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Srirangam Srinivasarao (Telugu : శ్రీరంగం శ్రీనివాస రావు)or Sri Sri (1910-1983) was a popular Modern Telugu Poet and Lyricist. He was born on January 2nd 1910 in a Telugu Brahmin family of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. Srisri took the "telugu literary band wagon that travelled in roads of kings and queens in to that of muddy roads of common man". Sri Sri was the first true modern Telugu poet to write about contemporary issues that affected day-to-day life of a common man in a style and metre which were not used in classical telugu poetry.
Sri Sri was famous as Mahakavi (literally - great poet). He rocked the telugu literature world with his Maha Prasthanam (literally - a great journey), an anthology of poems -- one of his major works. He was also a major radical poet (e.g. prabhava) and novelist (e.g. Veerasimha Vijayasimhulu). Some other major works of Sri Sri include Maha Prasthanam, Siprali, Khadga Srushti.
Sri Sri had written songs to about 42 Telugu films between 1952 - 1982. His Padavoyi Bharatheeyuda (literally - Start singing O! Indian) of Velugu Needalu (1961), Telugu veera levara (literally - O brave Telugu born, wake up!!) of Alluri Seetha Rama Raju (the song won National Award for best lyric), Nenu saitham(literally - I too have been the fuel for this great activity of building up the world..) of Mahaprastanam were quite popular.This poem was used in the movie Rudraveena, which was one of the turning points in Famous Telugu Actor Chiranjeevi's career. Some of his exceptionally great songs are listed below:
SriSri Revolutionary Songs
