 - February 23,2011) is a Telugu story writer. He is especially known for his hilarious style of writing. He also created a child character called Budugu. Many other memorable characters like Radha, Gopalam, Contractor (in Muthyala Muggu), Tutti (in Mister Pellam) in Modern Telugu Literature/Cinema flown from the ink of this master writer's pen. Mullapudi is also the dialogue, story and screenplay writer for many of the movies that came as a Bapu-Ramana combination. He is versatile in penning both heart-touching and rib-tickling dialogues. It is a known fact that Ramana's word and Bapu's line are made for each other. One whips the pen in broad strokes, the other wields the pen in sharp words.
News Posted: 25 February, 2011
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