| 1 | '''Datla Venkata Narasaraju(b. 1920)''' |
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| 4 | Telugu screenwriter born in Talluri village, AP. |
| 5 | Educated in Guntur, Vijaywada and Madras. |
| 6 | Started a drama troupe for which he wrote |
| 7 | plays and often acted. First play was |
| 8 | Antarvani; achieved a reputation as humorist |
| 9 | with his hit play, Natakam (1951), based on |
| 10 | P.G. Wodehouse’s The Play’s the Thing. Bestknown |
| 11 | plays are situated in the everyday, e.g. |
| 12 | Yee Illu Ammabadunu. Film début scripting |
| 13 | Pedda Manushulu (1954) based on Ibsen’s |
| 14 | Pillars of Society. Wrote over 100 scripts, |
| 15 | including Donga Ramudu (1955), |
| 16 | Gundamma Katha (1962) and Nirdoshi |
| 17 | (1967). |
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| 19 | [[Writer]] |