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Darivemula Ramajogayya Sastry (born 24 August 1970) is an Indian film lyricist, known for his works in Telugu cinema and music.


Early life

Ramajogayya Sastry was born in Arepalli Muppalla, Ipuru Mandal near Narasaraopet of Palnadu district. His father, Suryaprakasa Rao, was a priest and agriculturist and his mother, Saraswatamma, is a housewife.Video interview with Ramajogayya Sastry
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He did his B.Tech from NIT Warangal and M.Tech from IIT Kharagpur."Interview with Rama Jogaiah Sastry"
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Career

He was working as a metallurgical engineer at
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when his career as a lyricist began. He worked in GE India Business Center in Secunderabad.


Career as a lyricist

Sastry penned lyrics for over a hundred films in Telugu and is a famous lyricist in
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. He is popular for his peppy and catchy lyrics, while he has frequently shown his ability to write lyrics for more serious situations in films. He fancied becoming a singer. He first penned lyrics for a Kannada film. Film Star V. Ravichandran introduced him to Krishna Vamsi who in turn introduced him to Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry. Upon Sastry's request, Seetharama Sastry accepted him as his protégé thus enabling him to hone his lyric-writing skills. Sastry first penned lyrics for the movie '' Yuvasena'', a remake of the
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film '' 4 The People''. He got Rs.20,000 as first remuneration for his two songs in the film. Actor-producer Mohan Babu and film director Srinu Vaitla offered Sastry to work in many of their films before he rose to stardom with the song "Om Namaste Bolo" () in the film '' Ready''. He won Filmfare award for the devotional song ''Sadaasiva Sanyaasii!'' () from the film '' Khaleja''. He played a short and uncredited role in ''
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'' as a music assistant for a music director Jayasurya played by Brahmanandam. He won a music award from the Telugu channel Star Maa for lyrics of the song "Apple Beauty" from the movie '' Janatha Garage''. He also penned the title song ''Jayaho Janatha'' for the same movie which was released in 2016. He then worked for Pawan Kalyan's ''Katamarayudu'' title song "Mira Mira Meesam" for which Anup Rubens composed the soundtrack.


Filmography


Awards

*Won Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist - Telugu for ''Khaleja'' (2010) *Won Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist - Telugu for '' Janatha Garage'' (2016) *Won CineMAA Award for Best Lyricist for '' Endukante... Premanta!'' (2012)Nominations for Maa Music Awards 2013 – Telugu cinema news
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*2022: SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu for '' Butta Bomma'' - '' Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo'' (2020) *2017: SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu for ''Pranaamam'' - '' Janatha Garage'' (2016) * 2012: SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu for "Guruvaram March" - '' Dookudu'' (2011) * Nandi Award for Best Lyricist for the song "Srimanthuda" from the movie '' Srimanthudu'' in 2015 * Nandi Award for Best Lyricist for the song "Pranaamam Pranaamam" from the movie '' Janatha Garage'' in 2016 * 2023: Nominated– SIIMA Award for Best Lyricist – Telugu for "Laahe Laahe" from ''Acharya'' (2022) * 2024: Nominated - Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist - Telugu for '' Ante Sundaraniki'' (2022)


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