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{{Short description|Indian writer (1932–2011)}}
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| birth_date = 9 Aug 1932
| birth_place = [[Gudiwada]], [[Krishna district]]
| death_date = 14 October 2011
| death_place = [[Visakhapatnam, India|Visakhapatnam]]
| occupation = [[Lyricist]], [[poet]], [[Screenwriter|scriptwriter]]
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'''Jaladi Raja Rao''' ({{lang-te|జాలాది రాజా రావు}}) (9 August 1932 – 14 October 2011) was a versatile [[writer]], [[playwright]] and lyricist in [[Telugu cinema]].

==Life==
Jaladi was born on 9 August 1932 in [[Gudiwada]] in the [[Krishna district]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. He was the fourth son of Amrutamma and the late Jaladi Emmanuel, a member of the Krishna District Board and [[Indian freedom fighters|Indian freedom fighter]].

He passed his S.S.L.C. with Telugu as special course. He started his career as a drawing teacher in District Board Schools. He worked in various districts and learned the slang used in different areas of the State. He resigned his job during his stint at [[Veeraghattam]] in [[Srikakulam district]] in 1968 and went to [[Chennai]] to try his luck in films.

He entered the realm of films as a lyricist for the movie ''Palle Sema'' in 1976. His debut song ''Churattakku Jarutadhi Situkku Situkku'' is tuned by [[K V Mahadevan]]. He wrote several social, philosophical, patriotic and folk songs in Telugu movies. His songs consist of only Telugu words of various regions of Andhra Pradesh.

Being born in a poor family, he always liked to write about [[poverty]], village life and folk type of songs. He penned nearly 1,500 songs in more than 270 movies and remained popular for his folk-oriented songs, which had an exotic rural touch.<ref>{{cite news|title=Folk songs are his forte|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/06/18/stories/2005061803410300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070522064849/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/06/18/stories/2005061803410300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 May 2007 | location=Chennai, India |work=[[The Hindu]]|date=18 June 2005}}</ref>

He also wrote books like Viswamohini and Kakulamma and plays like Amarajeevi, Tandri, Samadhi and Karumeghalu. He died on 14 October 2011 in [[Visakhapatnam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Renowned-lyricist-Jaladi-passes-away/articleshow/10361969.cms?referral=PM|title=Jaladi passes away|access-date=15 November 2016}}</ref>

==Awards and achievements==
* Best writer award from the Vijayawada Cultural Association for his play 'Karu Meghalu' in 1957.
* Conferred Twin Cities Cultural Award and the Hyderabad Film Fare Award in 1970.
* Conferred The Kalasagar Award, Madras in 1987.
* Conferred The Cine Herald Award, Hyderabad in 1987.
* [[Nandi Award]] of the Government of Andhra Pradesh in 1990 for ''[[Erra Mandaram]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eenadu 14th october: Special Story on Jaladi|url=http://archives.eenadu.net/10-14-2011/Cinema/Cinemainner.aspx?qry=gnapaka|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426071848/http://archives.eenadu.net/10-14-2011/Cinema/Cinemainner.aspx?qry=gnapaka|archivedate=26 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* Was given the title 'Navarasa Kavi Samrat' by the Prabhu Chitra Arts Association of Eluru in 1991.
* Was given the title 'Kalasagar' for the song 'Punya bhoomi naa desam namonamami' in the film [[Major Chandrakanth (1993 film)|Major Chandrakanth]].
* Served as a member of the AP Film and TV (Nandi) Awards Committee for 1990–91 and 1994–95.
* Became member of the Executive Council of [[Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University|Sri Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University]], Hyderabad, in 1997.
* Honored with ''Kala Prapoorna'' award from [[Andhra University]], 2008.

==Filmography==
These are some of the popular [[song]]s penned by him for Telugu films.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eenadu 14th october: Article on Jaladi|url=http://archives.eenadu.net/10-14-2011/Homeinner.aspx?qry=break49|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120503033807/http://archives.eenadu.net/10-14-2011/Homeinner.aspx?qry=break49|archivedate=3 May 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Songs
|-
| 1976
| ''Palle Seema''
| "Churattuku Jaratadhi Situkku Situkku"
|-
| 1976
| ''Devude Gelichadu''
| "Ee kalam Padi Kalalu Bratakalani"
|-
| 1978
| ''Chal Mohan Ranga''
| "Gallu Galluna Kali Gajjelu"
|-
| 1978
| ''Chesedi Patnavasam''
| "Chesedi Pattanavasam Mesedhi Pallela Grasam"
|-
| 1978
| ''[[Pranam Khareedu]]''
| "Yethamesi Thodina Yeru Endadhu"
|-
| 1979
| ''Kotala Rayudu''
| "Oka Nelavanka Chiru Goruvanka"
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Thoorpu Velle Railu]]''
| "Sandepoddu andaalunna chinnadi"
|-
| 1980
| ''Dharma Chakram''
| "Gogula Pooche Gattu Meedha"
|-
| 1981
| ''vaaraalabbaayi''
| "kaakamma kaaki"
|-
| 1982
| ''Gruha Pravesam''
| "Abhinava Sasirekhavo"
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Repati Pourulu]]''
| "Matrudevobhava Tallulara Tandrulara"
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Alludu Garu]]''
| "Konda Meeda Chukka Potu"
|-
| 1992
| ''Brahma''
| "Musi Musi Nuvvulalona"
|-
| 1992
| ''Chittemma Mogudu''
| "Nindu Kundala neelosukuntaadi"
|-
| 1993
| ''Bobbili Simham''
| "Srirasthu Subhamastu"
|-
| 1993
| ''O Tandri O Koduku''
| "Konda Meedha Poddhu Podupu"
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Major Chandrakanth (1993 film)|Major Chandrakanth]]''
| "Sukhibhava Sukhibhava"
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Major Chandrakanth (1993 film)|Major Chandrakanth]]''
| "Punyabhumi Na Desam Namo Namami"
|-
| 1995
| ''Errodu''
| "Raja Nimmala Pandu"
|-
| 2001
| ''Subbu''
| "I love my India"

|}

==References==
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[[Category:Telugu poets]]
[[Category:Telugu-language lyricists]]
[[Category:Screenwriters from Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Krishna district]]
[[Category:Indian male dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian poets]]
[[Category:Indian male poets]]
[[Category:Indian lyricists]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male writers]]

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