Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry

Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry
Born	16 June 1905 Chinnaguduru, Krishna district
Died	12 September 1965 Chennai, India
Nationality	Indian
Ethnicity	Hindu
Citizenship	India
Education	M.A.
Genre	Pundit, Playwright, Poet, Lyric writer

Malladi Ramakrishna Sastry M.A. (Telugu: మల్లాది రామకృష్ణశాస్త్రి) (16 June 1905 - 12 September 1965) was an eminent Telugu writer.

Their family has settled in Bandar (Machilipatnam) during his childhood. He has passed B.A. in Machilipatnam and M.A. in Telugu and Sanskrit in Madras. He learnt Vedas from Yadavalli Subbavadhanulu, Mahabhashyam from Nori Subramanya Sastry and Brahmasutras from Sistla Narasimha Sastry. He is highly learned and said to be known about 50 different languages.

Malladi wrote about 150 songs for nearly 40 films.

He died of Cerebral hemorrhage due to Hypertension on 12 September 1965 in Chennai.

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